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 best exit ever, with an hour-long DJ combine. Harada’s 30-year profession has most intently been concerned with Tekken and he is a well-recognized face within the combating sport neighborhood.

He started as a voice actor within the unique Tekken sport and continued to take action whilst he grew to become a director for the collection. He has labored on different Bandai Namco titles as a producer, each out and in of the combating style. “Every undertaking was full of recent discoveries and studying, and each one among them grew to become an irreplaceable expertise for me,” Harada wrote on X. “To everybody who has supported me, to communities around the globe, and to all of the colleagues who’ve walked alongside me for thus a few years, I supply 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-Yr Journey – Harada’s Ultimate Combine’ to SoundCloud. Which is simply probably the most swag transfer I can consider and a enjoyable strategy to shut out this chapter for followers of the franchise.