Tatsumi Kimishima

Tatsumi Kimishima
君島 達己
5th President of Nintendo
In office
September 16, 2015 – June 28, 2018
Preceded bySatoru Iwata
Succeeded byShuntaro Furukawa
2nd President of Nintendo of America
In office
January 8, 2002 – May 25, 2006
Preceded byMinoru Arakawa
Succeeded byReggie Fils-Aimé
Personal details
Born (1950-04-21) April 21, 1950 (age 74)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materHitotsubashi University

Tatsumi Kimishima (君島 達己, Kimishima Tatsumi, born April 21, 1950) is a Japanese businessman who served as the 5th president of Nintendo from September 2015 to June 2018. He was formerly the president of Nintendo of America from January 2002,[1] succeeding Minoru Arakawa, until Reggie Fils-Aimé took his place in May 2006.[2] He was promoted to managing director in June 2013[1] and was named the fifth president of the company in September 2015, succeeding Satoru Iwata, who died in July 2015.[3][4] Kimishima stepped down as president in June 2018 and was succeeded by Shuntaro Furukawa.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Notice Regarding Personnel Change of a Representative Director and Role Changes of Directors" (PDF). 2015-09-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  2. ^ "Reggie for President". Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  3. ^ "Notice Regarding Personnel Change of a Representative Director and Role Changes of Directors" (PDF). Nintendo. September 14, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "Yahoo". Yahoo. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Nintendo President Explains Why He's Stepping Down - IGN, 2 May 2018, retrieved 2020-03-31

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