18 Facts About Yoichi Wada

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Yoichi Wada is a former president and representative director of the Japanese video game and publishing company Square Enix as well as its subsidiary Taito.

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Yoichi Wada is the former chairman of the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association, the former chairman of the Digital Content Use Promotion Conference, former president of Shinra Technologies and a former member of the Japanese Brand and Contents Council.

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Yoichi Wada particularly liked early 3D games, including D and titles from the Myst, Resident Evil and Metal Gear series.

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Yoichi Wada set for himself the objective of becoming a president by the age of 40.

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Yoichi Wada worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Warsaw, Poland.

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Yoichi Wada became the president and representative director of Taito following the subsidiary's restructuring in July 2006.

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On March 26,2013, Yoichi Wada announced his resignation as CEO of Square Enix and that former company director Yosuke Matsuda would replace him.

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Yoichi Wada planned the change to go into effect in June 2013.

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Square Enix revealed that Yoichi Wada resigned from his post in May 2013 and in June 2013 took up a new position as Chairman of the Board of Square Enix Co.

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On June 16,2015, Yoichi Wada left Square Enix after the end of his contractual term.

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Yoichi Wada became the chairman of the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association in May 2006.

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Yoichi Wada had held the Chairmanship of the Digital Content Use Promotion Conference of the Keidanren and was a Japanese Brand and Contents Council member.

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Yoichi Wada said that their cloud-based gaming service would utilize supercomputers, allowing developers to create higher quality games than what is possible for modern consoles and personal computers.

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On May 11,2015, Metaps, an application analysis and marketing company, announced that Yoichi Wada had joined their company as an outside director.

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Yoichi Wada has stated that video game piracy significantly damages the video game industry, especially in Japan, with R4 cards for the Nintendo DS.

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Yoichi Wada proposed that the best strategy to combat this involved personalized saves and a social community built around gaming to help players understand the product's value.

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In November 2009, Yoichi Wada stated: "In ten years' time, a lot of what we call 'console games' won't exist".

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Square Enix increased its production of social and browser games during this period as a result, though Yoichi Wada restated his commitment to console gaming and the Final Fantasy series in particular.