Naoki Yoshida Appeared on One Hour Sense in Japan

Square Enix Game producer Naoki Yoshida recently appeared on Japanese TV show One Hour Sense. You can watch a preview of his episode until August 18, 2024 on TVer.

The premise of the show is questioning what people would do if they had an hour’s worth of spare time. For Yoshida’s episode, he decided to go to his favorite Hokkaido ramen store, San Tora. Yoshida states that he likes to go eat miso ramen. As he was born and raised in Hokkaido, he can’t forget about the taste of Hokkaido ramen. At the end of the clip, Yoshida briefly discusses game culture and how it’s changed since he started working in the industry. Back then, people would usually go, “What? Games?” when Yoshida told them about his job. However, these days, games are a prominent part of culture and people’s daily lives.

Naoki Yoshida, or Yoshi-P, is a video game producer, director, and designer whose most famous work is Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. This is also the game that One Hour Sense chose to introduce Naoki Yoshida with. Other games he worked on as either a director or a producer include Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road, Final Fantasy XVI, and Bomberman 64: The Second Attack.

Final Fantasy XIV and its expansions are readily available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Windows PC, and macOS.