 "Final Fantasy XII"s characters were designed by Akihiko Yoshida.It was his first involvement in a main-series "Final Fantasy" game, though he worked as the character designer for "Final Fantasy Tactics" and "Vagrant Story", both of which were set in the same game world as "XII", Ivalice.Comments have been made about the similarity between Yoshida's creations and those of Tetsuya Nomura, the character designer for "Final Fantasy VII", "VIII", "X", and "XIII".