{"id":52543,"date":"2025-09-30T17:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=52543"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:39:27","slug":"cygames-executive-director-and-former-granblue-fantasy-producer-steps-down-due-to-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/cygames-executive-director-and-former-granblue-fantasy-producer-steps-down-due-to-health-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Cygames executive director and former Granblue Fantasy producer steps down due to health concerns\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cygames founding member Yuito Kimura has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KimuraYuito\/status\/1972912672619516331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced via X<\/a> that he is stepping down from his position as executive director, effective immediately. Kimura cites health-related issues as the reason for his resignation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Kimura\u2019s condition isn\u2019t life-threatening, he explained that his current state has made it difficult for him to carry out his duties at full capacity. In addition to being a founding member and executive of Cygames, Kimura also served as producer on several titles, including Rage of Bahamut, Granblue Fantasy (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/granblue-fantasys-longtime-director-and-producer-step-down-in-organizational-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a role he stepped down from last year<\/a>), the Granblue Fantasy: Versus games, as well as the studio\u2019s latest project, Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond.\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\">\u3054\u5831\u544a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oqusDJx6df\">pic.twitter.com\/oqusDJx6df<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6728\u6751\u552f\u4eba (@KimuraYuito) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimuraYuito\/status\/1972912672619516331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After expressing his gratitude to Cygames fans for their continued support, Kimura said his main focus will be on recovery. He hopes to return to game production once his health improves.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cygames.co.jp\/en\/news\/id-24576\">official statement<\/a>, Cygames thanked Kimura for his many contributions and assured fans that his responsibilities are being smoothly\u00a0handed over to the executive team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuito Kimura has served as producer on several titles including Rage of Bahamut, Granblue Fantasy, the Granblue Fantasy: Versus games, and Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":52546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-52543","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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