Naoki Yoshida (吉田 直樹, Yoshida Naoki, born May 1, 1973),[1] also known by the nickname Yoshi-P,[2] is a Japanese video game producer, director and designer working for Square Enix. He is best known for his work on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), mainly as director and producer of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and its expansions.
Yoshida is credited with the revival of the original Final Fantasy XIV project by commentators like Game Informer, which was initially criticized for poor quality.[3] Yoshida became an Executive Officer at Square Enix in 2015,[4] the Head of Square Enix's Creative Business Unit III[5] and part of the Final Fantasy Committee, that is tasked with keeping the franchise's releases and content consistent, in 2014.[6]
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line. The only exception to this was Shadowbringers, which director NaokiYoshida noted was because he was in a rut. He eventually returned in Endwalker...
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attributed to Naoki Higashida, a nonverbal autistic person from Japan. It was first published in Japan in 2007. The English translation, by Keiko Yoshida and her...
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