Prosecution Pushes for 2.5-Year Sentence, 172.5 Million Yen Fine for Game Director Yuji Naka

While still at Square Enix, Naka allegedly invested in Ateam, developers of the company’s Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier mobile game, prior to the game’s announcement.

Naka joined Square Enix in January 2018, and resigned from the company at the end of April 2021.

Naka is the president and CEO of the PROPE game development company, which he founded in 2006 after leaving Sega.