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Shuntaro Furukawa

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Shuntaro Furukawa.

Shuntaro Furukawa (古川 俊太郎, born January 10, 1972) is the current president of Nintendo and the 6th overall, succeeding Tatsumi Kimishima.

Biography

Furukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan as the son of illustrator Taku Furukawa.[1][2] He grew up playing games on the Famicom[3] and has a great amount of respect for Shigeru Miyamoto and other creators of the time. He first joined Nintendo in 1994 and spent 10 years of his tenure as an accountant at Nintendo of Europe in Germany.[4] By the mid-2010s, he had worked in global marketing and the executive department. He eventually became a part of Nintendo's directors in The Pokémon Company.[5]

In 2015, he was promoted to the General Manager of Corporate Planning Department. In June 2016, with some company restructuring he joined the Nintendo Board of Directors in June 2016 as the Managing Executive Officer of the Corporate Analysis & Administration Division.

In April 2018, Tatsumi Kimishima announced that his retirement was scheduled for June 28, 2018 and that Furukawa would be promoted as president of Nintendo. Kimishima later retired from his position on that day, and Furukawa officially became President of Nintendo.

Works published by Nintendo

During his tenure as a president of Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa was automatically credited as "Executive Producer" in any Nintendo-published games since his promotion. Additionally, he was given a Special Thanks for Super Nintendo World and is credited as "President of Nintendo" in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "代表取締役等の異動に関するお知らせ"
  2. ↑ "任天堂次期社長 古川俊太郎氏（46）硬軟使い分ける経理マン"
  3. ↑ Nintendo hands over Switch to 46-year-old president who grew up playing the Famicom - Japan Times
  4. ↑ "Shuntaro Furukawa Is Ready to Take Nintendo to the Next Level" - TIME
  5. ↑ "Nintendo Puts Switch into Hands of Famicom-Generation President" - Bloomberg


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