Tetsuya Takahashi

Tetsuya Takahashi
高橋 哲哉
Born	(1966-11-18) November 18, 1966 (age 57) Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)	CCO and Director of Monolith Soft
Employer(s)	Nihon Falcom (1988–1990) Square (1990–1999) Monolith Soft (1999–present)
Notable work	Xeno
Spouse	Soraya Saga

Tetsuya Takahashi (高橋 哲哉, Takahashi Tetsuya) (born November 18, 1966) is a Japanese video game designer, writer and director. Takahashi worked at Square in the 90s as a graphic designer and graphic director, participating on some of their most well-received titles such as Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger, before directing and co-writing Xenogears. He left Square in 1999 to co-found Monolith Soft, where he would develop the Xenosaga and Xenoblade Chronicles series with Namco and Nintendo respectively, being the executive director of Xenoblade since the first entry in the series.

He is married to Soraya Saga, who also worked with him at Square Enix, as well as on Xenosaga and Soma Bringer.

Takahashi is one of the founders of Monolith Soft, senior director and chief creative officer at the company, as well as part of its board of directors.^[1]