{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b58312ca2ea23e75803a91a6","clusterId":"c_8c6ea900a86fe0b62c395292","slug":"tatsujin-and-raiden-designers-team-up-for-tatsujin-extreme","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"TATSUJIN and Raiden Designers Team Up for TATSUJIN EXTREME","summary":"Masatoshi Yuge, creator of TATSUJIN, and Takayuki Saito, designer of the Raiden Fighters series, have joined forces at TATSUJIN Inc. for the new game TATSUJIN EXTREME. In an interview with Denfaminicogamer, the two veterans discussed their first collaboration and their decades-long careers in vertical shooters.","whyItMatters":"The interview reveals that the two designers, who worked on rival vertical shooters during the genre's peak, only began working together recently, with Saito joining TATSUJIN Inc. in 2021.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe two men behind some of the most recognizable vertical shooters in arcade history are now working at the same company. Masatoshi Yuge, who helped build the foundation of Toaplan\u0026#39;s shooting games, and Takayuki Saito, who worked on the Raiden Fighters series at Seibu Kaihatsu, have teamed up for the first time on TATSUJIN EXTREME.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an interview with Denfaminicogamer, the pair discussed how they came to work together. Saito joined TATSUJIN Inc. in 2021 after being introduced by a mutual friend. Yuge said he was looking for someone skilled at shooters, and the timing worked out. The two had met once around 2017 but had never worked together before.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"TATSUJIN and Raiden Fighters designers Yuge and Saito are working together at TATSUJIN Inc. on TATSUJIN EXTREME. Saito joined in 2021 after a mutual friend introduced them. The two veterans discuss their history in a new interview.","twitterPost":"TATSUJIN creator Masatoshi Yuge and Raiden Fighters designer Takayuki Saito have teamed up for TATSUJIN EXTREME. Saito joined TATSUJIN Inc. in 2021. The two discuss their careers in a new Denfaminicogamer interview.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Two legends of the vertical shooter genre are now working side by side. Masatoshi Yuge of TATSUJIN and Takayuki Saito of Raiden Fighters have joined forces at TATSUJIN Inc. for TATSUJIN EXTREME. In a new interview, they discuss how they finally came to work together after decades in the industry.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/260731x\",\"title\":\"『TATSUJIN』の弓削雅稔×『ライデンファイターズ』の齋藤貴幸──かつて縦シュー全盛期を支えていた2人が、30年後に同じ会社で机を並べる理由とは。新作『TATSUJIN EXTREME』で初タッグを組んだレジェンド2人に訊く開発秘話\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6361,"outputTokens":726,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786123575,"createdAt":"2026-08-07T17:08:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-07T17:21:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-07T17:08:17.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8c6ea900a86fe0b62c395292","canonicalTitle":"『TATSUJIN』の弓削雅稔×『ライデンファイターズ』の齋藤貴幸──かつて縦シュー全盛期を支えていた2人が、30年後に同じ会社で机を並べる理由とは。新作『TATSUJIN EXTREME』で初タッグを組んだレジェンド2人に訊く開発秘話","representativeArticleId":"a_2591e86d379b47cb5b6587c0","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"TATSUJIN\",\"Raiden Fighters\",\"TATSUJIN EXTREME\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Masatoshi Yuge\",\"Takayuki Saito\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-31T09:00:27.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-31T09:00:27.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-07T17:21:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/260731x","title":"『TATSUJIN』の弓削雅稔×『ライデンファイターズ』の齋藤貴幸──かつて縦シュー全盛期を支えていた2人が、30年後に同じ会社で机を並べる理由とは。新作『TATSUJIN EXTREME』で初タッグを組んだレジェンド2人に訊く開発秘話"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["TATSUJIN","Raiden Fighters","TATSUJIN EXTREME"],"studios":[],"people":["Masatoshi Yuge","Takayuki Saito"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}