{"id":30386,"date":"2024-05-01T18:41:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T09:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=30386"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T09:41:23","slug":"naoki-yoshidas-job-title-is-absurdly-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/naoki-yoshidas-job-title-is-absurdly-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Naoki Yoshida\u2019s job title is absurdly long\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Square Enix\u2019s Naoki Yoshida\u2019s lengthy job title just got even longer, catching the attention of Japanese news site <a href=\"https:\/\/game.watch.impress.co.jp\/docs\/news\/1588519.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game Watch<\/a>, as well as FF14 blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.livedoor.jp\/umadori0726\/archives\/61463960.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Umadori<\/a> among others (Top image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/news\/202212\/16286797.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naoki Yoshida, nicknamed Yoshi-P, is best known for being the producer and director of the MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 and its expansions. On Square Enix\u2019s English language <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jp.square-enix.com\/company\/en\/officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corporate website<\/a>, he is listed simply as \u201cVice President, Creative Business Unit III\u201d (as of 2019). However, according to Game Watch, his full title in Japanese is even longer. This April it <a href=\"http:\/\/the%20header%20for%20an%20interview%20with%20yoshi-p\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>increased from an already impressive 102 characters to 105 characters (including spaces)- which feels like a lot in Japanese, as one character can sometimes be equivalent to one word. This increase was\u00a0highlighted\u00a0in the text and images below that were posted on\u00a0Umadori:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" height=\"524\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1058px) 100vw, 1058px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Naoki Yoshida former job title\" class=\"wp-image-30391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-001.jpeg 1058w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-001-380x188.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-001-768x380.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-001-600x297.jpeg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Former title:<\/strong> \u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30b9\u30af\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30fb\u30a8\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u53d6\u7de0\u5f79 \u517c \u958b\u767a\u62c5\u5f53\u57f7\u884c\u5f79\u54e1\u00a0 \u517c \u7b2c\u4e09\u958b\u767a\u4e8b\u696d\u672c\u90e8 \u4e8b\u696d\u672c\u90e8\u9577 \u30d5\u30a1\u30a4\u30ca\u30eb\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30bf\u30b8\u30fcXIV\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b5\u30fc \u517c \u30c7\u30a3\u30ec\u30af\u30bf\u30fc \u517c \u30d5\u30a1\u30a4\u30ca\u30eb\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30bf\u30b8\u30fcXVI\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b5\u30fc\u00a0<br><strong>Translation: <\/strong>Director, Executive Officer in charge of Development at Square Enix, Vice President of Creative Business Unit III, Producer and Director Final Fantasy XIV and Producer of Final Fantasy XVI.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1057\" height=\"525\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1057px) 100vw, 1057px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-002.jpeg\" alt=\"Naoki Yoshida New job title\" class=\"wp-image-30392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-002.jpeg 1057w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-002-380x189.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-002-768x381.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240501-30386-002-600x298.jpeg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New title: <\/strong>\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30b9\u30af\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30fb\u30a8\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u53d6\u7de0\u5f79 \u517c \u57f7\u884c\u5f79\u54e1 \u517c \u30af\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b9\u30bf\u30b8\u30aa3 \u30b9\u30bf\u30b8\u30aa\u30d8\u30c3\u30c9 \u517c \u30d5\u30a1\u30a4\u30ca\u30eb\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30bf\u30b8\u30fcXIV\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b5\u30fc \u517c \u30c7\u30a3\u30ec\u30af\u30bf\u30fc \u517c \u30d5\u30a1\u30a4\u30ca\u30eb\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30bf\u30b8\u30fcXVI\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b5\u30fc\u00a0<br><strong>Translation:<\/strong> Director and Executive Officer of Square Enix, Studio Head of Creative Studio 3, Producer and Director of Final Fantasy XIV and Producer of Final Fantasy XVI\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Please note that these translations are not equivalent to Square Enix\u2019s official translated job titles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A shorter version of Yoshi-P&#8217;s revised job title (Director, Executive Officer, and Creative Studio 3 Studio Head) can be seen in action on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jp.square-enix.com\/recruit\/fresh\/top-message\/exective-01.html\"> header for an interview with him<\/a> on Square Enix\u2019s recruitment page for upcoming university graduates.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a side note, Yoshi-P is getting attention on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%96%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA3+%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E3%83%98%E3%83%83%E3%83%89&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a> today (May 1) as fans write messages wishing him happy birthday, in addition to commenting on his new job title. This is not the first and probably not the last time that the popular game creator has generated a buzz on Japanese social media, with X users <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/final-fantasy-xiv-director-yoshi-p-rolex-scrutinized-approved-by-fans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scrutinizing his Rolex and other watches just last month<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Yoshi-P&#8217;s super long job title at Square Enix just got even longer this April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":30398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-30386","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 - 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