Summary • Katsuhiro Harada, the long-time face of Tekken, announced he will leave Bandai Namco at the end of 2025, concluding a 31-year run • His exit is timed with Tekken's 30th anniversary, as he is stepping away from the team he quietly handed control of over the last five years • Harada is still set to appear as a guest at the Tekken World Tour 2025 Global Finals in early 2026 before revealing his next move

Katsuhiro Harada, the face of Tekken for three decades, has announced he will leave Bandai Namco at the end of 2025, closing a 31-year run that turned the series into 3D fighting royalty.

He timed his exit with Tekken’s 30th anniversary and described it as “the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close,” after years of reflecting on the “time I have left as a creat

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