4Gamer Sets Tokyo Game Show Talk on Japan's Indie Hits
The panel pairs the person who spent years funding indie developers with the editor whose outlet has tracked them, which puts the question of why Japanese indie games travel well in front of an audience at the country's largest game show rather than in a trade interview.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
4Gamer will host a talk stage at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 17, titled "Why Does Japan's Indie Scene Produce a Major Hit Every Year - Looking at the Past 10 Years and the Next 10." The speakers are Shuhei Yoshida, Representative Director of yosp Inc., and Kazuhisa Okada, 4Gamer.net Editor-in-Chief and President of Aetas Inc. The session runs 13:45 to 14:30 at the 4Gamer.net booth, 05-C04, Hall 5, Makuhari Messe, and streams on the 4GamerSP YouTube channel.
The conversation is split by vantage point. Yoshida speaks from the making and supporting side, having backed game creators and indie development for years, and Okada from the reporting side, where he has followed the scene through game media. Both are scheduled to look back at what they have seen and felt in the Japanese indie scene, then explore why its games find audiences abroad and what possibilities lie ahead.
The stage sits at the 4Gamer.net booth, 05-C04 in Hall 5 of Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall, during Tokyo Game Show 2026. It runs 13:45 to 14:30 on September 17 and is scheduled to stream on the 4GamerSP YouTube channel.
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