Early years Kato first worked for
Tecmo on
Captain Tsubasa and the
Ninja Gaiden series. On his first three games, he moved from graphics, to graphics and scenario writing, to also directing the action elements. He went on to work for
Gainax.
Square Co. Masato Kato's first title at Square was
Chrono Trigger as the game's story planner and script writer. The game's composer Yasunori Mitsuda have considered Kato to be one of the game's directors. Kato stated that
Chrono Cross development encountered difficulty in expanding the game world due to hardware limitations, and that they crammed as much data as they could onto the game disk. Conversely, developing the multiple game endings was seen as easier, on par with
Chrono Trigger as a bonus for players who finished the game.
Writings In 2005, Masato Kato also collaborated with
Yasunori Mitsuda, longtime friend and music composer, to write a
short story titled
Five Seasons of kiЯitɘ, which Mitsuda accompanied with music on his album
kiЯitɘ. The story and soundtrack have also been presented in
opera form. Prior to this, Mitsuda composed the soundtrack for several of Kato's games, including
Chrono Cross and
Xenogears. ==Games==