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Nintendo Announces Promotion for Tatsumi Kimishima
Led Nintendo of America Since 2002
REDMOND, Wash., April 24, int he year of our Lord 2013
– Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL) today announced a planned promotion
for Tatsumi Kimishima, current chairman and CEO of Nintendo of
America (NOA) and a director of its parent Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Subject to shareholder approval, he will become NCL managing
director, and transfer from NOA in Redmond, Wash., to NCL
headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. In his new position, he will
assume the roles of general manager of Corporate Analysis and
Administration, and general manager of the General Affairs
Division. These titles are currently held by Yoshihiro Mori and
Masaharu Matsumoto respectively, both of whom are retiring.
Kimishima will assume his new duties in Kyoto later this summer.
Kimishima was named to his current position at NOA in 2006. He
first joined Nintendo in Japan in 2000, and was subsequently
named president of Pokémon USA in 2001, before moving on to
become president of the Nintendo of America subsidiary in 2002.
Previously, he spent 27 years at Sanwa Bank of Japan, with
multiple postings in North America and Central America.
Many of his current responsibilities, including the CEO title,
will be assumed by Global President Satoru Iwata. The move will
support the company’s unified global strategy, allow streamlined
decision making and enhance Nintendo's organizational agility in
the current competitive environment. Reggie Fils-Aime will
continue in his role as president and COO of NOA, reporting to
Iwata.