天野喜孝，原名為天野嘉孝。1952年3月26日出生於日本靜岡市。畫家，插畫師，角色設計師。

《最終幻想》系列前六部的角色設計者。擅長舞臺美術及服裝設計。其作品散見各種藝術創作活動中，計有動畫人物設計、電玩遊戲視覺概念設計、書籍的封面設計與內頁插畫，舞蹈、戲劇、電影的場景設計、背景美術設計、服裝設計等。

Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese artist, character designer, illustrator and a theater and film scenic designer and costume designer. He first came into prominence in the late 1960s working on the anime adaptation of Speed Racer. Amano later became the creator of iconic and influential characters such as Gatchaman, Tekkaman: The Space Knight, Hutch the Honeybee and Casshan. In 1982 he went independent and became a freelance artist, finding success as an illustrator for numerous authors, and worked on best-selling novel series, such as The Guin Saga and Vampire Hunter D. He is also known for his commissioned illustrations for the popular video-game franchise Final Fantasy.