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Naoki Yoshida, also known as Yoshi-P, is a Japanese video game producer, director, and designer at Square Enix. He is best known for directing and producing Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and its expansions, credited with reviving a game that received strongly negative reception at its 2010 launch.
Yoshida was placed in charge of Final Fantasy XIV as both director and producer in December 2010. It was the first time in his career that he had held the producer role.
Yoshida joined the video game industry in 1993 at Hudson Soft, where he worked on PC Engine games, the Far East of Eden series, and the Bomberman series. After leaving Hudson following creative differences, he spent five years at smaller studios before joining Square Enix in 2004 as the fourth member of the Dragon Quest Online team.
Yoshida served as director and producer on Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and Dawntrail. He also directed the Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road series for arcades and served as acting director on Dragon Quest X during its early development.
Yes. Yoshida collected his Famitsu column, which ran from December 2013 to December 2019, into three published volumes titled Yoshida Uncensored, released in 2016, 2018, and 2019. The column covered his thoughts on Final Fantasy XIV, the game industry, and game development.
In 2014 Yoshida joined the Final Fantasy Committee, the group responsible for keeping the franchise's output consistent. In 2015 he became an executive officer at Square Enix and head of Creative Studio III. In September 2020 he served as producer for Final Fantasy XVI on PlayStation 5.