{"id":92964,"date":"2026-11-12T13:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92964"},"modified":"2026-11-12T14:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:40:04","slug":"final-fantasy-14-players-are-mourning-the-loss-of-the-games-legendary-bassist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92964","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 14 Players Are Mourning The Loss Of The Game\u2019s Legendary Bassist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/final-fantasy-xiv-online-a-realm-reborn\/\">Final Fantasy 14<\/a> community is in mourning following news that Eikichi Iwai, the bassist for the game&#8217;s house band, The Primals, has died at the age of 57, and is taking to the MMORPG&#8217;s main hub cities to honor his legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An &#8220;Important Announcement&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.finalfantasyxiv.com\/lodestone\/news\/detail\/50da250649b061193654327901f00568ae97323c\">post<\/a> on the official FF14 website from developer Square Enix on November 11 broke the news, and stated the development team was &#8220;deeply saddened&#8221; to inform the community of Iwai&#8217;s passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Having witnessed his truly unforgettable performance on stage at the recent Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival in Japan, the sudden news of his passing has come as a profound shock,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;The members of The Primals and the entire FF14 development and operations team are overcome with deep sorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As we reflect on all that Eikichi-san has left behind, our thoughts are with him, and we offer our heartfelt condolences.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1957497\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"703\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/The-Primals.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1957497\" \/>The Primals, with Eikichi Iwai second from the left. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Primals, composed of Iwai on bass, composer Masayoshi Soken, localization lead Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, and band members Tetsuya Tachibana and GUNN, are behind some of FF14&#8217;s most memorable tracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Final Fantasy 14 community is in mourning following news that Eikichi Iwai, the bassist for the game&#8217;s house band, The Primals, has died at the age of 57, and is taking to the MMORPG&#8217;s main hub cities to honor his legacy. An &#8220;Important Announcement&#8221; post on the official FF14 website from developer Square Enix&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":92966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92967,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92964\/revisions\/92967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}