12 Facts About Tatsumi Kimishima

Tatsumi Kimishima is a Japanese businessman who served as the 5th president of Nintendo from September 2015 to June 2018.

Tatsumi Kimishima was formerly the president of Nintendo of America from January 2002, succeeding Minoru Arakawa, until Reggie Fils-Aime took his place in May 2006.

Tatsumi Kimishima was promoted to managing director in June 2013 and was named the fifth president of the company in September 2015, succeeding Satoru Iwata, who died in July 2015.

Tatsumi Kimishima dealt with corporate planning, international business development, corporate communications, and promotions.

Tatsumi Kimishima was approached by Hiroshi Yamauchi, who wanted someone outside of the video game industry to oversee the finances of an American subsidiary for the popular Pokemon franchise.

Tatsumi Kimishima accepted the position, and was appointed chief financial officer of The Pokemon Company in December 2000.

In 2001, Tatsumi Kimishima was appointed president of Pokemon USA Inc During Tatsumi Kimishima's early time working there, a number of popular Pokemon games were released.

Yamauchi appointed Tatsumi Kimishima to become president of Nintendo of America in January 2002.

Tatsumi Kimishima was previously working as the head of Nintendo's Pokemon division.

On September 14,2015, after the death of Iwata in July 2015, Tatsumi Kimishima was named company president of Nintendo.

Tatsumi Kimishima described his desire to follow Iwata's general strategy, stating that "Takeda and Miyamoto will be in charge of software development, while I control administration".

In May 2016, Tatsumi Kimishima announced that Nintendo were going to start their own film production, and that they were looking for filmmakers for their projects.