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title: "Tatsumi Kimishima is stopping as president of Nintendo"
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description: "After the death of Satoru Iwata in 2016, Tatsumi Kimishima became the new president of Nintendo. Kimishima will soon ignore this important role within the company. In the financial results, Nintendo announced that Kimishima will retire."
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Tatsumi Kimishima is stopping as president of Nintendo | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Tatsumi Kimishima is stopping as president of Nintendo](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/tatsumi-kimishima-stopt-als-president-van-nintendo.jpg "Tatsumi Kimishima is stopping as president of Nintendo")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/tatsumi-kimishima-stopt-als-president-van-nintendo.jpg)After the death of **Satoru Iwata** in 2016, **Tatsumi Kimishima** became the new president of Nintendo. Kimishima will soon ignore this important role within the company. In the financial results, Nintendo announced that Kimishima will retire.

## [](#new-president-of-nintendo)New president of Nintendo

**Shuntaro Furukawa** will take over the role of President of Nintendo from Kimishima. He joined Nintendo in April 1994 and since June 2016 he has been working as Managing Executive Officer and Supervisor or Corporate Analysis & Administration Division.

Furukawa was since May 2012 also Outside Director of The Pokemon Company.

There is only one thing we can do and that is thanking Tatsumi Kimishima for the period in which he led Nintendo to what we now have to cherish.

Subete ni kansha Kimishima-san!

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