Teruyuki Toriyama has announced that he will be leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan studio at the end of December via his Twitter account.
[Notice] I will be leaving SIE WWS JAPAN Studio at the end of Dec. To all the users who have supported JAPAN Studio so far,thank you so much! I will continue to take on the challenge of creating new game IPs in my new company, and I ask for your continued support. #JAPANStudio
— 鳥山晃之 (Teruyuki Toriyama) | SIE JAPAN Studio (@TORIYAMA_SIE) December 24, 2020
Toriyama is known for being an important figure in the production department of several major Japanese branch games in the past years, including Bloodborne, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, and Demon’s Souls Remake.
Of course, he hardly stipulates leaving without having a plan for the future, and he expresses his intention to continue his work in a new environment with a different company.
