Sakaguchi,
Tanaka,
and Aoki,
circa 1985 In 1984,
Kazuhiko Aoki joined
Square along with Square A Team director
Hironobu Sakaguchi and B Team director
Hiromichi Tanaka. He began as an assistant to Sakaguchi, collaborating with him on the scenarios for
Cruise Chaser BLASSTY and
King's Knight. In 1988 he formed his own design team, its first project being
Hanjuku Hero. After the tremendous success of the
Final Fantasy series, Aoki's team was absorbed back into the Sakaguchi group in order to work on development of
Final Fantasy III.
Aoki most notably produced Chrono Trigger, while his other leading roles include directing the production of Hanjuku Hero 2, Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon, it's sequel, Chocobo's Dungeon 2, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. More recently he served as planning director on Code Age Commanders and battle supervisor for the Nintendo DS port of Final Fantasy III.
