Yoshinori Ono resigns from Capcom Vancouver
The flamboyant executive producer of the Street Fighter series, Yoshinori Ono, announced today that he has resigned from his position of director for Capcom Vancouver.
Mister Ono made the announcement on Twitter:
I resigned from the director position about CAPCOM Vancouver. Thanks good staff of CAPCOM Vancouver, and Dead Rising staff!
— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) June 16, 2014
As for why hes was resigning he had this to say in a follow up tweet:
I had take some time, I think over very carefully about next things. I’d like to watch TV for Brazil World Cup before thinking it! 😀
— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) June 16, 2014
Capcom Vancouver was in charge of developing Dead Rising 3 as well as Dead Rising 2 and its DLCs.
Although he has resigned from his position at Capcom Vancouver, Ono is still listed as a Capcom employee in his Linkedin profile. To be specific, he is a corporate officer for Capcom and is the head of the company’s Consumer Games Development Division 2.
Yoshinori is one of the more recognizable and loveable people in the gaming industry so we wish him good luck in all of his future endeavors.
