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Shuntaro Furukawa (46) replaces Kimishima as Nintendo President.

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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.
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Madao

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Oct 26, 2017
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finally. they said from the start Kimishima wasn't a permanent replacement. i'm surprised they took this long since they said he was only holding the position for 1 year initially. i though they had forgotten about that tbh.
 
Crayolan

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Oct 25, 2017
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Kimishima was only ever meant to be a temporary stand-in due to Iwata's sudden passing, right? So this shouldn't come as a surprise.
 
Hero of Legend

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Oct 26, 2017
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Kimishima said he was possibly only temporary, I guess he finally found his proper successor, but WHO?

I remember folks saying Shinya Takahashi was a likely candidate.
 
Meelow

Meelow

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Oct 31, 2017
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We knew from the start that Kimishima was only going to be termporary.

Nobody should be surprised.
 
Zalman

Zalman

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Oct 25, 2017
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I was actually expecting Takahashi to take over, but he seems confident in his current role.

Furukawa is young and a great choice.
 
Dwebble

Dwebble

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Oct 25, 2017
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Oh wow.

Never heard of Furukawa before- those are some BIG shoes to fill.

Kimishima took on the presidency at an incredibly difficult time, and shepherded it towards future long-term success. He deserves great credit for that.
 
hjort

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Nov 9, 2017
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A marketing guy, eh? I was hoping it would be someone from the dev side, but I guess we won't ever have another Iwata, so why bother.
 
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