{"id":29453,"date":"2024-04-08T13:39:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=29453"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:39:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:39:41","slug":"sonic-co-creator-yuji-naka-accuses-square-enix-producer-of-lying-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sonic-co-creator-yuji-naka-accuses-square-enix-producer-of-lying-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka accuses Square Enix producer of lying in court\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After being silent for over a year, former Square Enix and Sega developer Yuji Naka updated his personal X (formerly Twitter) account on April 7. Unexpectedly, Naka addressed the recent news of Square Enix\u2019s Yu Miyake leaving his role of Dragon Quest series producer and accused him of submitting falsehoods in court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yuji Naka, known as the co-creator of the Sonic series, was found guilty of insider trading at Square Enix in 2023. He was given a suspended sentence of two and half years in prison and fined for approx. $1.2 million USD. Naka had reportedly purchased shares in Aiming, the developer of Dragon Quest Tact, and ATeam, the developer of Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier, based on confidential knowledge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30b9\u30af\u30a8\u30cb\uff62\u30c9\u30e9\u30af\u30a8\uff63\u8cac\u4efb\u8005\u306e\u4e09\u5b85\u6c0f\u304c\u7570\u52d5\uff64\u30c6\u30b3\u5165\u308c\u3078 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE%E5%9B%9B%E5%AD%A3%E5%A0%B1%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u4f1a\u793e\u56db\u5b63\u5831\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zt9nXnyfBg\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zt9nXnyfBg<\/a><br>\u3084\u3063\u3068\u304b\u3068\u8a00\u3046\u611f\u3058\u3002\u88c1\u5224\u306b\u5618(\u8a3c\u62e0\u3042\u308a)\u3092\u66f8\u3044\u305f\u30e1\u30e2\u3092\u63d0\u51fa\u3059\u308b\u3088\u3046\u306a\u4eba\u306a\u306e\u3067\u65e9\u304f\u3044\u306a\u304f\u306a\u308c\u3070\u826f\u3044\u306e\u306b\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4f1a\u3063\u305f\u3053\u3068\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u65b0\u3057\u304f\u793e\u9577\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u4eba\u306f\u826f\u3044\u4eba\u304b\u3082\u77e5\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u306d<\/p>&mdash; Yuji Naka \/ \u4e2d\u3000\u88d5\u53f8 (@nakayuji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nakayuji\/status\/1776961415074697620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In his recent tweet, Naka shared an article about Miyake stepping down from his role as Dragon Quest series producer and captioned it, \u201cFinally. I was hoping he would be gone soon, as he\u2019s the kind of person that would submit a note containing lies in a trial (there is evidence of this). I haven\u2019t met the new CEO, but he might be a good person.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, it was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-04-05\/top-dragon-quest-producer-steps-down-in-square-enix-overhaul?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> that Miyake, the veteran producer who had led the Dragon Quest series since 1992, would be relocated to Square Enix\u2019s mobile game development department. This was apparently the result of delays in Dragon Quest 12\u2019s development. According to Bloomberg, the top candidate to replace Miyake is NieR series producer Yosuke Saito.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his post, Naka seemingly applauds the decision, offering praise to Square Enix\u2019s CEO Takashi Kiryu, who was freshly appointed in June last year and announced various changes in the company\u2019s policy and organization. The accusation Naka makes towards Miyake is ambiguous, but may refer to last year\u2019s insider trading trial. It might be important to note that during his first trial at the Tokyo District Court, Naka had admitted to leveraging his position at Square Enix to engage in insider trading of 130,000 stocks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuji Naka, who was charged with insider trading in 2023, has accused Square Enix&#8217;s Yu Miyake of submitting falsehoods in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":29456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-29453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka accuses Square Enix producer of lying in court\u00a0 - 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