12 Facts About Shuhei Yoshida

Shuhei Yoshida is a Japanese businessman and gaming industry veteran.

Shuhei Yoshida was the President of SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony Interactive Entertainment from 2008 to 2019, before moving onto other SIE-related projects.

Shuhei Yoshida graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Faculty of Economics at Kyoto University, where he was involved in the corporate strategy group, as well as coordinating the PC business.

Shuhei Yoshida later earned his MBA degree at University of California, Los Angeles in 1993.

Shuhei Yoshida joined Sony in 1986 as part of the corporate strategy group, with a role coordinating their PC business.

Shuhei Yoshida was one of the initial members of the PlayStation project in February 1993, and the first non-engineer team member.

Shuhei Yoshida acted as the lead account executive at Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

In November 2013 Shuhei Yoshida appeared in the official PlayStation 4 unboxing video.

On November 7,2019, Sony announced that Shuhei Yoshida had stepped down as President of SIE Worldwide Studios amid a company reshuffle to become head of a newly formed initiative that will focus on nurturing external independent creators.

Shuhei Yoshida was replaced by Hermen Hulst, the former studio head of Guerrilla Games.

Shuhei Yoshida retired from SIE on January 15,2025, after spending more than thirty years with the company.

Shuhei Yoshida appears as a playable character in Super Time Force Ultra, able to fire tweets and heart emoticons from his in-game smartphone.