{"id":64122,"date":"2026-03-26T17:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=64122"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:23:45","slug":"saga-series-artist-satoshi-kuramochi-leaves-square-enix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/saga-series-artist-satoshi-kuramochi-leaves-square-enix\/","title":{"rendered":"SaGa\u00a0series\u00a0artist\u00a0Satoshi Kuramochi leaves Square Enix\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Satoshi Kuramochi, a&nbsp;former artist at Square Enix,&nbsp;announced&nbsp;that he&nbsp;left the company as of February 2026.&nbsp;Known for his work on&nbsp;the&nbsp;<strong>SaGa<\/strong>&nbsp;franchise, Kuramochi expressed his gratitude for having contributed illustrations to such memorable&nbsp;games,&nbsp;and&nbsp;mentioned that he&nbsp;will continue&nbsp;his work as an artist.&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\">\u79c1\u3001\u5009\u6301\u3000\u8aed\u306f<br>26\u5e742\u6708\u672b\u3092\u3082\u3061\u307e\u3057\u3066\u30b9\u30af\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30fb\u30a8\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u3092\u9000\u8077\u81f4\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u6ca2\u5c71\u306e\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u63cf\u304b\u305b\u3066\u9802\u304d\u611f\u8b1d\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u306e\u7686\u69d8\u306b\u3082\u5fdc\u63f4\u3057\u3066\u9802\u304d\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u611f\u8b1d\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u3053\u308c\u304b\u3089\u3082\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u63cf\u304f\u4ed5\u4e8b\u306b\u643a\u308f\u3063\u3066\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3069\u3046\u305e\u3088\u308d\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u81f4\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>&mdash; \u5009\u6301\u8aed\u3000kuramochi satoshi (@kurasatojob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurasatojob\/status\/2036773430654333159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Post translation:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br><em>I, Satoshi Kuramochi,\u00a0have left\u00a0Square Enix\u00a0as of\u00a0the end of February\u00a02026. I am grateful\u00a0to have had the\u00a0opportunity to\u00a0create\u00a0so many illustrations. I am also\u00a0truly grateful\u00a0to all my fans for their support. I will continue to work as an illustrator, so I look forward to your continued support.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuramochi\u00a0served as one of the lead artists on 2018\u2019s\u00a0SaGa: Scarlet Grace and\u00a0was\u00a0the lead character artist\u00a0on\u00a02024\u2019s\u00a0SaGa: Emerald Beyond.\u00a0Outside of\u00a0SaGa, he worked on the background designs for World of Final Fantasy and its expanded version, World of Final Fantasy Maxima.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kurasatojob\/status\/2036779524420173923?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Some of his final works\u00a0at\u00a0Square Enix<\/a>\u00a0were for\u00a0the\u00a0recently released mobile game,\u00a0Dissidia\u00a0Duellum\u00a0Final Fantasy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuramochi\u2019s departure from Square Enix has fans&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/xia_xiang\/status\/2036795480097824921?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thanking him for his&nbsp;contributions<\/a>, with some showcasing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ExAyakari\/status\/2036826961524511170?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hand-drawn&nbsp;Kuramochi&nbsp;pieces&nbsp;they&nbsp;own&nbsp;and&nbsp;treasure&nbsp;as&nbsp;heirlooms.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ExAyakari\/status\/2036826961524511170?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>&nbsp;To show his gratitude, Kuramochi&nbsp;personally&nbsp;thanked&nbsp;several&nbsp;of his&nbsp;fans for their support and&nbsp;promised&nbsp;to do his best moving forward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/saga-series-composer-kenji-ito-had-a-difficult-time-getting-recognized-as-the-author-of-his-own-work-it-wont-happen-if-you-just-wait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SaGa\u00a0series composer Kenji Ito had a difficult time getting recognized as the author of his own work. \u201cIt won\u2019t happen if you just wait\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/romancing-saga-2-remake-developer-xeen-is-raising-a-generation-of-devs-who-understand-the-core-strengths-of-japanese-game-making\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Romancing\u00a0SaGa\u00a02 remake developer\u00a0Xeen\u00a0is raising a generation of\u00a0devs\u00a0who understand the core strengths of Japanese game making<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satoshi Kuramochi, lead artist on 2018\u2019s SaGa: Scarlet Grace and lead character artist on 2024\u2019s SaGa: Emerald Beyond, has left Square Enix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":64123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-64122","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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