{"id":7333,"date":"2026-08-07T04:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/the-tenth-mosaic-tokyo-gaming-event-september-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T04:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:26:38","slug":"the-tenth-mosaic-tokyo-gaming-event-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/the-tenth-mosaic-tokyo-gaming-event-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tenth Mosaic: Persona, NieR, Danganronpa Creators All in Tokyo This September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine sitting in a room where the full Persona 3\/4\/5 creative team is on stage together for the first time since Persona 5, while across the hall Yoko Taro is discussing NieR with his longtime composer, and later that afternoon Fumito Ueda \u2014 the reclusive creator of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus \u2014 is in conversation with Eric Chahi, the Frenchman who made Another World. That is not a fantasy: it is what is happening at The Tenth Mosaic<\/strong> in Tokyo this September.<\/p>\n

The two-day gaming culture festival takes place on 22\u201323 September 2026<\/strong> at the Institut fran\u00e7ais de Tokyo<\/a> (Institut franco-japonais de Tokyo), 15 Ichigaya Funagawaramachi, Shinjuku. Both days fall on Japanese national holidays, making them ideal for SG gamers already planning a September Japan trip. The event celebrates video games as \u201cle dixi\u00e8me art\u201d \u2014 the tenth art \u2014 and was just announced this week via Famitsu<\/a> (Japanese).<\/p>\n

What Is The Tenth Mosaic?<\/h2>\n

The Tenth Mosaic is billed as a celebration of game culture \u2014 not a trade show, not a consumer expo, but a curated arts-and-ideas festival in the spirit of a European cultural institution. Think TED talks crossed with a game-music concert crossed with a living museum, for about \u00a52,000 a day (roughly S$19<\/strong>) as a base entry. Individual talk sessions require a separate \u00a53,000 ticket (~S$28<\/strong>) due to limited capacity of 100 seats each.<\/p>\n

The lineup is, frankly, remarkable.<\/p>\n

The Creator Talks<\/h2>\n

Persona 30th Anniversary \u2014 the Full Team Together<\/h3>\n
\"Persona
Image courtesy of Atlus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the session Persona fans will clear their September calendars for. Katsura Hashino<\/strong> (director of Persona 3, 4 and 5), Shigenori Soejima<\/strong> (the series\u2019 art director) and Shoji Meguro<\/strong> (composer of Persona 3\u2019s \u201cBurn My Dread,\u201d P4\u2019s \u201cReach Out to the Truth,\u201d and P5\u2019s \u201cLife Will Change\u201d) are appearing together to mark 30 years of the franchise. They rarely appear together outside Japan. With Persona 6 now confirmed as an Xbox exclusive<\/a>, expect candid reflection on the series\u2019 evolution and where it goes next.<\/p>\n

Yoko Taro and Keisuke Okabe on NieR and Ender Lilies<\/h3>\n
\"NieR
Image courtesy of Square Enix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yoko Taro<\/strong> and his regular composer Keisuke Okabe<\/strong> take the stage to discuss the interconnected universes of NieR, ENDER LILIES and ENDER MAGNOLIA. Yoko Taro rarely travels, so his appearance alone makes this an event worth flying to Tokyo for. Expect the mask, expect the misdirection, and if his past public appearances are any guide, expect something unexpectedly moving buried inside an apparently chaotic conversation.<\/p>\n

The Horror Game Legends Panel<\/h3>\n

Four genre-defining horror game creators share a single stage: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick Raynal<\/strong> (Alone in the Dark, 1992), Keiichiro Toyama<\/strong> (Silent Hill, 1999; Gravity Rush), Makoto Shibata<\/strong> (Fatal Frame series) and Hifumi Kono<\/strong> (Clock Tower, 1995). For fans of psychological horror in games, this is a once-in-a-generation gathering. Singapore gamers who grew up terrified by the original Silent Hill or Fatal Frame on PS2 will find this especially resonant.<\/p>\n

Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada on Danganronpa<\/h3>\n
\"Danganronpa:
Image courtesy of Spike Chunsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kazutaka Kodaka<\/strong> (creator of Danganronpa and The Hundred Line) and Masafumi Takada<\/strong> (the series\u2019 distinctive composer) discuss the world they built and what comes next. With The Hundred Line \u2014 Last Defense Academy having recently launched, there is plenty of fresh material to dig into.<\/p>\n

Eric Chahi \u00d7 Fumito Ueda<\/h3>\n

This might be the most quietly astonishing session of the two days. Eric Chahi<\/strong>, creator of Another World (1991), and Fumito Ueda<\/strong>, creator of ICO, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian, are two of the most influential minimalists in game history. Both are reclusive. Both shaped the medium\u2019s sense of loneliness and wonder. Hearing them in conversation \u2014 apparently for the first time publicly \u2014 is not something that happens at a typical gaming convention.<\/p>\n

Tetsuya Mizuguchi Masterclass: Rez Turns 25<\/h3>\n

2026 marks 25 years since Rez<\/strong> arrived on Dreamcast and PlayStation 2, defying every genre expectation and inventing what Tetsuya Mizuguchi called \u201csynesthesia gaming.\u201d Mizuguchi leads a masterclass exploring the game\u2019s origins, its VR evolution in Rez Infinite, and his ongoing experiments with sound, light and motion. If you have ever played Rez in VR \u2014 or want to understand why it still matters \u2014 this session is unmissable.<\/p>\n

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