Tecmo Koei’s Team Ninja Being Reorganized Into Two Groups

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Tecmo Koei are reorganizing their corporate structure, and Team Ninja will be one of the teams affected by the change, the publisher announced today (via: Hachima Kiko).

 

As part of the reorganization, Team Ninja is being split into two development groups—the Ichigaya Development Group 1 and Ichigaya Development Group 2.

 

Current Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi will lead Ichigaya Development Group 1. Meanwhile, Ichigaya Development Group 2 will be headed up by Fatal Frame producer Keisuke Kikuchi. Prior to this change, Kikuchi was a senior manager at Team Ninja.

 

Ishaan Sahdev
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