(Time Extension) "They Didn't Even Bother To Look At My Skills" - One Of Japan's RPG Pioneers Struggled To Find Work In
Posté : sam. 25 oct. 2025 08:23
Tokihiro Naito was the creator the groundbreaking RPG series 'Hydlide'.
Tokihiro Naito, the creator of the highly influential Japanese role-playing game Hydlide, recently opened up on his personal social media account about the difficulty of finding work in his 50s due to age discrimination in Japan.
As spotted by Automaton-Media, Naito shared on his Twitter/X account, on October 15th, that when he was facing unemployment in his 50s, he struggled to find work in the game industry, with most of the rejections specifically mentioning his age. Meanwhile, the few companies that did offer him an interview often did so simply for "a chance to meet Naito Tokihiro", rather than out of a legitimate desire to hire him for a role.
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