Visions of Mana director Ryosuke Yoshida leaves Ouka Studios, joins Square Enix

Ryosuke Yoshida, the director of the August 29-released Visions of Mana, has left the NetEase Games-owned developer Ouka Studios and joined Square Enix, he announced.

“On a personal note, I quit NetEase Ouka Studios on October 31,” Yoshida said in a tweet. “We were a new studio, but we were able to release Visions of Mana. I am grateful to the development team and NetEase for their support. It was a very good experience. Thank you all. I am happy to announce that I joined Square Enix in December. I will do my best to make a game that many people can enjoy!”

Prior to joining Ouka Studios, Yoshida worked at Capcom, where he was an assistant planner on Lost Planet 2, a game designer on Monster Hunter: Generations, and a designer on Devil May Cry 5.

(Photograph via Game*Spark.)