{"id":42950,"date":"2025-01-20T11:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T02:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=42950"},"modified":"2025-01-20T11:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T02:53:12","slug":"tekken-producer-katsuhiro-haradas-open-to-work-announcement-is-not-a-cause-for-worry-creator-clarifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-producer-katsuhiro-haradas-open-to-work-announcement-is-not-a-cause-for-worry-creator-clarifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada\u2019s \u201copen to work\u201d announcement is not a cause for worry, creator clarifies\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Katsuhiro Harada made an update on his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1881164805060567212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn profile<\/a> on January 20 that caused uproar about him potentially leaving Bandai Namco Studios. The creator set his job preference to \u201copen to work\u201d and made a post in which he said that he was looking for new full-time positions, asking industry peers to help him find new opportunities. However, it seems this is not a cause for worry, as he later reassured on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On LinkedIn, Harada mentioned that he was interested in full-time positions such as executive producer, game director, vice president of business development, business development executive, and vice president of marketing. He also added that he\u2019s \u201ccasually\u201d looking, with no specific start date in mind. Unsurprisingly, fans who saw this took it as a sign that the Tekken series executive producer is getting ready to leave Bandai Namco after his 30-year career at the company, which would have big consequences for the Tekken series\u2019 future.\u00a0<\/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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh, don&#39;t worry about this.<br>I meet a lot of people on a regular basis (but I don&#39;t actually have that many friends in my private world LOL), I just want to meet more people and expand my horizons in the future.<br>I can talk to a lot of people when I turn this option on.<br>Just that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OpcfAZjxuS\">https:\/\/t.co\/OpcfAZjxuS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1881164805060567212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Harada quickly clarified on X that the update was only meant as a way for him to expand his network, and that fans have nothing to worry about.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tekken series executive producer Katsuhiro Harada posted on LinkedIn that he is &#8220;casually&#8221; looking for a new full-time job, giving fans the idea that he&#8217;s leaving Bandai Namco, but this seems to not be the case after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":42955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-42950","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 - 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