Monster Hunter’s series producer is being put in charge of all Capcom’s development divisions

One of the key producers responsible for the Monster Hunter series is being promoted to oversee all of Capcom’s development divisions.

In a statement made by the company announcing various new personnel changes, it was stated that Executive Corporate Officer Yoichi Egawa will be resigning as of April 1, and stepping down from his role as Chief Product Officer in charge of Capcom‘s development divisions and pachinko business.

Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, who currently serves as ‘deputy in charge of development divisions’, will be promoted to the Chief Product Officer role and become the main person in charge of Capcom’s development divisions as of April 1.

He will not, however, have to lead the company’s pachinko business too, with those duties moving to Capcom’s current COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto.

Ryozo Tsujimoto has been at Capcom since 1996, where he joined directly after graduating from university. While he was originally given planning roles on arcade games such as Battle Circuit and Tech Romancer, it would be his work on Monster Hunter that would come to define his career.

Initially working as a planner on the first Monster Hunter on PS2 and its PSP port Monster Hunter Freedom, Tsujimoto went on to produce Monster Hunter Tri, Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.

He has since held senior producer or executive producer roles on every major Monster Hunter game, including as senior producer of Monster Hunter World, Monster Hunter Rise and the recently released Monster Hunter Wilds.

Monster Hunter World would go on to sell more than 25 million units worldwide, making it Capcom’s best-selling game of all time. Its successor, Monster Hunter Rise, has sold more than 15 million.

The latest game in the series, Monster Hunter Wilds, looks set to enjoy equally impressive sales numbers, hitting a peak of nearly 1.4 million concurrent players on Steam during its first weekend.