Tekken 8 game director follows franchise head Harada in leaving Bandai Namco

Kohei Ikeda, game director for Tekken 7 and 8, leaves Bandai Namco. He may follow former franchise head Harada in new ...

Tekken 8 Game Director Kohei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco after 20 years, marking yet another major dev departure

Kohei Ikeda, Tekken 8's Game Director, has announced he has left Bandai Namco after over two decades with the ...
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Tekken 8 game director bids goodbye to Bandai Namco following series boss Katsuhiro Harada's exit last year, but doesn't do an hour-long DJ mix

Tekken 8 game director Kohei Ikeda has left Bandai Namco, kicking his way through an exit door that had long-time series ...
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Kohei Ikeda, Tekken 8's other Game Director, is also leaving Bandai Namco

It's a stunning turn of events for the Tekken Project team. Weeks after longtime Game Director and Producer Katsuhiro Harada ...
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"There were joyful moments, and many difficult ones as well."

Kohei 'Nakatsu' Ikeda, game director on Tekken 7 and 8, has left Bandai Namco after 20 years at the company. His exit comes hot on the heels of Tekken legend Katsuhiro Harada’s exit to form a new ...
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Tekken 8 game director Kohei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco after 20 years

Tekken 8 chief producer and game director Kohei Ikeda has left Bandai Namco after 20 years, he announced. Ikeda was also the game director of Tekken 7, producer of Tekken 3D: Prime Edition, a game ...
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Another Vital Figure Has Left Bandai Namco

Bandai Namco’s Tekken team has had several high-profile departures over the past year. First was assistant director Yohei ...

Tekken loses its third lead in 9 months as director Kouhei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco after 20 years

Producers Katsuhiro Harada and Yohei Shimbori both left in 2025 ...