Yasuhiro Wada, Harvest Moon's creator, and Yoshiro Kimura, Little King's Story creator, have both left Grasshopper Manufacture.
While no reason has been given for their departure, Silconerareports that the two left the company as of last month.
The developers joined the company only last year, with Wada appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Kimura as Chief Creative Officer.
Grasshopper Manufacture is currently co-developing two digital titles, Black Sword Knight and Sine Mora with Digital Reality, and working on Lollipop Chainsaw.