Shuntaro Furukawa

is a Japanese businessman and executive. He is the sixth and current President of Nintendo, a role he assumed on June 28, 2018, succeeding Tatsumi Kimishima.Fogel, Stefanie. "Shuntaro Furukawa Officially Takes Over As Nintendo President". Variety. June 29, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2022. 
==Career==
Furukawa played Famicom Disk System games growing up.Nakamura, Yuji; Furukawa, Yuki. "Nintendo hands over Switch to 46-year-old president who grew up playing the Famicom"/ Japan Times. April 27, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2022. He joined Nintendo of Europe in 1994 and worked as an accountant at their headquarters for a decade. While there, he was instrumental in the successful European launch of the Wii. He is fluent in English.Kohler, Chris. "Everything We Know About Nintendo's Next President". Kotaku. Retrieved May 11, 2022. Furukawa worked in global marketing for Nintendo by 2010, and was the Nintendo representative on the board of The Pokémon Company.Nakamura, Yuji; Furukawa, Yuki. "Nintendo Puts Switch into Hands of Famicom-Generation President". Bloomberg. April 26, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2022. (requires subscription)
As President of Nintendo, Furukawa has been an executive producer of many of their published games, including Metroid Dread, Metroid Prime Remastered, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Tetris 99, Luigi's Mansion 3, Paper Mario: The Origami King and WarioWare: Get It Together!.
==External links==
*Wikipedia article
*Furukawa on MobyGames
*Furukawa on IMDb
==References==
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