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'Final Fantasy IX' Remake Looking Unlikely As Character Designer Toshiyuki Itahana Exits Square Enix After Uneventful 25th Anniversary

With its 25th anniversary coming and going with less fanfare than is usually given to the company’s mobile games, the recent decision by Final Fantasy IX character designer Toshiyuki Itahana to formally exit Square Enix suggests that all hopes for the game’s long-rumored remake are officially dead in the water. Zidane and crew set out to save the Iifa Tree from Kuja in Toshiyuki Itahana’s 25th Anniversary illustration for Final Fantasy IX (2000)…

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While the game is the subject of all sorts of rumors, some sad news has struck FF9 and, more broadly, the teams at Square Enix. A new chapter begins.

NewsGaming.net Toshiyuki Itahana, the illustrious character designer of Final Fantasy IX, said goodbye to Square Enix We were hoping to hear about Final Fantasy IX for more joyous news, at a time when the shadow of a remake is hovering on this episode without the news ever being officialized. But if we talk about the game today, it is to relay information about the departure of Toshiyuki Itahana from Square Enix, one of the great artists behind …

Toshiyuki Itahana, character artist of the Final Fantasy series, who has worked on games such as Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail, has left Square Enix. More

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Nintendo Wire broke the news in on Monday, January 5, 2026.
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