Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco after 30 years

Katsuhiro Harada is departing Bandai Namco on the finish of 2025. He introduced the information each with a farewell note shared on X and, in probably the good exit ever, with an hour-long DJ combine. Harada’s 30-year profession has most carefully been concerned with Tekken and he is a well-recognized face within the preventing sport neighborhood.

He started as a voice actor within the authentic Tekken sport and continued to take action whilst he turned a director for the sequence. He has labored on different Bandai Namco titles as a producer, each out and in of the preventing style. “Every venture was full of latest discoveries and studying, and each considered one of them turned an irreplaceable expertise for me,” Harada wrote on X. “To everybody who has supported me, to communities world wide, and to all of the colleagues who’ve walked alongside me for thus a few years, I provide my deepest gratitude.”

He closed by saying that over his profession, he by no means DJed at a match occasion. So to mark his departure, Harada posted a full set titled ‘TEKKEN: A 30-12 months Journey – Harada’s Last Combine’ to SoundCloud. Which is simply essentially the most swag transfer I can consider and a enjoyable approach to shut out this chapter for followers of the franchise.