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[[Image:Masato Kato.jpg|right|Masato Kato]]'''Masato Kato''' (加藤正人, M. Kato, Runmai) got his start in the video game industry with Tecmo working on '''Captain Tsubasa''' and the original '''Ninja Gaiden''' series. For the first game, he contributed graphics, animations, and instruction manual illustrations. His roles increased in responsibility there until the third game, where he served as Director and writer.

Kato then worked with Gainax on the video game adaption of '''Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water''' and '''Princess Maker 2'''.

Kato then began work for Square Enix with '''Chrono Trigger''', where he wrote the main story based on Yuji Hori's basic plot outline. Kato's work on the game would have qualified him as a Director, but he was a new employee and getting a Director credit them would have been improper. He designed the system of multiple endings, contributed to the character designs, and wrote entire new portions of the game Hori had not laid out.

Kato then went to work on '''Chrono Cross''', '''Final Fantasy VII''', '''Radical Dreamers''' (the original '''Chrono Trigger''' sequel), and '''Xenogears''' prior to work on [[Final Fantasy XI]].

For '''FFXI''', Kato was credited as the Plot / Events Supervisor for the base version of the game. He left Square as an employee after finishing work on [[Rise of the Zilart]], where he wrote the main scenario.

He returned to FFXI to write the 3 addon scenarios [[A Crystalline Prophecy]], [[A Moogle Kupo d'Etat]], and [[A Shantotto Ascension]].

==Quick Facts==
*Kato wrote the lyrics for "[[Memoro de la Ŝtono]]".

==Related Links==
* [https://vgmdb.net/artist/7203 VGMDB Entry]

[[Category:Square Enix Staff]]

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