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May 17, 2021 · Final Fantasy XIV composer Masayoshi Soken revealed that he had been battling with cancer since last year. In a sobering close to the Final Fantasy XIV Digital Fan Festival, where he had also...
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Masayoshi Soken (祖堅 正慶, Soken Masayoshi, born January 10, 1975) is a Japanese video game composer and sound editor who has worked for Square Enix since 2001. Soken is best known for being the lead composer and sound director of Final Fantasy XIV and its expansions and lead composer of Final Fantasy XVI .
May 17, 2021 · After Soken’s announcement, Yoshida tearfully spoke about what happened. He confirmed Soken didn’t tell anyone to keep them from worrying about him or for his illness to affect their...
May 19, 2021 · The reveal: During the end of the festival on May 16, Soken thanked the community and revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer in March 2020. He spent six to seven months in the hospital...
Today at the end of fan fest, Soken made an emotional announcement that last year he was diagnosed with cancer. While we are happy to hear that he is in full remission, there is no avoiding the somber nature of this announcement.
May 18, 2021 · Masayoshi Soken battled cancer while he made the music for the patch. During the closing ceremony, the series' composer revealed that he had been battling cancer for most of this year while working on music for Patch 5.3.
Jul 13, 2021 · It’s been about 3 weeks since the sound director of Square Enix’s MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV), Masayoshi Soken, announced at Digital Fan Festival 2021 that his cancer, a diagnosis that he had kept from the public, has gone into remission.
