{"id":58765,"date":"2026-02-20T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=58765"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:16:57","slug":"monster-hunter-fans-in-japan-relieved-at-rare-update-from-rise-director-yasunori-ichinose-beg-him-to-make-the-next-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-fans-in-japan-relieved-at-rare-update-from-rise-director-yasunori-ichinose-beg-him-to-make-the-next-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter fans in Japan relieved at rare update from Rise director Yasunori Ichinose, beg him to make the next entry\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Though the&nbsp;Japanese&nbsp;<strong>Monster Hunter Rise<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MH_Rise_JP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official X account<\/a>&nbsp;constantly posts updates about the game and other titles in the series, it has been quite some time since director Yasunori Ichinose last graced fans with an update&nbsp;of his own. After&nbsp;a long&nbsp;absence, his latest post&nbsp;from February 19&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;he is&nbsp;alive,&nbsp;well, and&nbsp;still part of the Monster Hunter team.&nbsp;Due to his prolonged radio silence, there have&nbsp;been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/s3sh14JohjA?si=aOxax5OKtaUE4zak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rumors circulating<\/a>&nbsp;that he&nbsp;left&nbsp;Capcom.&nbsp;Although baseless, they seem to have spread enough for some Japanese fans to feel genuinely concerned.&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\">\u30e9\u30a4\u30ba\u30c7\u30a3\u30ec\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u306e\u4e00\u702c\u3067\u3059<br><br>\u304a\u4e45\u3057\u3076\u308a\u3067\u3059<br>\u5fdc\u63f4\u3057\u3066\u304f\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u7686\u69d8\u3001\u4eca\u5e74\u3082\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3\u3084\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30ec\u30bf\u30fc\u3001\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u306a\u3069\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f<br><br>\u958b\u767a\u4e00\u540c\u611f\u8b1d\u306e\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3067\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044\u3067\u3059\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WCt1PuV5La\">pic.twitter.com\/WCt1PuV5La<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30cf\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30e9\u30a4\u30ba\uff1a\u30b5\u30f3\u30d6\u30ec\u30a4\u30af\u516c\u5f0f (@MH_Rise_JP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MH_Rise_JP\/status\/2024408622311362858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Post translation:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><br><em>Ichinose here,\u00a0the\u00a0director of\u00a0Monster Hunter Rise.\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0been a while.\u00a0To everyone supporting us, thank\u00a0you so much for all the chocolates, fan\u00a0letters, illustrations, and everything else this year. The entire development team is filled with gratitude. As for items addressed to the characters of Kamura Village and\u00a0Elgado\u00a0Outpost\u00a0<\/em>(the main hub areas for Monster Hunter Rise and its Sunbreak expansion, respectively<em>), our\u00a0postman\u00a0Senri is working hard to deliver them, isn&#8217;t he?<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though\u00a0Ichinose did not\u00a0divulge\u00a0any\u00a0Monster Hunter-related\u00a0news, his mere presence online was enough to bring joy to fans.\u00a0Many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Riisan_okiraku\/status\/2024435017804632448?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed<\/a>\u00a0relief that the rumors\u00a0of his departure from Capcom\u00a0turned out to be false,\u00a0as well as\u00a0their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cinder__Wolf\/status\/2024414108045758816?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued love<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0his contributions to the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1515\" height=\"851\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1515px) 100vw, 1515px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260220-58765-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260220-58765-header.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260220-58765-header-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260220-58765-header-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cinder__Wolf\/status\/2024414108045758816?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>There\u00a0was\u00a0also a fair share of requests, with many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MH_Rise_JP\/status\/2024408622311362858\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asking<\/a>\u00a0Ichinose to take charge of Monster Hunter\u2019s next installment while\u00a0calling him \u201cthe\u00a0series\u2019 only hope,\u201d\u00a0likely\u00a0in\u00a0light of\u00a0Monster Hunter\u00a0Wilds\u2019\u00a0rocky reception.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KanenariTo25968\/status\/2024434433332564337?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Many comments<\/a>\u00a0also\u00a0asked\u00a0him\u00a0to port Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak and Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (both games in which he served as director) to the Nintendo Switch 2.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/z9eIYzeCPxP4d34\/status\/2024421526985199676?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u00a0Only time will tell what Ichinose is cooking, but for the time being,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0good\u00a0to see that\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0as devoted as ever to the franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-directors-offhand-comment-sparks-misplaced-outrage-among-japanese-fans-about-rise-erasure-and-internal-strife-between-dev-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monster Hunter Wilds director\u2019s offhand comment sparks misplaced outrage among Japanese fans about \u201cRise erasure\u201d and \u201cinternal strife between dev teams\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monster Hunter Rise director Yasunori Ichinose graced fans with a long-awaited update, putting concerns about his departure from Capcom to rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":58767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-58765","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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