Naoki Yoshida (吉田 直樹, Yoshida Naoki, born May 1, 1973), [1] also known by the nickname Yoshi-P,[2] is a Japanese video game producer, director and designer working for Square Enix.

In the latest episode, Shuhei Yoshida (an AIAS board member), who you may remember as a leading figure within the PlayStation brand as head of Worldwide Studios, interviewed Naoki Yoshida about his role as producer on Final Fantasy XVI and as the head of Creative Business Unit III within Square Enix.

Naoki Yoshida, also known by the moniker Yoshi-P, is a Japanese game developer at Square Enix who is the current producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV and the producer of Final Fantasy XVI.

Jan 1, 2025 · To kick off 2025, Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida released a New Year's message to players, and said that the development of the game's next two major …

1 day ago · Concern has been building within the Final Fantasy XIV community lately over a worrying third-party tool called PlayerScope, which exploits a weakness in the Blacklist feature to track down ...

2 days ago · One of the biggest issues facing Final Fantasy 14 recently is the PlayerScope plugin, which some say is equivalent to stalking. Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida addressed the plugin during today's live letter. Yoshi-P says he's disappointed a tool like this exists, but that steps will be taken in Patch 7.2.

Mar 7, 2023 · In a recent interview, Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida finally took the international gaming press to task for being discriminatory towards Japanese games.

Naoki Yoshida is the game director of Final Fantasy XIV and is largely credited with giving the game a new lease on life after a disastrous initial launch in 2010.

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Apr 14, 2015 · An avid MMO gamer himself, Yoshida undertook to simultaneously create content for the original Final Fantasy XIV while developing a brand new MMORPG from the ground up to succeed it.