After 18 years working for Namco Bandai, lead artist of the Taiko no Tatsujin series Yukiko Yooko (横尾有希子) retires yesterday on 15th of June, 2012. The announcement is taken from the artist's Twitter page, followed by the picture above which sums up the most remarkable characters she created for the Japanese software house, also featuring the ones from Taiko no Tatsujin and Mizuiro Blood.
In other words, the creator of Don-chan the character and all his friends has now stopped, not because she didn't like Namco, but because she has finished with work. God bless her.
Link to tweet
