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Tekken's game director follows in Harada's footsteps by saying sayonara to Bandai Namco, causing fans to worry about the game's future

Nakatsu worked at the developer for 20 years.

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Tekken loses its third lead in 9 months as director Kouhei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco after 20 years, leaving fans to worry about what's next for the iconic fighting game series

Producers Katsuhiro Harada and Yohei Shimbori both left in the past year

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Former Tekken boss completes his 30-year career with a pilgrimage to the fighting game's holy land: Waffle House

Katsuhiro Harada might no longer be the boss, but he's still part of the community.

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'Tekken' Creator Katsuhiro Harada Launches New SNK VS Studio in Tokyo

"Tekken" producer Katsuhiro Harada launches SNK VS Studio in Tokyo to develop competitive action games and future fighting titles.

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After his shock retirement last year, legendary former Tekken boss has landed at one of Japan's biggest fighting game publishers

Katsuhiro Harada is now the CEO of VS Studio.

PC Gamer

Tekken veteran Katsuhiro Harada joins SNK to lead new VS Studio

The former Tekken boss has a new home.

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Fatal Fury publisher SNK announces VS Studio, a new development team founded by Tekken creator Katsuhiro Harada — 'VS Studio's philosophy is beyond tradition, crafted to perfection'

Fatal Fury publisher and Neo Geo arcade system creator SNK has announced its investment in a newly established game development studio founded by Tekken creator Katsuhiro Harada.

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Tekken boss announces retirement after 30 years in the most Harada way imaginable: a lengthy social media post and hour-long mixtape

Maybe we can finally ask him for sh*t.

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Tekken lead Katsuhiro Harada to leave Bandai Namco: 'I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close'

As Tekken ends its 30th anniversary celebrations, series lead Katsuhiro Harada confirms he's leaving Bandai Namco.

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Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco after 31 years: "I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close"

Tekken celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, with Harada being involved in every release

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Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada leaves Bandai Namco at the end of 2025

Who are we going to not ask for stuff now?

Dot Esports

Team Ninja founder Tomonobu Itagaki has passed away at 58, but his impact on the gaming industry should not be forgotten

Ninja Gaiden reboot and Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki has passed away, leaving a legacy of visually pioneering titles.

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Legendary Dead or Alive developer Tomonobu Itagaki dies aged 58

R.I.P. Legend.

Dot Esports

Team Ninja, Smash Bros' Masahiro Sakurai, and "rival" Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada pay tribute to iconic Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki

The Team Ninja founder has passed away at the age of 58

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Destructoid

One of Pokémon’s most overlooked game needs a sequel, and Legends: Z-A’s Mega teases prove it

This game never got the treatment it deserved.

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Harada on creating Miary Zo— TEKKEN’s first Madagascar representative

"Although it's somewhere where most people have heard of before, no one knows a whole lot about it"

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Harada feels like making Tekken Tag Tournament 3 wouldn’t make much sense and that TEKKEN needs a tag mode instead

"That's something the next generation can decide."

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Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada has been dumping lore about the series over the weekend, including why Heihachi has around 25 kids

He also dropped the most convenient reason possible for Ogre to return as a playable character

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs use Tekken 8 mod on a lunch break to figure out whether Verso or Renoir is stronger, attracting the attention of fighting series boss Katsuhiro Harada

"Is that a leverless controller? You're a serious fighting game player!"

Inverse

'Tekken 8' Producer Still Wants To Get Waffle House Added To The Games

While it may have started as a joke, Tekken 8 producer Katsuhiro Harada is actually interested in a Waffle House stage, and even reached out to the company.

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As Tekken 8 emergency patch runs back controversial Season 2 changes, series producer Katsuhiro Harada says "I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified"

Bandai Namco has promised another patch coming in mid-May

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'Tekken 8' Pro Player Knee Criticizes 'Selfish Update' for Season 2, Says Devs Are Catering to Rookies

"Tekken 8" Season 2 triggers outrage as pro player Knee rips devs for dumbing down gameplay, claiming it favors rookies over competitive veterans.

GamesRadar

After preserving the AI ghost of a fan's late brother, Tekken 8 boss says it might be a glimpse of the future where you don't "need an opponent who is human that has the exact same skill level"

Harada calls it "a glimpse of where fighting games are going"

GamesRadar

Tekken lead Katsuhiro Harada says he's spent decades "mentally preparing" for AI to overtake humans, but it's not happening: "If AI had really advanced, we wouldn't be pouring 10, 20, 30 billion Yen into making games"

He's not worried

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'Oh, don't worry about this': Tekken boss denies he's leaving Bandai Namco after saying he's open to work on LinkedIn, claims it's just because he wants to 'meet more people'

Yuh-huh…

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