Street Fighter figurehead Yoshinori Ono leaves Capcom after nearly 30 years

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Street Fighter figurehead Yoshinori Ono leaves Capcom at the end of April after nearly 30 years at the company.

Ono, who has worked on the Street Fighter series since 1998 and is credited with spearheading its revival with the launch of Street Fighter 4, said that from 1st May he will leave Capcom to work on a studio called Delightworks.

Delightworks is the developer of Fate/Grand Order on mobile, and will publish Melty Blood: Type Lumina, the recently-revealed 2D fighting game that takes place in the world of "Tsukihime". Ono joins Delightworks as its new president and COO.

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