Tomonobu Itagaki Passes Away, Age 58

Tomonobu Itagaki, the outspoken former Tecmo creator of Lifeless or Alive and trendy Ninja Gaiden fame, handed away earlier in the present day, October sixteenth, 2025. The next message was left by one in all his family members, was posted on his Fb.

The following message was posted in the present day on Itagaki’s Fb web page:

My Final Phrases

The sunshine of my life is lastly about to fade.

The truth that this message has been posted signifies that the time has come eventually. I’m now not on this world.

(This ultimate message was entrusted to somebody pricey to me.)

My life was a sequence of battles. I stored on successful.

I additionally triggered lots of hassle.

I take delight in having fought via to the top in response to my very own convictions.

I’ve no regrets.

Nonetheless, I’m crammed with sorrow that I used to be unable to ship a brand new work to my followers. I’m sorry.

That’s how it’s.

So it goes.

—Tomonobu Itagaki

Not lengthy after, Katsuhiro Harada, Tekken director and very long time pleasant rival of Itagaki, posted his emotions concerning the information on Twitter. The reason for Itagaki’s passing is, on the time of this writing, at present unknown.