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Square Enix Shares Photos from FFXIV Fan Fest Tokyo Naoki's Room Stage

Square Enix released official photos from the Naoki's Room stage at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo, held October 31 and November 1 at Makuhari Messe.

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Why it matters

The photos put the Fan Fest talk stages on the record after the event, and the one concrete piece of news inside them is a Retainer Ventures update coming to Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold.

Square Enix Shares Photos from FFXIV Fan Fest Tokyo Naoki's Room Stage

Key Facts

  • Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo was held October 31 and November 1 at Makuhari Messe.
  • Actor Ryutaro Hamada appeared in the first half of the Naoki's Room stage and said he has played FFXIV for about two years.
  • Naoki Yoshida said Retainer Ventures will be updated and made more convenient in Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold.
  • The second half of Naoki's Room featured the ten participants of FF14 The k4sen.
  • FF14 The k4sen is scheduled to be held again in 2027.

The first half featured actor Ryutaro Hamada, who said he has played FFXIV for about two years and raised all jobs to level 100. The second half gathered the ten participants of FF14 The k4sen, with a return planned for 2027.

The Naoki's Room talk ran in two halves. Actor Ryutaro Hamada, an active player, told the stage he had completed the Cosmo Tool and brought every job to level 100, and his gil holdings had reached 400 million. During that talk, producer and director Naoki Yoshida said Retainer Ventures will be updated and made more convenient in Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold.

The second half brought out the ten participants of FF14 The k4sen, the blind high-difficulty streaming project hosted by k4sen. They looked back on streams including the Extreme Tsukuyomi Trial, named Crystalline Conflict and Ultimate as future targets, and the project is scheduled to run again in 2027.

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