- Starting September 16, Kimishima’s role as Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s representative director is effective.
- He is the company’s former Managing Director and current Nintendo Human Resources head
- Nintendo of America’s president from 2002 to 2006
- he worked at Sanwa Bank in Japan for nearly three decades
- He was also the Chief Financial Officer of the Pokemon Company
- the president of the company’s US arm
- The official statement lists Nintendo exec Shigeru Miyamoto as a “Creative Fellow,” while fellow exec Genyo Takeda is a “Technology Fellow.” Both remain senior managing directors as well as representative directors at the company.
http://kotaku.com/nintendos-new-president-has-been-named-1730475135
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
