{"id":3720,"date":"2021-10-08T14:19:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T05:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2021-10-08T14:37:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T05:37:41","slug":"20211008-3720","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211008-3720\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakuza series\u2019 Nagoshi is leaving Sega &#038; Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will restructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211008-178440\/\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-10-08 13:55 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>On October 8, Sega announced the departure of <em>Yakuza<\/em> series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and the restructuring of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the studio behind <em>Yakuza<\/em> and <em>Judgment<\/em> series. The studio producer Daisuke Sato is also leaving Sega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio was established in 2011 as part of Sega\u2019s CS Research and Development No.1 division. The studio is known for <em>Yakuza, Judgment<\/em>, and <em>Super Monkey Ball<\/em> series. They also develop in-house development tools including the Dragon Engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The studio was headed by Nagoshi, and the <em>Yakuza<\/em> series has been produced by Daisuke Sato, Masayoshi Yokoyama, and Hiroyuki Sakamoto. With this reorganization, Yokoyama (Studio Director\/Executive Producer) and Sakamoto (Yakuza series Chief Producer) will take the leading roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key figures of the recent titles, including Ryosuke Horii (Yakuza series Chief Director), Yutaka Ito (Technical Manager\/Lost Judgment Director), and Nobuaki Mitake (Yakuza series Art Director), will remain in the studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-08-30\/china-s-netease-in-talks-to-hire-creator-of-sega-yakuza-series\">Bloomberg<\/a> recently reported that Nagoshi is in talks to join NetEase. It has not been announced whether or not he will actually join them, but it\u2019s now official that he\u2019s leaving Sega and the studio. At Sega, Nagoshi was demoted from the CCO role in April of this year. With Nagoshi and Sato gone, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will continue on under a new structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama briefly touched on the subject of sequels as well. \u201cRyu Ga Gotoku\u2019s predecessors have passed down their beliefs and know-how to each and every staff member. You can witness it in the recently released <em>Lost Judgment<\/em> and will see it in the upcoming sequel to <em>Yakuza: Like a Dragon<\/em> which will continue Ichiban Kasuga\u2019s story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The said sequel is \u201ccurrently being developed by producer Sakamoto and directors Horii, Ito and Mitake.\u201d Yokoyama himself is working on the story along with \u201cTakeuchi and Furuta.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s six months or one year from now, I hope to show you a new Ryu Ga Gotoku title by a new Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio that is different but still the same, and something that will spark a feeling of \u2018this is what we are waiting for\u2019 within you,\u201d said Yokoyama. You can check out the rest of messages <a href=\"http:\/\/ryu-ga-gotoku.com\/studio\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yakuza series\u2019 Nagoshi is leaving Sega &#038; Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will restructure. 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