Background art director, character design Vagrant Story (2000): Background art director, character design Wild Card (2001): Main visual Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003): Artistic supervisor Final Fantasy XII (2006): Background art supervisor, main character design Final Fantasy III (Nintendo DS) (2006): Character design Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (2007): Background art director, character design Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (2007): Artistic supervisor Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System (2007): Background art supervisor, main character design Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (2009): Character design Final Fantasy XIV (2010): Art director, main character design Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (2010): Character design Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (2011)): Special thanks Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (2012): Main character design Bravely Default: Praying Brage (2012): Main character design Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2013): Lead artist, main character design Knights of Glory (2013): Main character design Battle Champs (2015): Main character design Bravely Second: End Layer (2015): Main character design Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (2015): Main character design Nier: Automata (2017): Main character design Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood (2017): Main character design Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (2017): Promotional illustrator, main character design Lost Order (2017): Art director Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018): Original character design Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (2019): Main character design Nier Reincarnation (2021): Main character design Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... (2021): Character illustration Little Noah: Scion of Paradise (2022): Character design Nier Automata ver1.1a (2023): Original character design References External links Character Art of Akihiko Yoshida 1967 births Living people Video game artists Japanese artists Final Fantasy designers Square Enix people