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I CHALLENGED @terencecrawford in a FIGHT & WON! Shout out @QanbaUSA for providing the gear for our @StreetFighter & @TEKKEN showdown. Full @fighthype video in the comments

@CrystinaPoncher @MostVpromotions @espn Congratulations 🎉

The next chapter has begun!! I’m so exited to finally share this news!! Let’s work @MostVpromotions & @espn 🥊

@neverfoldsport @Pokemon @ONEPIECE_tcg_EN

@FightHypeRonG @Pokemon @ONEPIECE_tcg_EN Where you been hiding at Ron

Here are 3 minutes of Jai Opetaia talking about ripping @Pokemon & @ONEPIECE_tcg_EN trading cards. #OpetaiaGlanton #ZuffaBoxing04

‼️ The WBC has stripped Shakur Stevenson of his WBC lightweight world title, just days after he captured The Ring and WBO junior welterweight gold against Teofimo Lopez. Stevenson originally won the WBC lightweight title in November 2023 and made three successful defenses before moving up to 140lbs to face Lopez at The Ring VI.

Enjoy your retirement, @terencecrawford. It was a pleasure to cover Terence Crawford for all these years. #CrawfordERA

@terencecrawford It was a journey & honor covering you for over a decade. Thanks for all the great memories, champ.

Walking away as a great with nothing else left to prove. #CrawfordERA #1P4P #3xUndisputed #5DivisionChampion #4xLinealChampion #BWAAFighterOfTheYear #2xEspyAwardWinner youtube.com/watch?v=L8P6po…

Appreciate you @Timbradleyjr for sharing this historic sparring session with you & @terencecrawford with the public. Everyone, go take a moment to watch the full sparring session on his YouTube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=O5Vdb6…

@ringmagazine Have to take my hat off to Sam Noakes. He put on a great showing in his fight with Abdullah Mason. Hope to see him return soon.

Sam Noakes speaks to The Ring about a particularly tough moment in his fight with Abdullah Mason at The Ring IV 😅

@Harada_TEKKEN Thank you for everything you have done! Your impact not just on fighting games but on gaming as a whole has affected millions of people around the world across multiple generations of gamers.

I’d like to share that I’ll be leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025. With the TEKKEN series reaching its 30th anniversary—an important milestone for a project I’ve devoted much of my life to—I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close. My roots lie in the days when I supported small local tournaments in Japanese arcades and in small halls and community centers overseas. I still remember carrying arcade cabinets by myself, encouraging people to “Please try TEKKEN,” and directly facing the players right in front of me. The conversations and atmosphere we shared in those places became the core of who I am as a developer and game creator. Even as the times changed, those experiences have remained at the center of my identity. And even after the tournament scene grew much larger, many of you continued to treat me like an old friend—challenging me at venues, inviting me out for drinks at bars. Those memories are also deeply precious to me. In recent years, I experienced the loss of several close friends in my personal life, and in my professional life I witnessed the retirement or passing of many senior colleagues whom I deeply respect. Those accumulated events made me reflect on the “time I have left as a creator.” During that period, I sought advice from Ken Kutaragi—whom I respect as though he were another father—and received invaluable encouragement and guidance. His words quietly supported me in making this decision. Over the past four to five years, I’ve gradually handed over all of my responsibilities, as well as the stories and worldbuilding I oversaw, to the team, bringing me to the present day. Looking back, I was fortunate to work on an extraordinary variety of projects—VR titles (such as Summer Lesson), Pokkén Tournament, the SoulCalibur series, and many others, both inside and outside the company. Each project was full of new discoveries and learning, and every one of them became an irreplaceable experience for me. To everyone who has supported me, to communities around the world, and to all the colleagues who have walked alongside me for so many years, I offer my deepest gratitude. I’ll share more about my next steps at a later date. Thank you very much for everything. 【Postscript】 Although I will be leaving the company at the end of 2025, Bandai Namco has asked me to appear at the TWT Finals at the end of January 2026, so I expect to attend as a guest. For 30 years I kept saying, “I’ll do it someday,” and never once performed as a DJ at a tournament event. So instead, I will be releasing—for the first and last time—a 60-minute TEKKEN DJ-style nonstop mix (DJ mix), personally edited by myself, together with this announcement. Listening to it brings back many memories. Thank you again, sincerely, for all these years. ‘TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey – Harada’s Final Mix’ by Katsuhiro Harada 1 is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/pEYofA4yXOwyC7… December 8, 2025 - The Final Day of TEKKEN’s 30th Anniversary - Katsuhiro Harada [日本語版 (Japanese version)] このたび、2025年末をもちまして、私はバンダイナムコを退職することにいたしました。 長く携わってきた『鉄拳』シリーズが30周年という大きな節目を迎え、ひとつの区切りとして最もふさわしい時期であると考えたためです。 私の原点は、日本のゲームセンターや、海外コミュニティの小さな講堂やコミュニティセンターで、まだ小規模なトーナメントをサポートしていた時代にあります。 アーケード筐体を自ら運び込み、「鉄拳もぜひ遊んでみてほしい」と声をかけながら、目の前の参加者と向き合った日々。 あの場で交わした言葉や空気が、私という開発者の核を形作りました。 時代が変化しても、あの経験が自分の中心にあります。 そしてトーナメントシーンが大きく成長した後も、皆さんは旧知の友人のように私に声をかけ、会場で対戦したり、バーで『一緒に飲もう』と誘ってくれました。 それらもまた、大切な思い出です。 ここ数年間、私生活においては友人達との死別があり、仕事においては、私が尊敬する多くの先輩方の引退や逝去に触れてきました。 そうした出来事の積み重ねが、私に『開発者として残された時間』について考える契機を与えました。 その過程で、私がもう一人の父親のように敬愛する久夛良木健さんにも相談し、貴重な助言と励ましのお言葉をいただきました。 この言葉もまた、今回の決断を静かに後押しするものとなりました。 そして、この4〜5年をかけて私の担ってきたすべての業務やストーリーや世界観、そして責務をチームに段階的に引き継ぎ、今日に至ります。 振り返れば、VR作品（サマーレッスンなど）や『ポッ拳』、ソウルキャリバーシリーズをはじめ、自社他社問わず数多くのプロジェクトに携わる機会に恵まれました。 いずれのプロジェクトも新しい発見と学びに満ち、かけがえのない経験となりました。 これまで支えてくださった皆様、世界中のコミュニティの皆様、そして長年ともに歩んできた仲間たちに深く感謝申し上げます。 次の歩みについては、改めて皆様にお伝えいたします。 これからも、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。 +あとがき 2025年末をもって退職致しますが、2026年1月末のTWT FINALには顔を出してほしいと会社からお願いされていることもあり、FINALにはゲストとして顔を出すと思います。 これまで30年間『いつかやるよ』と言い続けてやってこなかったトーナメントイベントでのDJですが、その代わりとして“最初で最後のDJ風60分ノンストップ鉄拳ミックス（私による初編集DJ mix）”も、今回のポストに合わせて公開します。 ‘TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey – Harada’s Final Mix’ by Katsuhiro Harada 1 is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/pEYofA4yXOwyC7… 様々な思い出が蘇ります。改めて皆さんありがとうございました。 2025年12月8日 - 鉄拳30周年最終日 - Katsuhiro Harada

.@TheGhost_2016 making his ring return and debuting at 140 against Rances Barthelemy this Saturday on the #PitbullVsRoach card.

@terencecrawford They never really love till you're dead or gone.

It’s a reason they stayed away from me so long till they couldn’t anymore. I been a problem since day one and they knew it. I’m the one they told yall to stay away from.

@ringmagazine @MikeCoppinger

‼️ Janibek Alimkhanuly has delivered an adverse analytical finding for a performance-enhancing drug following a VADA test, sources tell The Ring’s @MikeCoppinger. Janibek’s middleweight title unification vs. Erislandy Lara on Saturday is in serious jeopardy. Lara, boxing’s oldest male champion, could defend his WBA title vs. a different opponent.

May need to look into nominating @BillHaney77 as a matchmaker. He told y'all @terencecrawford was going to beat Canelo, and he did & told y'all @Realdevinhaney was going to get that belt from Brian Norman Jr., and he did. #HaneyNorman

Digging this poster. No surprise, I'm just like anyone else. I'm genuinely more intrigued by this fight than anything else this week.

‼️ Joseph Parker reportedly tested positive for cocaine in a VADA drugs test taken on the day of his defeat to Fabio Wardley. Two sources close to Team Parker have conveyed their dismay to The Ring at the findings, for which he has an opportunity to have his B-sample tested.

Slept him standing #OrtizLubin

What is the first game you think of when you see this logo?

@thegameawards Capcom Vs SNK 3

What’s your dream world premiere at The Game Awards this year on December 11?