Naoki Hamaguchi, the director of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, has been promoted to manager of Square Enix, evidently thanks to the success of the game.
Was Final Fantasy VII Rebirth a success or not? It’s hard to say, but Square Enix must be more than satisfied in some way, given that it promoted its director, Naoki Hamaguchi , to the role of manager of the company.
It should be noted that Hamaguchi was promoted together with four other people: Tomoya Asano, the producer of the Octopath Traveler series, Takeshi Nozue, the general manager of Foamstars, Takayuki Hamada and Takamasa Shiba, the producer of The DioField Chronicle . Five will join the management staff which also includes Naoki Yoshida, director and producer of Final Fantasy 14, as well as director of Final Fantasy 16 , and Yoshinori Kitase, the producer of the Final Fantasy series.
Square Enix executives
Here’s the full list of Square Enix’s management staff following the new promotions:
- Takashi Kiryu
- Tomoya Asano
- Tomoyoshi Osaki
- Tsuneto Okuno
- Yoshinori Kitase
- Yosuke Saito
- Ryutaro Sasaki
- Hideaki Sato
- Takamasa Shiba
- Hajime Seki
- Takeshi Nozue
- Naoki Hamaguchi
- Takayuki Hamada
- Kei Hirono
- Katsuyoshi Matsuura
- Atsushi Matsuda
- Yuu Miyake
- Naoki Yoshida
For more, read our review of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth .