The president of Koei has stated clearly that there will be no place for Tomonobu Itagaki in the company following its merger with Tecmo.

Ex-Tecmo man Itagaki left the company earlier this year and filed a lawsuit against the publisher claiming it owed him bonus pay for his work on Dead or Alive 4.

However, the recent announcement of the merger between Tecmo and Koei sparked rumours that the wild Itagaki, creator of the Ninja Gaden series, may be returning to the company.

However, Koei president Kenji Matsubara told Famitsu that there was "no possibility" of Itagaki being employed by the company following the merger.

The two publishers are set to merge on 1 April 2009 to create Koei Tecmo Holdings.

http://www.incgamers.com/News/14431/Itagaki-Not-Welcome-At-Koei-Tecmo%20

I guess my money isn't welcome at Koei-Tecmo!

What is Itagaki doing now then?

idk konnichiwa!

I really want the Ninja Gaiden franchise to be top-notch, but now that he is gone I believe that franchise is going down the drain with Koei installments of Ninja Warriors.lol

Itagaki: The Unemployed Ninja

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Itagaki can hang out with me and play Wii sports. I make a pretty good omelet too.

ninjas are never unemployed.... as real ninjas dont need day jobs.....

Poor guy....

Why wouldn't Tecmo just give him the freaking money?

This dude is a legend...wtf?