Bloodborne producer Masaaki Yamagiwa joins Team Ninja
A night out with the boys.![](https://www.gematsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Yamagiwa-Team-Ninja_10-08-21-320x240.jpg)
Masaaki Yamagiwa has joined Nioh and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin studio Team Ninja, the developer announced.
Yamagiwa was a producer on Bloodborne, Deracine, and Tokyo Jungle at Sony Interactive Entertainment JAPAN Studio, which he left in late February.
The news first came via a tweet from Sony Interactive Entertainment indies head Shuhei Yoshida, who had a night out with Team Ninja’s Fumihiko Yasuda (Nioh series director) and Yamagiwa.