Katsuhiro Harada, who has worked for the popular TEKKEN game series for around 25 years, has now officially announced that he has been promoted to general manager of develop & produce of Bandai Namco original titles. Katsuhiro made the announcement via its official Twitter post.
He also noted that as a new general producer of all of Bandai Namco’s major IPs he will now be responsible for a number of major titles under the brand including Ace Combat, SoulCalibur, Dark Souls, and the Tales Of series.
I’m the general manager of develop & produce of Bandai Namco original titles from this term (ex: TEKKEN, Ace Combat, Tales of, Dark Soul, Soul Calibur, etc..). I’ll also continue with eSports’ strategy leader.
Sometimes I might Tweet something unrelated to TEKKEN, but forgive me.— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) May 9, 2019
Katsuhiro Harada in his tweet also said that he will also continue his job as an eSports strategy leader. In response to Katsuhiro Harada promotion Michael Murray via its Twitter account announced that he will now serve as the main producer on the Tekken franchise (including Japan, merchandising and everything related to the IP).
Woke up this morning and reached 10,000 followers! Also, officially from April I am the main producer on the Tekken franchise (including Japan, merchandising, everything related to the IP) so I look forward to further interactions with you all 🙂
— Michael Murray (@mykeryu) May 10, 2019