Nagoshi Studio Dissolved by Shareholder Resolution on October 31
Nagoshi Studio, the NetEase Games-owned developer led by Toshihiro Nagoshi, was dissolved by a resolution at its October 31, 2026 shareholders' meeting, according to the November 2 Official Gazette.
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Reporting from 2 sources: Inside, Game Spark.
Why it matters
The register still showed the company alive on October 5, but with Nagoshi and Daisuke Sato gone since March and Morinaga the only director, so the dissolution notice closes a liquidation path the register had already laid out.
Key Facts
- Nagoshi Studio was dissolved by a resolution at its October 31, 2026 shareholders' meeting, per the November 2 Official Gazette.
- Minoru Morinaga is listed as representative liquidator, and creditors have two months from publication to make claims.
- Nagoshi and the other directors resigned as of March 31, 2026, and Morinaga was appointed director and representative director as of May 31.
- Nagoshi Studio announced GANG OF DRAGON, starring Ma Dong-seok, at The Game Awards in December 2025.
- Nagoshi Studio opened its official website in January 2022 as a game development company wholly owned by NetEase Games.
Minoru Morinaga is listed as representative liquidator, and creditors have two months from publication to file claims. The studio announced GANG OF DRAGON, starring Ma Dong-seok, at The Game Awards in December 2025.
The dissolution notice ran in the November 2 Official Gazette, Extra Edition No. 240, and names Minoru Morinaga as representative liquidator. Creditors have two months from the day after publication to make claims; anyone who misses the window is excluded from the liquidation.
As of October 5 the register still showed Nagoshi Studio in existence, with Morinaga the only director in office. The October 5 check followed VGC editor-in-chief Andy Robinson saying on a podcast that he believed the studio was already gone. The register showed otherwise at that point, and it also showed the departures: Nagoshi and the other directors resigned as of March 31, 2026, and Morinaga was appointed director and representative director as of May 31.
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