Tatsumi Kimishima

Tatsumi Kimishima is the 5th President of Nintendo, succeeding Satoru Iwata. He formerly helped Nintendo capitalize on the Pokémon craze in North America and ran Nintendo of America after Minoru Arakawa left.

History
Prior to working at Nintendo, Kimishima worked Sanwa Bank of Japan for 27 years. At Sanwa Bank, Kimishima perform many corporate duties and held positions in numerous North American locations.

In 2000, Kimishima was selected to be the Chief Financial officer of the Pokémon Company. In his brief 2 year tenure, he helped market the Pokémon games, helping sell Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal to the Americas.

With the retirement of Minoru Arakawa, Hiroshi Yamauchi decide to select Kimishima as the next President of Nintendo of America. While Nintendo did lose a number of Western partners due to Arakawa's and Howard Lincoln's departures, Kimishima helped maintain Nintendo's marketshare in the Americas. He was promoted to the newly created CEO position in May 2006. In 2013, Kimishima returned to Japan, where his CEO position was replaced by Satoru Iwata and Kimishima becoming the Managing Director of Nintendo as well as a board member.

Positions Held

 * Chief Financial Officer at the Pokémon Company (2000 - 2002)
 * Second President of Nintendo of America (2002-2006)
 * CEO of Nintendo of America (2006 -2013)
 * Managing Director at Nintendo (2013 -2015)
 * Fifth President of Nintendo (2015 - )

Game Credits
While Tatsumi Kiminishima has never made a game, he has credited a number of times, mostly as thanks.