Tatsumi Kimishima (君島 達己 Kimishima Tatsumi) is the former CEO and Chairman of Nintendo of America. He was the president of Nintendo of America from January 2002[1] until May 2006, when Reggie Fils-Aime took his place.[2]
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Kimishima is married and has two daughters. One daughter lives in New York, the other works for the Japan Credit Bureau.
Kimishima enjoys the sports tennis and golf.
Kimishima worked for 27 years for Sanwa Bank of Japan. Kimishima dealt with corporate planning, international business development, corporate communications and promotions.
Kimishima was posted in the following locations during his 27 year tenure at Sanwa Bank of Japan:
Tatsumi Kimishima was the Pokémon Company's Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed in 2000.
In 2001, Kimishima was appointed president of Pokémon USA Inc.
Following the retirement of Minoru Arakawa, Kimishima took over as president of Nintendo of America. According to Nintendo he was "responsible for all of Nintendo's operations in North America and Latin America." He has been replaced by Reggie Fils-Aime as of 2006.