Kazushige Nojima
Writer · Born January 20, 1964 (62) · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Kazushige Nojima (野島 一成, Nojima Kazushige; born January 20, 1964) is a Japanese video game writer. He is best known for writing several installments of Square Enix's Final Fantasy franchise—namely Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs Advent Children and Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VIII, and Final Fantasy X and X-2—in addition to the Kingdom Hearts series,[1] the Glory of Heracles series, and the story to the Subspace Emissary mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Nojima also wrote the original lyrics of "Liberi Fatali" for Final Fantasy VIII and both "Suteki da Ne" and the "Hymn of the Fayth" for Final Fantasy X, as well as "No Promises to Keep" for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. He is also the founder of Stellavista Ltd. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kazushige Nojima, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 20, 1964 (62)
- Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
Known for
What are Kazushige Nojima's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 3
Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kazushige Nojima's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (1).
Subscription and free streaming for Kazushige Nojima's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
5 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Reminiscence of Final Fantasy VII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 4 titles from 2005 to 2009.
Biggest box office
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Highest rated
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
Most popular right now
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Kazushige Nojima's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
Reviewers score the plot and story 31/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 51, detractors 15. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kazushige Nojima work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kazushige Nojima's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shinji Hashimoto shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Takeshi NozueShared titles: Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Takeshi Nozue
- Tetsuya NomuraShared titles: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Tetsuya Nomura
Writers
- Hironobu SakaguchiShared titles: Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Hironobu Sakaguchi
Actors
- Ayumi ItoShared titles: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Ayumi Ito
- Keiji FujiwaraShared titles: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Keiji Fujiwara
- Taiten KusunokiShared titles: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Taiten Kusunoki
- Takahiro SakuraiShared titles: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Takahiro Sakurai
Producers
- Shinji HashimotoShared titles: Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Shinji Hashimoto
- Yôichi WadaShared titles: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Yôichi Wada
- Yoshinori KitaseShared titles: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Yoshinori Kitase
