is the former CEO and Chairman of Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

 of America. He was the president of Nintendo of America from January 2002 until May 2006, when Reggie Fils-Aime took his place.

Family

Kimishima is married and has two daughters. One daughter lives in New York

New York

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, the other works for the Japan Credit Bureau

Japan Credit Bureau

Japan Credit Bureau is a credit card company based in Tokyo, Japan. Its English name is .Founded in 1961, JCB established dominance over the Japanese credit card market when it purchased Osaka Credit Bureau in 1968, and its cards are now issued in 20 different countries...

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Sanwa Bank of Japan

Kimishima worked for 27 years for Sanwa Bank of Japan. Kimishima dealt with corporate planning, international business development, corporate communications and promotions.

Postings

Kimishima was posted in the following locations during his 27 year tenure at Sanwa Bank of Japan:

• New York
  New York
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  , New York, USA
• Los Angeles
  Los Ángeles
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  , California
  California
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  , USA
• San Francisco, California, USA
• Central America
  Central America
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• Caribbean
  Caribbean
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The Pokémon Company

Tatsumi Kimishima was the Pokémon Company's Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed in 2000.

Nintendo of America

Following the retirement of Minoru Arakawa

Minoru Arakawa

was the founder and first president of Nintendo of America from 1980 to 2002.Born in Kyoto, Japan, he attended Kyoto University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1972, he was hired by Japanese conglomerate Marubeni as part of their international staff, with the responsibility of...

, 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 He has been replaced by Reggie Fils-Aime as of 2006.

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