Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka accuses Dragon Quest producer of lying during insider trading trial

Yuji Naka, co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has returned to social media after an extended hiatus to accuse Dragon Quest producer Yu Miyake of lying during Naka's insider trading trial last year.

In March 2023, Naka pleaded guilty to insider trading following his arrest in November 2022. He was then sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail and multiple fines totalling just under £1m; he was later given a suspended sentence.

Now, Naka has posted on social media platform X in response to the news that Miyake is leaving his position as Dragon Quest series producer as part of a reshuffle at Square Enix. Miyake will now head the company's mobile game division.

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«I hope he'll be gone soon because he's the kind of person who submitted a memo with lies (with evidence) to court,» Naka wrote.

More positively, Naka added that new Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu «seems like a good person».

スクエニ｢ドラクエ｣責任者の三宅氏が異動､テコ入れへ <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE%E5%9B%9B%E5%AD%A3%E5%A0%B1%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#会社四季報オンライン

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やっとかと言う感じ。裁判に嘘(証拠あり)を書いたメモを提出するような人なので早くいなくなれば良いのにと思ってました。会ったことないですが、新しく社長になった人は良い人かも知れませんね— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) <a href=«https://twitter.com/nakayuji/status/1776961415074697620?ref_src=» https:>April 7, 2024

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This was Naka's first social media post since November 2022, around the time of his first arrest.

Following his move to Square Enix from Sega in 2018, Naka purchased shares worth 2.8m yen in Aiming, a Japanese developer Square Enix partnered with to make a Dragon Quest mobile game, before the company's involvement was known.

In December 2022, Naka was re-arrested for additionally purchasing shares worth 144.7m yen in mobile developer ATeam ahead of the announcement of Final Fantasy