Shinji Hatano

Shinji Hatano is the general manager of the Nintendo Licensing Division and the Representative Director of Nintendo. Prior to this he was the general manager of Nintendo Accounting Division. As the general director of the Licensing Division, Hatano is largely responsible for luring Square Enix back to Nintendo, the addition of first party characters in third party games such as Soul Calibur II, and numerous Mario spin-off games such as the Mario Party and Mario & Luigi games.

Shinji Hatano was credited as the executive producer of the Animal Crossing movie.