{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d76eb63cff2e52b90a1ea9f8","clusterId":"c_70ea5442d73219da320d50f6","slug":"square-enix-wraps-ffxiv-fan-festival-tokyo-with-sound-panel-and-yoshida-q-a","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Square Enix Wraps FFXIV Fan Festival Tokyo With Sound Panel and Yoshida Q\u0026A","summary":"Square Enix held FFXIV Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo at Makuhari Messe on October 31 and November 1. The second day opened with a sound team panel featuring sound director Masayoshi Soken and composers Takafumi Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa, followed by a live Q\u0026A with producer and director Naoki Yoshida and a THE PRIMALS live show.","whyItMatters":"The Tokyo stop put the sound team and Yoshida in front of a live crowd two days after the keynote, giving the fan base direct access to the people behind the game's audio and its producer rather than only trailer footage.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe second day at Makuhari Messe ran clear and slightly cooler than the first. The sound panel opened the schedule, with Soken, Imamura and Ishikawa trading stories about how they ended up at Square Enix: Imamura after his savings fell below 5,000 yen, Ishikawa after leaving a human resources job at an electronics manufacturer. A BGM quiz segment walked through how the development team requests music and how the sound team builds it, and touched on sound systems and trailer production. Yoshida then took questions submitted in advance, and THE PRIMALS closed out the day with a live show.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"THE PRIMALS closed day two, but the sound panel that opened it put Masayoshi Soken, Takafumi Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa on stage together, which is the part of FFXIV's music operation fans rarely see at once.","twitterPost":"FFXIV's day two opened with Masayoshi Soken, Takafumi Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa sharing a sound panel before THE PRIMALS played.","threadsPost":"THE PRIMALS got the closing slot at FFXIV Fan Festival Tokyo, but the day opened with Masayoshi Soken, Takafumi Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa on one sound panel. That grouping is the rare part: three of the composers behind the game's music in the same room, talking before the concert.","newsletterBlurb":"Square Enix's FFXIV Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo ran October 31 and November 1 at Makuhari Messe. Day two opened with a sound team panel featuring Masayoshi Soken, Takafumi Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa, then moved to a live Q\u0026A with Naoki Yoshida and a THE PRIMALS live show.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/199/G019924/20261106033/\",\"title\":\"From a LIVE Q\\u0026A featuring a battle (?) with Yoshida to a THE PRIMALS live show, a report on DAY2 of \\\"FFXIV Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo,\\\" packed with hot developments\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5610,"outputTokens":755,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794012592,"createdAt":"2026-11-07T00:44:10.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-07T00:48:51.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-07T00:48:51.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_70ea5442d73219da320d50f6","canonicalTitle":"吉田氏とのバトル（？）に注目のLIVE Q＆Aから，THE PRIMALSのライブまで，熱い展開が目白押しの「FFXIV ファンフェスティバル 2026 in 東京」DAY2のレポートをお届け","representativeArticleId":"a_742beabb1a8db2297acd5f8a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Final Fantasy XIV\"],\"studios\":[\"Square Enix\"],\"people\":[\"Naoki Yoshida\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-07T00:48:52.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/199/G019924/20261106033/","title":"吉田氏とのバトル（？）に注目のLIVE Q＆Aから，THE PRIMALSのライブまで，熱い展開が目白押しの「FFXIV ファンフェスティバル 2026 in 東京」DAY2のレポートをお届け"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Final Fantasy XIV"],"studios":["Square Enix"],"people":["Naoki Yoshida"],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Square Enix held FFXIV Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo at Makuhari Messe on October 31 and November 1.","Sound director Masayoshi Soken and composers Takafumi Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa appeared on the day two sound panel.","Composers Takafumi Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa both joined Square Enix in 2019.","Producer and director Naoki Yoshida answered questions submitted in advance during a live Q\u0026A.","THE PRIMALS performed a live show during the second day."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["final-fantasy-xiv","square-enix","naoki-yoshida"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"final-fantasy-xiv","supported":16,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":55,"overall":"green","story_count":40,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"square-enix","supported":25,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":95,"overall":"green","story_count":148,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"naoki-yoshida","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":4,"overall":"unverified","story_count":6,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}