Tetsuya Nomura: The Face Behind The Amazing Works Of ‘Final Fantasy’

If you are a huge fan of the Final Fantasy saga, then we are pretty sure that you would be eager to know more about the man behind it. This man goes by the name of Tetsuya Nomura, and is currently the character developer and video game director for Final Fantasy and many other fantastic video games. Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Poster 4488 (left)

Nomura was born on October 8, 1970 in Kochi Prefecture, located on the Shikoku island. During his younger days, Nomura took up a job as an art creator for advertisements in an occupational school. Soon in the 1990s, Square Enix discovered his talent in art creation and employed him to design monstrous characters for ‘Final Fantasy V’.

Later on, he was promoted to become a graphic animation director and junior character developer for the following Final Fantasy series. The peak of his success began in 1995 when Square Enix offered him a place as the character developer for Final Fantasy VII, and the series turned out to be a tremendous achievement and became a gaming phenomenon for PlayStation.

In 1997, Nomura made a comeback by developing characters for Final Fantasy VIII, which attained yet another huge success in the video game industry. From there, he was requested to be involved in other major tasks such as creation of characters for Ehrgeiz and Parasite Eve that were to be included in PlayStation.

When PlayStation 2 was introduced, he helped design characters for the first ever PlayStation 2 game, The Bouncer, and then went back to creating characters for some other Final Fantasy series, up to Final Fantasy XI.

After many years of being pro-active in character designing for highly successful video games, he directed the animated movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children that entered the screens of Japan in September 2005 and the screens of North America in April 2006.

That was officially his first film ever to be created. He even took up the role of a songwriter where he wrote lyrics to almost all the songs for the soundtrack. The film achieved huge success and was well received by the public.

In 2002, he was awarded the ‘Excellence In Visual Arts’ award and the ‘Game Developers Choice Award’, and in 2006, he was recognized as the ‘Best Creator’.

For the moment, he is actively involved in character designing and directing for more of the Final Fantasy series that are to be included in the all-new PlayStation Portable, also known as PSP.

He is also taking up the same roles for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts series, and will be going back to working on Nintendo games like Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Being a character developer cum director of the most acclaimed animated series of video games, particularly Final Fantasy, Nomura has been a great influence to many in the world of character animation.

He has grabbed the attention of video game lovers and fans of 3D animated series with his skills, creativity and talent. One would be mesmerized by his amazing contributions to the video game and animation industry. We are very proud of him and wish him continuous success.

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (English Trailer)



If you would like to see more of his amazing masterpieces and make your purchase of video games and DVDs, please visit the official website for Square Enix, and if you would like to know a little bit more about the man himself, do visit this fan site that was specially dedicated to him.



Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy X-2

The Music Icon Of Asia

Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza, The Music Icon Of Asia

If you were asked to name one Asian sensation that has been clinching loads of music awards and has probably the most colossal fan base in Asia, her name would unquestionably be the first to cross your minds. She is none other than Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza!

Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza was born on January 11th, 1979, and is the fifth child of eight children in the family. She made her very first television appearance in 1995 as a contestant in a Malaysian singing competition called RTM Juara Bintang (RTM Champion Star), where she defeated the rest of the contestants and emerged as the winner. She was only sweet 16 then. Ever since sealing her victory, her innate singing talent in singing had caught the attention of Suria Records, and the year 1996 marked the release of her self-titled debut album, Siti Nurhaliza. Her first album was selling like hotcakes and attracted many music lovers from all across Asia, and so did her subsequent albums. Her first ever single from the debut album, Aku Cinta Padamu (I Love You), was covered by a boyband in Australia.

Latest Song : Biarlah Rahsia (Live In Singapore)

She was an iconic figure in Malaysia’s music industry and created history by making her appearances in other parts of the world. In 2004, she was called to present a special performance at Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan. She became the first non-Chinese to make the special guest appearance there. In April 1st, 2005, she created yet another historical moment for herself with her outstanding performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Britain press had regarded her as ‘Asia’s Celine Dion’ due to her exceptional vocals.

Song: Cindai (Live In Royal Albert Hall, London)

On August 2006, she married Datuk Khalid Jiwa, a successful businessman from Malaysia. Her marriage with him was solemnized on August 21st, and the wedding reception was held on August 28th. The wedding was declared Wedding Of The Year. Even after marriage, fans still adore her and her music, making her Malaysia’s leading female artiste and one of Asia’s well-acclaimed singer and songwriter till this day.

This award-winning sensation recently came down to Singapore for Anugerah Planet Muzik 2007 (Music Planet Awards 2007), an annual music awards show that brings together music icons from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. As always, she would never leave the show empty handed! She bagged three awards, which were Most Popular Female Artiste, Best Female Artiste, and Best Song for one of her latest singles, Biarlah Rahsia (Let It Be A Secret). These are a few of the many awards that she had clinched since her singing career took off.

She has blossomed so much over the years, yet she stays true to her roots and remains down to earth. This is one trait that makes everybody go head over heels for her!

The NAFASG team is very proud of Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza and wish her continuous success in her singing career.

Screenshot Of Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza’s Official Website

P/S: Dato’ is a title used for a Malaysian woman who is associated with a Malaysian man who has the title ‘Datuk’ in his name. Any woman who is given this title is highly- respected by others.

Another Top Influential People Of The World

Mr.Roger Dawson

The moment one cracks a conversation on negotiation techniques, one will never fail to mention his name.

Yes, Roger Dawson, the master of negotiation, and another name in the list of top influential people of the world!

Dawson is a full-time speaker, author and consultant who has been going places, from one continent to another, to give talks and corporate meetings with the largest companies and corporations worldwide.

He is the most accommodating person to majority of the meeting planners, sales managers and associates, business professionals and company owners.

The Roger Dawson’s Power Negotiating Institute has been established specially for any corporation or association that wishes to make an appointment with him to organize seminars or conferences or provide consultation services.

He is not any ordinary negotiation expert. He was introduced into the Speaker Hall of Fame in the year 1991, together with the likes of Ronald Reagan and Art Linkletter.

He was also reported in Success Magazine as ‘America’s Premier Business Negotiator’.
If you are planning a meeting, it pays to invite Dawson, as he can improve meeting attendance and enhance participation from the members.

He can make a meeting turn out to be so influential to the members, leaving them to think that the meeting held is the best ever. All these can be made possible by him because of his energetic and enthusiastic styles of presentation, where he encourages interaction with the members.

He can create such a major impact on the members by helping them acquire the new skills that would develop them into more productive people in the industries.

A Short Video Of Mr. Roger Dawson

If you are a sales executive, ask Dawson to assist you and you will see how he makes an enormous impact to your fellow salespeople during your yearly sales meeting or events. He will instill the essential negotiation skills that your salespeople would require to clinch the best deals in town.

After all, the key to your company’s success is the sales revenue, so it is so clearly defined the importance of inviting Dawson to help you boost your salespeople’s negotiation skills, thus boosting your sales income!

If you own a business, he has the right books and articles just for you. With these books, you can gain knowledge on how to boost your sales and how to negotiate with your dealers professionally and effectively, and most of all, how to attain the furthermost success in your business. He has a total of eight business books and four of his books are selling like hot cakes in bookstores and major book clubs.

Screenshot of Mr.Roger Dawson’s Official Website

Visit his official website and you will stumble upon all his published items, DVDs and CDs. Many of you have probably heard of his audio program called ‘Secrets of Power Negotiating’ which sold over 548,000 copies and was rated the best selling business program ever!

Secrets of Power Negotiating

With all that information in hand, how can we not induct him into the ‘Top Influential People Of The World’ right?

We hope that he will continue to tour all over the world and contribute to the success of the business world.

Another kudos from Nafa…to Mr. Roger Dawson!

Top Influential People Of The World

Mr. Anthony Robbins.
Everywhere around the world, we will never fail to find people who started off as strangers to the entire world, and then transformed into the people who are looked up to by the entire world till today.

These are the people who have created such an immense impact on the global community. Today, I would like to share with you about Anthony Robbins, the man whom millions had looked upon as the ‘father of life’s decision-making’.

How influential is this man? He is so influential that…even the powerful leaders of today, who have already attained so much success in their lives, still would fall back on him for the most crucial decisions that they have to make.

Wouldn’t anyone wish to be the confidante for all the world leaders to turn to? And when it comes to everything under the sun, like business matters, emotional and psychological issues, decisions about your ambitions and career life, your personal goals, and even financial concerns… he is the steadfast guru that everyone would look for.

Robbins’ work has been highly recognized by everyone from every walk of life, from the homeless and the poor, to the big names of the world like the world leaders, sports athletes, business professionals and even the famous names in the entertainment industry.

He is a multi-tasking personality with a special ability – to change lives of others. He is a humanitarian, a book writer, a psychological advisor, an award winning motivational speaker, and without a doubt, an extremely successful businessman.

He is a proud Chairman and Vice-Chairman of FIVE private corporations and also owns the Anthony Robbins Companies, namely the Robbins Research International Inc., Anthony Robbins Holdings and Robbins-Madanes Center for Strategic Intervention.

That was just a few of the long list of companies! The proud husband of Sage Robbins and father of four children had clinched prestigious awards like ‘Top 50 Business Intellectuals Of The World’, ‘Top 200 Business Gurus’, ‘Top Six Business Leaders In The World’ and ‘Outstanding Humanitarians’ award, and had even been short listed as one of the Top 10 ‘Outstanding People Of The World’ by the International Chamber of Commerce.


A Screen Shot Of Mr. Anthony Robbins Official Website

Check out more about him at his official website . You will also be informed of the products like videos and books that he had compiled for all to view and be inspired.

He also organizes live events all over the world, whereby he will give motivational talks to his different sets of audiences, ranging from business professionals to students. If I can recall, he came to Singapore many years back to give a motivational talk on strategic planning for businesses.



A Short Video Of Mr. Anthony Robbins

In the website, you can even look out for essential guides on things that matter to us like goal setting, business planning, solutions to any issue or problem, be it financially or emotionally, and lots more.So one can gather that he is a busy and successful man, but has a heart of gold!

And his ultimate goal is simply to make a difference to our lives.
Check out the website and be inspired by how a then stranger could turn into one of the most influential people of the world.

Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement

Kudos to Mr. Anthony Robbins!