Chrono Trigger Development Team Credits

Last Updated on 10 October, 2023

Chrono Trigger Development Team Credits. Breakdown of the key contributors behind the classic RPG Chrono Trigger.

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Chrono Trigger Development Team Credits

For those interested in the creators behind the classic RPG Chrono Trigger; these list breaks down the key contributors to the game’s development and design.

Main Production

• Producer: Kazuhiko Aoki
• Executive Producers: Tetsuo Mizuno, Hitoshi Takemura, Hisashi Suzuki
• Directors: Takashi Tokita, Yoshinori Kitase, Akihiko Matsui

Art & Design

• Character Design: Akira Toriyama
• Graphic Directors: Yasuhiko Kamata, Masanori Hoshino, Tetsuya Takahashi
• Field Graphics: Shinichiro Okaniwa, Manabu Daishima, Toshiya Hasui, and others
• Character Graphics: Hiroshi Uchiyama, Taizo Inukai, Fumi Nakashimi
• Monster Graphics: Kouichi Ebe, Tsutomu Terada, Tadahiro Usuda
• Map Design: Mami Kawai, Akane Haruki, Hiroto Yamamoto, and others

Story & Planning

• Story Plan: Masato Kato
• Event Plan: Hiroyuki Itou, Keisuke Matsuhara, Hiroki Chiba
• Field Plan: Keita Eto, Kenichi Nishi
• Battle Plan: Makoto Shimamoto, Haruyuki Nishida, Toshiaki Suzuki

Music & Sound

• Music Composers: Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu
• Sound Program: Minoru Akao
• Sound Engineer: Eiji Nakamura
• Sound Effects: Yoshitaka Hirota, Chiharu Minekawa, Tadakazu Okano, Yasuaki Yabuta

Programming & Technical

• Main Programmers: Keizo Kokubo, Katsuhisa Higuchi
• Battle Program: Toshio Endo, Kiyoshi Yoshii
• World Map Program: Kazumi Kobayashi
• Menu Program: Akihiro Shimitsu
• Visual Program: Koji Sugimoto, Ken Narita

Quality Assurance

• Test Players: Kenichi Shinoda, Ken Sakuyama, Tomoko Moriyasu, and others
• Test Coordinators: S. Kajitani, R. Koda, K. Inagi, and others

Advertisement & Publicity

• Advertisement Team: K. Yamashita, Y. Hirata, T. Nomura, and others
• Publicity (for PlayStation): Akio Ohfuji

Additional Roles

• Translator Team: Ted Woolsey, Weimin Li, Aiko Ito, Rika Maruya, Noriko Wada, and others
• System Administrators: M. Nakajima, M. Ogura, Y. Orikasa, Y. Ohdaira
• Special Thanks: An extensive list including K. Torishima, N. Horie, F. Takeda, and many more.

PlayStation Specific Credits

• Executive Producers: Tomoyuki Takechi, Hironobu Sakaguchi
• Producer: Yusuke Hirata
• Director: Katsuyoshi Kawahara
• Animation Production: TOEI ANIMATION CO.,LTD
• Animation Producer: KouZo Morishita, Tatsuya Yoshida
• Character Design/Animation Director: NaoYoshi Yamamuro