List of staff (XC1)

This is a list of staff for Xenoblade Chronicles. Names are listed as they appear in the credits.

Programming

 * Katsunori Itai (Lead Programming)
 * Masato Shimajiri
 * Tetsuya Yamamoto
 * Michihiko Inaba
 * Hiroki Ohmiya
 * Ryohei Sasaki
 * Katsutoshi Yamamoto
 * Yoshiharu Miyake
 * Takuya Futamura
 * Akira Harada

Level Design - Field

 * Jun Kuramoto (Lead Level Design - Field)
 * Hiroshi Konishi
 * Satoshi Honma
 * Takayuki Satsuma

Battle Design

 * Makoto Shimamoto (Lead Battle Design)
 * Kotaro Honda
 * Kyosuke Ikuta
 * Nobuo Kouno
 * Takeo Yagi
 * Atsushi Minayama (Technical Direction)

Level Design - People

 * Masahiro Iwamoto (Lead Level Design - People)
 * Kanae Nakayama
 * Emi Takano
 * Takamasa Saitou

Cutscene Script

 * Emi Takano (Lead Cutscene Script)
 * Hisakazu Kajiwara
 * Naoko Koda
 * Ryutaro Ichikura
 * Yusuke Ikenaga

Menu & Interface Design

 * Kanae Nakayama (Lead Menu & Interface Design)
 * Yoko Hamaguchi

3D Modelling - Background

 * Eiji Takahashi (Lead 3D Modelling - Background)
 * Takashi Mikami
 * Sayaka Matsuzawa
 * Kazue Hiramoto
 * Takaaki Koido
 * Takafumi Shimotamari
 * Takafumi Hori
 * Masato Adachi
 * Koji Shoda
 * Masahiko Toda
 * Toshiyuki Hashimoto
 * Satoshi Katsube
 * Momo Sasaki
 * Jyunichi Ikeya

3D Modelling - Characters

 * Akinobu Yamakawa (Lead 3D Modelling - Characters)
 * Taro Nakamura
 * Toshiyuki Yonekura
 * Asanu Fujita
 * Kouki Yoshida
 * Toshiya Shinohara
 * Mariko Sanefuji

3D Modelling - Enemies

 * Atsushi Domoto (Lead 3D Modelling - Enemies)
 * Tatsu Oshima
 * Takuya Naito
 * Toshihito Suzuki

AVANT

 * Hiromi Tabuchi
 * Shinichi Michizuki
 * Tsuyoshi Takahashi
 * Yoko Honma

OPTIMO GRAFICO

 * Daisuke Yoneyama (Director / Lead 3D Modelling)
 * Tomoko Yamagami (Lead 3D Modelling)
 * Hiroki Takemura
 * Takumi Uchida
 * Saori Yoshihara
 * Mina Kurobe
 * Yuichiro Azuma
 * Yuki Imamura
 * Risa Suzuki

Animation

 * Hirotaka Orita (Lead Animation)
 * Seiichi Hishinuma
 * Nobuhiko Okayasu
 * Chizue Utazu
 * Kengo Inoue
 * Toru Honbu
 * Nami Shimura
 * Shinji Koide
 * Daiki Hayashidani
 * Hideki Tanaka
 * Eiichiro Kabe

Digital Media Lab

 * Kazunao Sano (Producer)
 * Manabu Yoshida (Production Coordination)
 * Toshiharu Katayama (Lead Animation)
 * Hiroki Takemoto
 * Haruka Shinada
 * Shohei Keitoku
 * Yukihiro Nishitouge
 * Hiroki Morikawa

Visual Effects

 * Toshiyuki Takadate (Lead Visual Effects)
 * Ikuko Matsumoto
 * Shuichi Murata
 * Yuji Tago
 * Masatake Kaneoka
 * Haruko Oyama
 * Yoshihisa Narita
 * Sakurako Okano
 * Tsuyoshi Inoue

2D Art Design

 * Akinobu Yamakawa (Lead 2D Art Design - Characters)
 * Tadahiro Usuda
 * Tetsuya Taniyama
 * Ayumi Takata
 * Hiroko Kiyonari
 * Nobutaka Miyamoto
 * Jun Okutani

PAICAL

 * Sho Asano (Producer)
 * Satoshi Andoh (Production Management)
 * Raita Kazama
 * RARE ENGINE
 * Taro Yamazaki
 * Yorinao Matsuura
 * Shina Mizuguchi
 * Nami Yoshida
 * Yoko Tsukamoto
 * Masaki Hirooka
 * Takashi Kojo
 * Tomoyo Narita
 * Chihiro Mimori

2D Art Design - Background

 * Takafumi Hori (Lead 2D Art Design - Background)
 * Masato Adachi
 * Yohei Kikuchi
 * Tonny Waiman Koo

2D Art Design - Menu & Interface

 * Yoko Hamaguchi
 * Hiroko Kiyonari

Cinematics

 * Norihiro Takami (Cinematics Direction)
 * Akira Yoshiyasu, QREAZY
 * Mamoru Ohta (Cinematics Co-Direction)
 * Hirotaka Orita (Cinematics - Animation)
 * Seiichi Hishinuma
 * Nobuhiko Okayasu
 * Chizue Utazu
 * Kengo Inoue
 * Toru Honbu
 * Nami Shimura
 * Noriyuki Nagai
 * Norihito Fukuda
 * Fumiyo Tanaka

Production I.G

 * Eiji Mizutani (Producer)
 * Hiroya Hasegawa (Production Management)

QREAZY

 * Ai Ito
 * Norishige Ohashi
 * Akiko Kaneda
 * Masayoshi Shimura
 * Junichi Sakurai
 * Junya Yamamoto

Graphinica

 * Tatsuya Maki (Producer)
 * Mari Katoh (Production Management)
 * Hiroshi Shirai (Lead Animation)
 * Kazuya Yamagata
 * Toshiyuki Nukanobu
 * Hisayasu Kamiya
 * Kouki Hori
 * Taeseok Oh
 * Kentaroh Honma
 * Ayaka Igarashi

Production I.G IGFX STUDIO

 * Takehito Ueno (Production Management)
 * Hiroyuki Katada (Lead Animation)
 * Chika Kamiyama
 * Keisuke Yoyoura
 * Yukihiro Negishi
 * Kent Wong Kee Yen
 * Ayano Tanamura

ANIMO CREATIVE WORKS.

 * Naomi Imaoka (Lead Animation)
 * Hiroki Takahashi
 * Mamoru Watanabe
 * Naohiro Endo
 * Naoyuki Osada
 * Satoshi Saka
 * Muneki Seki

SIMO:GUMI

 * Shingo Shimoyama (Producer)
 * Miwa Yanagids (Production Management)
 * Chihiro Takigawa (Lead Animation)
 * Eiji Kondo
 * Hiroshi Go
 * Naoya Okugawa
 * Takayuki Oomori
 * Daisuke Hiraishi
 * Hidezo Ueda
 * Yuka Shimomaki
 * Masato Ikeda
 * Daisuke Morishita
 * Yoshitaka Matsuura

DIGITALSCAPE

 * Masaya Ishizuka (Development Director)
 * Kazuhisa Nishimura (Producer)
 * Hajime Tachikawa (Production Coordination)
 * Riki Kataoka
 * Tamio Kimura (Lead Animation)
 * Hidefumi Takeda
 * Yuichi Uchida
 * Yosuke Takahashi
 * Eiichi Iwashige
 * Takuya Shibuya
 * Susumu Kimura
 * Hiromichi Hidaka
 * Kosuke Hayashi
 * Rena Oki
 * Yugo Sumi
 * Yutaka Ishida
 * Kazuki Kobayashi
 * Tomokazu Yoshida
 * Yosuke Tanahashi
 * Dai Matsui
 * Tomomi Taguchi
 * Takashi Isa
 * Kazuhiro Suganuma
 * Lydia Yingying Lee
 * Satoshi Arai
 * RiseMore (Cooperation)

tuetue kombinato.

 * Kiyoshi Okuyama
 * Ippo Furuya
 * Chisa Nagashima
 * Mina Furugaki

EnumaElisch

 * Tatsuya Yabuta
 * Yukihiro Makino

Dog Ear Records

 * Kensuke Matsushita (Producer)
 * Hiroyo Yamanaka (Music - Production Management)
 * Chiho Sekiguchi (Sound - Production Management)

Music

 * Yu Manabe (First Violin)
 * Masahiko Todo (Second Violin)
 * Koichiro Muroya (Viola)
 * Tomoki Tai (Cello)
 * CHiCO(ACE) (Chorus)
 * Manami Kiyota
 * Masao Koori
 * Yoshinori Morita (Recordings)
 * BURNISH STONE RECORDING STUDIOS (Recording Studio)
 * Tsutomu Narita (Additional Strings Arrangement (Yoko Shimomura's score))
 * Takayasu Seo (Music Engraving (ACE's score))
 * Tsutomu Satomi, Uchida Ongaku Jimusho (Sound Coordination)

Xenoblade Chronicles Ending Theme Song

 * Yasunori Mitsuda, PROCYON STUDIO (Music Composer & Arranger)
 * Tetsuya Takahashi (Original Lyrics)
 * Lisa Gomamoto (English Translation)
 * Sarah Alainn (Vocals)
 * Yoshihiko Ishizaka (Piano)
 * Tomohiko Kira, ZABADAK (A.Guitar & E.Guitar)
 * Hitoshi Watanabe, GEMMATIKA Records (Electric Bass)
 * Yasuo Sano (Drums)
 * Konno Strings (Strings)
 * Yasunori Mitsuda, PROCYON STUDIO (Programming & Keyboards)
 * Hiroyuki Akita, WonderStation (Recording & Mixing Engineer)
 * WonderStation (Locations)
 * Hitokuchi-zaka Studio
 * CRECENTE STUDIO
 * PROCYON STUDIO
 * Tsutomu Satomi, Uchida Ongaku Jimusho (Recording Coordinators)
 * Yuichi Uchida, Uchida Ongaku Jimusho
 * Mami Ashino, PROCYON STUDIO (Sound Production Managers)
 * Yoshie Miyajima, PROCYON STUDIO
 * Yuji Saito, IMAGINE (Special Thanks to)
 * Hiroaki Yura
 * Rika Tanaka, Penelope
 * Hirokazu Fujita, Wonder Station

Sound Effects

 * Masataka Saito (Sound Design)
 * Natsuko Kawamori (Voice Editing)
 * Shojiro Nakaoka (Re-recording Mix)
 * Kazushige Sato (Sound Edit)
 * Shunsuke Hongo

Dialogue Recordings

 * Ryo Horikawa, Aslead company (Recorsing Director)
 * Seiya Machida (Casting & Recording Director)
 * Shizuka Usui (Assistants)
 * Kyoko Setoyama
 * Akie Shimizu
 * Takumi Baba
 * Jun Uchida (Scenario Binding)
 * Az Creative (Recording Studio)
 * Aslead company (Cooperation)
 * OFFICE OSAWA
 * KeKKe Corporation
 * S1PRODUCE
 * Theatre Echo
 * GO! SAY! DO! Corporation
 * SIGMA SEVEN
 * production Agumi
 * AONI Production
 * Jinnan Studio (Dialogue Test Recordings)

Special Thanks

 * Yusuke Nakano
 * Yuri Adachi
 * Kaori Ando
 * Shigehisa Nakaue
 * Naoko Ayabe
 * Natsuko Ishiwata
 * Tatsunobu Imoto
 * Yuji Watanabe
 * Yasuhiro Fujita
 * And All MONOLITHSOFT Staff


 * Keisuke Kadota (Product Artwork)
 * Kyosuke Hirayama
 * Ryo Koizumi


 * Mario Club (Quality Control)
 * Pole To Win
 * Motohiro Hamada, Pole To Win
 * Akiyoshi Hisaki, Pole To Win
 * Masaki Kawanabe, Pole To Win


 * Naoki Watanabe (QC Support)
 * Kimiharu Hyodo
 * Kazuo Hachimata
 * Mitsuo Iwamoto
 * Kenta Nakanishi
 * Kodai Matsumoto


 * Takako Shijo (Production Management)
 * Shingo Matsushita (Sub Director)


 * Koh Kojima (Directors)
 * Genki Yokota


 * Tetsuya Takahashi (Executive Director)


 * Shingo Kawabata (Producers)
 * Takao Nakano


 * Tadashi Nomura (General Producers)
 * Hitoshi Yamagami


 * Hirohide Sugiura (Senior Producers)
 * Shinji Hatano


 * Satoru Iwata (Executive Producer)

Localisation Management

 * Erkan Kasap
 * Micky Auer
 * Paul Logue
 * Matthew Mawer


 * Olga Kuznetsova (Localisation Producer)


 * Kenta Nakanishi (Localisation Director)

Translation

 * Andrea Jähn (Translation Coordination)

English

 * Gemma Collinge
 * Zakir Rahman
 * Kevin Murray
 * Benjamin Roffey
 * Stephen Edwards
 * Philip Reuben
 * Jamie Grant

French

 * Flavie Mathieu
 * David Caussèque
 * Sabrina Jouillat
 * Aleksandar Stefanovic
 * Anthony Fouillen
 * Véronique Schneider
 * Yann Hartmann
 * Carine Mathey
 * Alphonse Chartier
 * Grégory Morau

German

 * Alexander van de Bergh
 * Susanne Becker
 * René Paulesich
 * Arne Glinka
 * Sebastian Brück
 * Frithjof Koepp

Italian

 * Mirko Capocelli
 * Massimo Cotticelli
 * Christian Massi
 * Maurizio Minunni
 * Emanuele Fabbioni
 * Vincenzo Russo
 * Flavia Madonia
 * Mattia Trivellone
 * Tito Leati

Spanish

 * Blanca Hueso Taulés
 * Miguel Sánchez Esteban
 * Jónatan Marcos Millán
 * Araceli Mazón Figueroa
 * Sonia Dávila González
 * Miguel Rodríguez Ramos
 * Rubén del Val Martínez
 * José Manuel Malagón León

Coordination

 * Sonia Trepiccioni
 * Andrea De Benedetto
 * Theodoros Spenis
 * Stefania Montagnese

English

 * Nigel Bennet
 * James Clarke
 * Runya Madziya
 * Michael Reid
 * Emma Eilson
 * Paul Churchyard
 * Matthew Phillips
 * Kelvin Riley

French

 * Damien Brichard
 * Emilien de Salles Costa
 * Olivier Jacquemin-Guillaume
 * Matthieu Lamouroux
 * Julien Veron
 * Yannick Carrey
 * Tristan Germanaud
 * Nicolas Jéhanne
 * Arnaud Lhari

German

 * Eiline Andree
 * Peter Eiselt
 * Andishe Gottlieb
 * Mareike Krause
 * Sarah Nist
 * Hannah Siebert
 * Thomas Bayer
 * Angela Gilles
 * Edwin Kirschenmann
 * Lukas Mildner
 * Eva Schenkelberg

Italian

 * Daniele Alibrandi
 * Alessandra Buggio
 * Alessandro Crosa
 * Diego Moretti
 * Francesco Ermanno Torchia
 * Segio Bianchi
 * Marco Carpentieri
 * Camilla Mariani
 * Roberta Roja

Spanish

 * Rubén Aragón
 * Miguel Ángel Carnero Calderón
 * Jesús Gordo Martín
 * Javier Jordán Oliver
 * Iván Sánchez Jorda
 * Abel Avilés Romá
 * Estibaliz Bilbao Gallardo
 * Alex Hernández-Puertas
 * Diego Rosado

Audio Production

 * Andy Emery
 * Laetitia Amoros

Audio Direction

 * Mark Healy
 * Olivier Deslandes

Voice Actors
(See above)

Quality Control

 * Arnold A. Myers II
 * Christopher N. Hicks

Special Thanks

 * Jean-Paul Okada
 * Andrew Davies