Yoshinori Ono (game producer)

Yoshinori Ono
小野義徳
Ono in 2016
OccupationVideo game producer
Years active1993–present
Employers
  • Capcom (1993–2020)
  • Delightworks (2021–2022)
  • Lasengle (2022–present)
Notable workStreet Fighter series

Yoshinori Ono (小野義徳, Ono Yoshinori) is a Japanese video game producer and former sound producer and composer.[1] He joined Capcom in 1993, where he acted as producer on the Street Fighter franchise up to Street Fighter V.[2] He was the studio director of Capcom Vancouver, the developer of the Dead Rising series, from 2011 to 2014.[3]

On August 9, 2020, Ono announced on his Twitter account that he left Capcom in summer 2020.[4] On April 27, 2021, Ono announced his new position as president and chief operating officer of Delightworks, particularly its game division. Since Aniplex acquired Delightworks' game division as of December 12, 2021, Ono and other employees of the division moved to its successor under Aniplex's subsidiary company name, Lasengle as of early 2022.[5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ "The Rise and Collapse of Yoshinori Ono". Eurogamer. 29 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Yoshinori Ono". MobyGames.
  3. ^ Sarkar, Samit (16 June 2014). "Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono resigns from Capcom Vancouver (update)". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ @Yoshi_OnoChin (August 9, 2020). "And now, after serving almost 30 years at Capcom, I am leaving the company this summer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @Yoshi_OnoChin (April 27, 2021). "On May 1st, I will be moving from Capcom to another company" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Yoshinori Ono appointed president and COO of Delightworks". 27 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Yoshinori Ono confirms move from DELiGHTWORKS to new company under Aniplex". 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Aniplex to acquire DELiGHTWORKS' games business". 15 December 2021.
  9. ^ "DELiGHTWORKS establishes Lasengle - new company to be transferred to Aniplex". 28 December 2021.