Shuntaro Furukawa è il nuovo presidente di Nintendo, ritiro per Tatsumi Kimishima

Totalmente a sorpresa Nintendo annuncia un deciso cambio di rotta per quanto riguarda la guida della società nipponica con sede a Kyoto.

Infatti stamane, tramite i risultati finanziari, è stato annunciato il ritiro di Tatsumi Kimishima come presidente di Nintendo. Il successore del buon Tatsumi sarà un più giovane candidato, Shuntaro Furukawa, il 46enne infatti prenderà le redini della Casa di Kyoto.

Non una figura così nota al pubblico, ma Furukawa è approdato in Nintendo nel lontano 1994. lavorando nel marketing globale per poi arrivare anche dalle parti di The Pokemon Company.

Dal 2016, Furukawa è stato Managing Executive Officer di Nintendo e Supervisore della Divisione Corporate Analysis & Administration e Director.

April 26, 2018
Name of listed company: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Representative: Tatsumi Kimishima, Representative Director and
President
(TSE First Section Stock Code: 7974)
Contact person: Takuya Yoshimura
Deputy General Manager of General Affairs Division
(Tel: 075-662-9600)
Notice Regarding Changes of Representative Director and Other Management
Nintendo Co., Ltd. announces that it resolved to make the following changes in management at the meeting of the
Board of Directors held on April 26, 2018. The changes will be effective upon receiving approval at the 78th
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 28, 2018 and the subsequent Board of Directors
meeting.
1. Retirement of a Representative Director
(1) Reason
Retirement from the Representative Director at the expiration of the term of the office of Director, which is as
of the end of the 78th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 28, 2018
(2) Name and Title of the Retiring Representative Director
Tatsumi Kimishima (Representative Director and President)
2. Anticipated new Representative Director
(1) Reason
To shift to a new management structure, after Tatsumi Kimishima retires from the office of Representative
Director and President on June 28, 2018.
(2) Name and Title of new Representative Director
Name New Titles Present Titles
Shuntaro Furukawa Representative Director and President
Director, Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate Planning
Department
Supervisor of Corporate Analysis &
Administration Division
In charge of Global Marketing
Department
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(3) Career Record of new Representative Director
Date of Birth : January 10, 1972
Education : School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Birthplace : Tokyo
Career Record : April 1994 Joined the Company
May 2012 Outside Director of The Pokémon Company (to present)
July 2015 General Manager, Corporate Planning Department (to present)
June 2016 Director (to present)
Managing Executive Officer (to present)
Supervisor of Corporate Analysis & Administration Division
(to present)
September 2016 In charge of Global Marketing Department (to present)
Number of Shares of
the Company held : 100 shares
3. Retirement of a Director
・Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Outside Director Yoshimi Mitamura
4. Anticipated new Directors
・Director (excluding a Director as an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Director Satoru Shibata (Current: Executive Officer
President, Nintendo of Europe GmbH)
・Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Outside Director Masao Yamazaki (Current: Director, Masao Yamazaki Certified
Tax Accountant Office)
5. Retirement of an Executive Officer
Senior Executive Officer Susumu Tanaka (Current: Senior Executive Officer
General Manager, Licensing Division)
6. Anticipated new Executive Officers
Executive Officer Yoshiaki Koizumi (Current:Deputy General Manager,
Entertainment Planning & Development
Division)
Executive Officer Takashi Tezuka (Current: Senior Officer, Entertainment Planning
& Development Department)
Executive Officer Hajime Murakami (Current: Deputy General Manager, Finance
Administration Division
General Manager, Finance Department)
7. Role Change of Executive Officers
Senior Managing Executive
Officer
Shinya Takahashi (Current: Director, Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Entertainment Planning &
Development Division
Supervisor of Business Development Division,
Development Administration & Support
Division)
Senior Executive Officer Satoru Shibata (Current: Executive Officer
President, Nintendo of Europe GmbH)
* Tatsumi Kimishima will assume office as an Executive Adviser and Susumu Tanaka will assume office as a
Corporate Adviser.
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8. Reference (Directors and Executive Officers as of June 28, 2018)
Representative Director and
President
Shuntaro Furukawa
Representative Director, Fellow Shigeru Miyamoto
Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Shinya Takahashi (General Manager, Entertainment Planning &
Development Division
Supervisor of Business Development Division,
Development Administration & Support
Division)
Director, Senior Executive
Officer
Ko Shiota (General Manager, Platform Technology
Development Division and Hardware
Development Department)
Director, Senior Executive
Officer
Satoru Shibata (General Manager, Marketing Division and
Licensing Division
In charge of Advertising Department, Global
Marketing Department)
Director (Audit and Supervisory
Committee Member)
Naoki Noguchi
Outside Director (Audit and
Supervisory Committee
Member)
Naoki Mizutani
Outside Director (Audit and
Supervisory Committee
Member)
Katsuhiro Umeyama
Outside Director (Audit and
Supervisory Committee
Member)
Masao Yamazaki
Senior Executive Officer Shigeyuki Takahashi (General Manager, General Affairs Division
In charge of Quality Assurance Department,
Investor Relations)
Senior Executive Officer Satoshi Yamato (President, Nintendo Sales Co., Ltd.)
Senior Executive Officer Hirokazu Shinshi (General Manager, Manufacturing Division)
Executive Officer Reginald Fils-Aimé (President, Nintendo of America Inc.)
Executive Officer Yoshiaki Koizumi (Deputy General Manager, Entertainment
Planning & Development Division)
Executive Officer Takashi Tezuka (Senior Officer, Entertainment Planning &
Development Division)
Executive Officer Hajime Murakami (General Manager, Finance Administration
Division, Finance Department and Payment
Services Management Department)

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