{"id":51334,"date":"2025-08-25T12:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=51334"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:58:57","slug":"former-dead-or-alive-director-is-leaving-bandai-namco-studios-and-tekken-8-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/former-dead-or-alive-director-is-leaving-bandai-namco-studios-and-tekken-8-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Dead or Alive director is leaving Bandai Namco Studios and Tekken 8 team\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yohei Shimbori has announced that he will be leaving Bandai Namco Studios at the end of August 2025. Arguably his most significant contribution to the company was serving as a producer and assistant director of Tekken 8.\u00a0Shimbori had <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231220-24640\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initially revealed his involvement<\/a> in the title&#8217;s development back in December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I will be leaving Bandai Namco Studio at the end of this month. During my time here, I was involved in various projects. I was particularly engaged in Tekken 8, mainly with non-core gameplay elements. I also received support from many people, including our players. I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude. Thank you so much!<\/em>\u00a0,&#8221; Shimbori wrote on X on August 23.<\/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\">\u3010\u3054\u5831\u544a\u3011\u4eca\u6708\u672b\u3067\u30d0\u30f3\u30c0\u30a4\u30ca\u30e0\u30b3\u30b9\u30bf\u30b8\u30aa\u3092\u9000\u8077\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5728\u7c4d\u4e2d\u306f\u69d8\u3005\u306a\u6848\u4ef6\u306b\u95a2\u308f\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001\u7279\u306b\u30a2\u30a6\u30c8\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u4e2d\u5fc3\u306b\u6df1\u304f\u643a\u308f\u3063\u305f\u9244\u62f38\u3067\u306f\u3001\u304a\u5ba2\u69d8\u3082\u542b\u3080\u591a\u304f\u306e\u65b9\u3005\u306b\u652f\u3048\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3053\u306e\u5834\u3092\u501f\u308a\u3066\u5fc3\u3088\u308a\u5fa1\u793c\u7533\u3057\u4e0a\u3052\u307e\u3059\u3002\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<\/p>&mdash; \u3057\u3093\u307c\u308a (@shimbori_x) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shimbori_x\/status\/1958912278897861036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining Bandai Namco Studios, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231220-24640\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shimbori worked at Koei Tecmo<\/a>, where he first served as a tester for Dead or Alive: Ultimate before becoming the director for Dead or Alive: Dimensions, all versions of Dead or Alive 5, and the director and producer for Dead or Alive 6. Shimbori has also worked on other titles such as Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, but it\u2019s safe to say his true passion lies in creating fighting games.\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=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u4eca\u5f8c\u306e\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u63a7\u3048\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u3088\u308a\u81ea\u7531\u306b\u52d5\u304d\u56de\u3063\u3066\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u6301\u3061\u5473\u3092\u6d3b\u304b\u3057\u305f\u65b0\u305f\u306a\u6311\u6226\u3092\u3057\u3066\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u304d\u3063\u3068\u6642\u9593\u306f\u304b\u304b\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u9762\u767d\u3044\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u304a\u5c4a\u3051\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3088\u3046\u4e00\u5c64\u52b1\u307f\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u4eca\u5f8c\u3068\u3082\u898b\u5b88\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3051\u308c\u3070\u5b09\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>&mdash; \u3057\u3093\u307c\u308a (@shimbori_x) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shimbori_x\/status\/1958913377998446752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Post translation: I\u2019ll refrain from sharing details for now, but I\u2019ll be moving more freely and taking on new challenges that make the most of my strengths from now on. It will surely take time, but I\u2019ll strive harder to deliver an exciting game, so I\u2019d be delighted if you continue to keep an eye on my progress.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his departure from Bandai Namco Studios, Shimbori says he will be \u201cmoving more freely and taking on new challenges.\u201d Whether this indicates that he will be going independent or joining a new company remains to be seen, but he has confirmed that he wants to continue making games for the foreseeable future. Given that several fighting game franchises haven\u2019t had sequels in quite some time (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220516-12630\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dead or Alive<\/a>, Bloody Roar, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-darkstalkers-gala-fighting-pass-could-pave-the-way-for-the-dormant-franchises-revival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Darkstalkers<\/a>) and that the genre has been experiencing a resurgence as of late, Shimbori has many avenues that can make use of his talents.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yohei Shimbori says his future moves will give him more freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":51339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-51334","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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