--- title: "Satoru Shibata – Outside Director – Pokemon Company" url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/satoru-shibata-outside-director-pokemon-company/" description: "Satoru Shibata, who most of you will know as the former Nintendo of Europe president, is now the Outside Director over at the Pokemon Company." author: "Patrick Dankers" published at: "2018-06-07 14:35:40" image: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/satoru-shibata-outside-director-pokemoncompany.jpg" markdown url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/satoru-shibata-outside-director-pokemon-company.md" --- Satoru Shibata - Outside Director - Pokemon Company | General News | NintendoReporters [![Satoru Shibata – Outside Director – Pokemon Company](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/satoru-shibata-outside-director-pokemoncompany.jpg "Satoru Shibata – Outside Director – Pokemon Company")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/satoru-shibata-outside-director-pokemoncompany.jpg)**Satoru Shibata**, who most of you will know as the former Nintendo of Europe president, is now the Outside Director over at the Pokemon Company. ## [](#pokemon-company)@ Pokemon Company Mr. Shibata officially started his new job in May 2018. The Pokemon Company is currently busy developing Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu! and Pokemon: Let’s Go Eevee! We wonder how much of an impact Satoru-san has on the production of the title. Thanks go out to Nathan of **N1ntendo** for reporting the news; > Former Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata, who has announced he will leave the company soon, has been promoted to a role as Outside Director at The Pokémon Company in May. [pic.twitter.com/GnZBMDiDeG](https://t.co/GnZBMDiDeG) > > — Nathan (@DarkDetectiveNL) [June 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/DarkDetectiveNL/status/1003574998869643264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [](#) [ ](#) > Generated for use by AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). > Generated: 2026-09-22 14:33:37 > Maintained by: NintendoReporters > Source: https://www.nintendoreporters.com/ > Contact: webmaster@nintendoreporters.com