{"id":1550526,"date":"2026-04-11T20:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/o8ahW5B7Lw6J3ZQ6LNk3Jo"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:36:39","slug":"dead-or-alive-creator-was-once-held-at-gunpoint-by-lapd-says-former-colleague-it-was-a-real-dead-or-alive-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-or-alive-creator-was-once-held-at-gunpoint-by-lapd-says-former-colleague-it-was-a-real-dead-or-alive-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead or Alive creator was once held at gunpoint by LAPD, says former colleague: &#8216;It was a real Dead or Alive situation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>As translated to English by <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tomonobu-itagakis-former-collaborator-reminisces-about-the-late-game-creators-life-including-that-one-time-they-were-held-at-gunpoint-by-the-los-angeles-police\/\" target=\"_blank\">Automaton<\/a>, Japanese gaming website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gamer.net\/games\/999\/G999905\/20260403045\/\" target=\"_blank\">4Gamer<\/a> has published a feature on the late Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of Dead or Alive and the neo-Ninja Gaiden games. 4Gamer interviewed some of the developer&#8217;s collaborators, unearthing some surprising stories from the colorful developer&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his ultraviolent and occasionally terminally horny games, Itagaki embodied an eccentric, larger-than-life character in the industry. &#8220;Gamers who think that Ninja Gaiden is too hard are losers \u2026 just fight your best fight!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/games.kikizo.com\/features\/itagaki_interview_feb05_p2.asp\" target=\"_blank\">he told Kikizo<\/a> in 2005. 4Gamer&#8217;s anecdotes more than match Itagaki&#8217;s flamboyant reputation.<\/p>\n<p>A few particularly wild stories come from former collaborator Kengo Aoki, the CEO of Soft Gear. He talked about a time when Itagaki, on a business trip to China, started drunkenly picking fights with taxis and shouting in the streets. That night the two fought in a hotel room over a game development issue, but on the flight home Itagaki was calling Aoki his brother and helping him get over a hangover.<\/p>\n<p>Aoki recalled another instance where, at a &#8220;pre-E3 party,&#8221; Itagaki shouted from their hotel balcony, &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna take over the world!&#8221; while inviting him to join in. Things escalated until 10 LAPD patrol cars rolled up: &#8220;The officers had their guns drawn. It was a real Dead or Alive situation,&#8221; Aoki said. <\/p>\n<p>The next day, Aoki received a phone call saying Itagaki was in the ICU to be hospitalized for &#8220;40 to 50 days.&#8221; It&#8217;s not clear from the interview if those latter two anecdotes are related, but suffice it to say that Itagaki did not lead a boring life. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something he conveyed in his own way in his &#8220;words to leave&#8221; that were posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tomonobu.itagaki?mibextid=ZbWKwL\" target=\"_blank\">to Facebook<\/a> when he passed away in October 2025. &#8220;My life has been a series of battles. We stayed winning,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I&#8217;ve caused a lot of trouble. I stand by my beliefs and I own them. No regrets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"fea6c4d7-ca93-4a8a-94f8-44639454dbea\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dead-or-alive-creator-was-once-held-at-gunpoint-by-lapd-says-former-colleague-it-was-a-real-dead-or-alive-situation.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"fea6c4d7-ca93-4a8a-94f8-44639454dbea\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/dead-or-alive-creator-was-once-held-at-gunpoint-by-lapd-says-former-colleague-it-was-a-real-dead-or-alive-situation\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As translated to English by Automaton, Japanese gaming website 4Gamer has published a feature on the late Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of Dead or Alive and the neo-Ninja Gaiden games. 4Gamer interviewed some of the developer&#8217;s collaborators, unearthing some surprising stories from the colorful developer&#8217;s life. In addition to his ultraviolent and occasionally terminally horny games, Itagaki embodied an eccentric, larger-than-life character in the industry. &#8220;Gamers who think that Ninja Gaiden is too hard are losers \u2026 just fight your best fight!&#8221; he told Kikizo in 2005. 4Gamer&#8217;s anecdotes more than match Itagaki&#8217;s flamboyant reputation. A few particularly wild stories come from former collaborator Kengo Aoki, the CEO of Soft Gear. He talked about a time when Itagaki, on a business trip to China, started drunkenly&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-or-alive-creator-was-once-held-at-gunpoint-by-lapd-says-former-colleague-it-was-a-real-dead-or-alive-situation\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1550527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-1550526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dead or Alive creator was once held at gunpoint by LAPD, says former colleague: &#039;It was a real Dead or Alive situation&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta 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