{"id":42498,"date":"2025-01-08T17:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T08:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=42498"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:22:17","slug":"hideki-kamiya-reacts-to-the-revelation-that-someone-at-clovers-has-a-figure-of-him-sort-of-on-their-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hideki-kamiya-reacts-to-the-revelation-that-someone-at-clovers-has-a-figure-of-him-sort-of-on-their-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Hideki Kamiya reacts to the revelation that someone at CLOVERS has a figure of him (sort of) on their desk\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The official X account of CLOVERS made a rather humorous post on January 8 revealing that a member of staff at the studio has a figure on their desk that bears a striking resemblance to studio head and chief game designer Hideki Kamiya. Surprisingly, the Bayonetta and Okami creator, who is also known&nbsp;for his blocking sprees and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hideki-kamiya-regrets-harsh-outburst-towards-okami-fan-on-x-so-much-he-wants-to-snap-his-own-neck-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retorts on social media<\/a>, seems to agree.&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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30af\u30ed\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u30ba<\/a> \ud83c\udf40\u793e\u5185\u3067<br>\u30b9\u30bf\u30c3\u30d5\u306e\u30c7\u30b9\u30af\u306b\u3053\u3093\u306a\u3082\u306e\u3092\u767a\u898b\u2026\ud83e\udd14<br><br>\u3046\u3061\u306e\u30b9\u30bf\u30b8\u30aa\u30d8\u30c3\u30c9\u306b<br>\u30bd\u30c3\u30af\u30ea\u3084\u306a\u3044\u304b\u3044\uff01\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30af\u30ed\u3061\u3083\u3093<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0J7gN8XtrU\">pic.twitter.com\/0J7gN8XtrU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CLOVERS Inc. | \u30af\u30ed\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u30ba\ud83c\udf40 (@CLOVERS_jp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CLOVERS_jp\/status\/1876871520938541168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>This was discovered on the desk of one of the staff at CLOVERS.<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>It looks just like our\u00a0studio head?!\u00a0<\/em> (Note: CLOVERS also made <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CLOVERS_en\/status\/1876872822405874069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another version <\/a>of this post on their English language account shortly after).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently working on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/okami-to-get-surprise-sequel-helmed-by-hideki-kamiya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upcoming Okami sequel<\/a>, CLOVERS is the new studio established by Hideki Kamiya and former PlatinumGames\/freelance game developer Kenta Koyama. The studio\u2019s philosophy prioritizes creativity and focuses on&nbsp;what the individual can bring to the team, with each member choosing their own personal 4<sup>th<\/sup> C to add to the company\u2019s motto (examples include \u201ccleanliness\u201d, \u201ccrazy\u201d and \u201ccoffee break\u201d- more about that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/okami-sequel-developer-clovers-aims-to-maintain-independence-from-investors-and-prioritize-uninterrupted-creativity-explains-hideki-kamiya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest tweet about an action figure that could be said to look a lot like Kamiya certainly suggests that the fledgling studio\u2019s creative atmosphere has a sense of fun. The figure is actually of Japanese comedian Kuro-chan, but with some adjustments, it could be made to look more like the legendary developer behind Bayonetta, Okami and Viewtiful Joe. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hideki Kamiya himself seems to agree. In his retweet of the post, he proposes that someone should make alterations to the figure.&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\">\u8ab0\u304b\u6539\u9020\u3057\u3066\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4qOkCvEXx0\">https:\/\/t.co\/4qOkCvEXx0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u795e\u8c37\u82f1\u6a39\ud83c\udf40 Hideki Kamiya\ud83c\udf40 (@HidekiKamiya_X) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HidekiKamiya_X\/status\/1876875630307913739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post:<\/strong> <em>Someone should modify it&#8230;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, CLOVERS <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CLOVERS_jp\/status\/1876542643637039602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also posted images<\/a> today of the&nbsp;project briefing and welcoming session they held for new staff. They are still actively recruiting creatives across all game development positions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A staff member of Hideki Kamiya&#8217;s new studio CLOVERS happens to have a figure that bears a striking resemblance to the Okami creator himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":42503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-42498","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 v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hideki Kamiya reacts to the revelation that someone at CLOVERS has a figure of him (sort of) on their desk\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A staff member of Hideki Kamiya&#039;s new studio CLOVERS happens to have a figure that bears a striking resemblance to the Okami creator himself.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hideki-kamiya-reacts-to-the-revelation-that-someone-at-clovers-has-a-figure-of-him-sort-of-on-their-desk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hideki Kamiya reacts to the revelation that someone at CLOVERS has a figure of him (sort of) on their desk\u00a0 - 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