Yoko Taro
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Yoko Taro (横尾 太郎, Yokoo Tarō; born June 6, 1970) is a Japanese video game director and scenario writer. Starting his career at the now defunct game developer Cavia, his best-known work is on the action role-playing video game series Drakengard, and its spin-offs, Nier and Nier: Automata. Yoko was born in Nagoya, Aichi, and studied at the Kobe Design University in the 1990s. While he did not initially intend to pursue a career in video games, after working at Namco and Sony, he joined Cavia and became the director and scenario writer for the first Drakengard game. He has since worked extensively on every game in the series (except Drakengard 2), and on mobile titles after becoming a freelancer following Cavia's absorption into AQ Interactive. Furthermore, Yoko Taro has been assigned as the writer of the upcoming Neon Genesis Evangelion series teased in 2026. Critics have noted Yoko's unconventional game design and writing style. One of the main aspects of his work is exploring the darker aspects of humanity, such as why they are motivated to kill each other, although he typically does not share a common opinion on his story's dark natures. His writing technique, described as "backwards scriptwriting", involves outlining the ending of the story first and building the narrative backward from that point. Due to his disdain for being photographed, he generally wears a mask when giving interviews or presenting games.
Career
- 1970Born
- Notable work: Drakengard
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Nagoya
- •Citizenship: Japan
- •Known as: video game developer, video game writer, video game designer, screenwriter
What happened recently
The first trailer for Yoko Taro’s ‘Evangelion’ sends chills down your spine with its messages: “the song of et
After saying the first game is better than Nier Automata, Yoko Taro reckons he's gotta buy Stellar Blade: Blood Rain too - GamesRadar+
Nier creator Yoko Taro swoons over Gundam Rogue Orbit, says he wouldn't be confident enough to create anything cooler than Bandai Namco's new mech game - GamesRadar+
‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ Reborn: Nier Creator Yoko Taro Unveils First Teaser For All New Anime Series
Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro sees it as a form of respect when devs say outright that they copied his action RPG
A New Neon Genesis Evangelion Anime Is In Production, With Yoko Taro As Head Writer
"I'm just such a warped person": Nier creator Yoko Taro says he's "insufferable at work" and feels jealous of devs with "a place to belong" - GamesRadar+
Nier creator Yoko Taro says he isn't prioritizing a new game, pleads for updates from people who are: "Work comes second… well, probably third"
Nier Creator Yoko Taro Is Still Working on Games, They Just Keep Getting Canceled
NieR: Automata creator Yoko Taro says he’s actually been working on a lot of projects recently, it’s just that they got cancelled midway
Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro says 'nearly half' of his autographs 'being resold are actually fake', since he puts 'small unknown features' in them
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Yoko Taro hid Nier's save-deleting twist from the game's producer, who thought it was an homage to Dragon Quest: "Apparently it wasn't an homage to Dragon Quest"
Nier creator Yoko Taro fears that game developers “may be treated like bards” due to AI’s use in video game development
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