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Keiichi Iwata holds the position of President & Representative Director at Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. Mr. Iwata received an undergraduate degree from the University of Tokyo.

Satoru Iwata|岩田 聡|Iwata Satoru|extra=born December 6, 1959}} is a Japanese businessman and the fourth president and CEO of Nintendo Co., Ltd., and CEO of Nintendo of America. When he worked as a programmer at HAL Laboratory in his early career he was considered to be a "genius programmer".Citation needed|date=April 2014 He joined Nintendo in 2000, and succeeded Hiroshi Yamauchi as the company's president in May 2002. Barron's Magazine named Iwata one of the world's top CEOs, due mostly to the Wii sales, as well as Nintendo's increased stock price. He is the first Nintendo president who is unrelated to the Yamauchi family through blood or marriage.

Biography

Early life
Satoru Iwata was born and raised in Sapporo, Japan. He expressed interest in the creation of video games early on, and began producing electronic games at his home during his high school years. The several simple number games Iwata produced made use of an electronic calculator he shared with his schoolmates. Following high school, Iwata was admitted to the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he majored in computer science. While attending the school, he did freelance work for HAL Laboratory, Inc., a subsidiary of Nintendo, as a programmer.

Career
thumb|Satoru Iwata presenting a Wii console prototype at Nintendo's 2005 E3 press conference

After completing college, Iwata joined HAL Laboratory in a full-time capacity. Iwata was eventually promoted to president of HAL in 1993. As one of his first changes as CEO of Nintendo of America, Iwata decided that they wouldn't hold large press conferences at E3, and instead have several smaller events, each aimed at a certain demographic.{{cite web|last=Goldfarb|first=Andrew|title=No Nintendo Press Conference at E3 2013|url=>

Keiichi Shibahara founded Amvis Holdings, Inc. and Amvis Corp. Currently, Dr. Shibahara holds the position of Chief Executive Officer & Representative Director at Amvis Holdings, Inc. He is also on the board of Amvis Corp. and Ashita Noiryo KK.

Keiichi Makizono occupies the position of Chief Information Officer for SoftBank Corp. He is also on the board of Line Mobile Corp.

Keiichi Tanaka is currently the General Manager & Director at Formosa Sumco Technology Corp.
Prior to this, he worked as an Executive Officer & Manager-Customer Technology at SUMCO Corp.
from 2012 to 2014.

Keiichi Masuya holds the position of Director, Manager-Research & Development at Peptidream Inc.

Keiichi Yumita occupies the position of Head-Information Systems at Toshiba Corp. He is also on the board of Toshiba Digital Solutions Corp.

Mr. Keiichi Yoshii is a President, CEO & Representative Director at Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. He is on the Board of Directors at Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. and Fujita Corp.

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Iwata served as President & Chief Executive Officer at Sinclair Technologies, Inc. from 2004 to 2012.
He also held positions as Chief Financial Officer at Sterling Healthcare Services LLC, Principal at Cabletel Communications Corp., and Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Connex Telecommunications Corp.
Prior to his business career, Iwata earned an undergraduate degree from the University of British Columbia.

Takashi Iwata worked as an Auditor at NIDEC Corp.
and as a Corporate Auditor at Nidec-Shimpo Corp.

Naoki Iwata is currently the President & Representative Director at Ichijo Co., Ltd.
He previously held positions as the President & Representative Director at Resona Bank Ltd.
from 2010 to 2013, as well as the Executive Officer at Resona Holdings, Inc. from 2004 to 2013.
Additionally, he served as an Independent Director at Joshin Denki Co., Ltd.
and as a Senior Analyst at Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
He also held the position of President at Resona Bank Ltd.
(Investment Management).

Shin Iwata worked as a Director and GM-Administration & IR Contact at TDC SOFT, Inc. from 2011 to 2016.

Aiichiro Iwata held the positions of President & Representative Director at NUSTEP Co., Ltd.
and Representative Director & Vice President at GFOOT Co., Ltd.

Kazuteru Iwata currently works at Jorudan Co., Ltd., as Executive Officer & Head-Corporate Planning.

Hiromi Iwata is currently the Chairman at Nippo Corp.

Hikaru Iwata formerly worked at ANDO Corp., as Executive Officer & Manager-Kyushu Branch from 2011 to 2013.

Akisato Iwata served as the Chairman of Qol Holdings Co., Ltd.
and as the Managing Director of Matsui Hospital.

Minoru Iwata has worked as an Auditor at Furukawa Co., Ltd.
since 1979.

Kozo Iwata is the founder of Rock Field Co., Ltd., a company founded in 1972.
He currently holds the position of Honorary Chairman at Rock Field Co., Ltd.
Additionally, Mr. Iwata is currently the President & Representative Director at Kobe Delicatessen KK, a position he has held since 1986.

Shinjiro Iwata is currently the Chairman at JVCKenwood Corp.
He previously held positions such as Chief Executive Officer at Hitachi Data Systems Holding Corp., Chairman at Koki Holdings Co., Ltd., Director at Hitachi Kokusai Electric, Inc., Independent Outside Director at Logisteed LTD, Independent Outside Director at Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp., Director at Opnext, Inc., Independent Director at Benesse Holdings, Inc., and Outside Director at A.L.I.
Technologies, Inc (Japan).
He also served as the Executive Vice President & CIO at Hitachi Ltd.
and Executive Vice President at HGST, Inc. Mr. Iwata obtained his undergraduate degree from Waseda University in 1972.

Bob Iwata is currently the Chief Representative Officer-Japan & VP at ASIMCO Technologies Ltd.
He previously worked as a Principal at Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd.
Mr. Iwata completed his undergraduate degree at Waseda University in 1965.

Jiro Iwata currently works at Rheos Capital Works, Inc. (Investment Management), as Managing Director from 2020, Rheos Capital Works, Inc., as Managing Director & General Manager-Administration from 2020, and SBI RHEOS HIFUMI, Inc., as Managing Director & Chief Accounting Officer from 2008.

Ryosuke Iwata is currently working as a Team Leader Investment Group at Samurai Incubate, Inc. Previously, he worked as an Intern at ietty, Inc. from 2016 to 2017.
He completed his undergraduate degree from Waseda University in 2016.

Rimpei Iwata currently works at Cookpad, Inc., as President, CEO & Representative Director from 2020.

Akira Iwata is associated with two current jobs.
He is an Independent Outside Director at SUNCORP since 2020 and a Representative Director at Encephalon KK since 2016.

Jun Iwata currently works at radiko Co., Ltd., as Non-Executive Director.

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Iwata is currently the Chairman of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Vice Chairman of the IBM International Foundation, Director of The Japan Society of New York, and Director of the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Previously, he served as Chairman of the Arthur W.
Page Society, Chairman of The Seminar Group, Director of the Association of National Advertisers, Inc., and Senior Vice President-Marketing & Communications at International Business Machines Corp.
He obtained his undergraduate degree from the SJSU School of Journalism & Mass Communications.

Satoru Iwata currently works at Seiko PMC Corp., as Director & General Manager-Technology from 2019.

Hitoshi Iwata held the position of Director, Executive Vice President & Manager-Sales at TOKAI RIKA CO., LTD.
in 2011.
He also served as an Independent Outside Director at Aisan Industry Co., Ltd.

Shinkichi Iwata worked as an Auditor at Avex, Inc. from 2005 to 2020.
Prior to that, he held positions at the same company starting in 1993.

Yoshifumi Iwata is currently the Chairman of Gifu Employers' Association.
Previously, he was the Chairman of IBIDEN Co., Ltd.
from 1962 to 2014.
He also served as an Independent Director at Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. from 2013 to 2016.
Additionally, he was a Corporate Director at Tokyo Electron Device Ltd.
from 2009 to 2012.

Hiroko Iwata currently works at Chubu Steel Plate Co., Ltd., as Independent Director from 2021.

Shin Iwata has worked as a Venture Partner at Atomico (UK) Partners LLP since 2014.

Michiaki Iwata currently works as an Executive Director at Waterman Group Plc.

Kikuo Iwata currently works at Bank of Japan, as Deputy Governor & Head-Information Services from 2014.
Dr. Iwata received their undergraduate degree in 1966 from Graduate School of Economics University of Tokyo, graduate degree in 1969 from Graduate School of Economics University of Tokyo, and doctorate degree in 1973 from Graduate School of Economics University of Tokyo.

Yasuaki Iwata currently works at Cosmo Oil KK, as Managing Director & Head-Yokkaichi Refinery.

Atsushi Iwata has worked as an Accounting Manager at Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.
since 2017.

Yoshiko Iwata currently works at J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd., as Chairman, SMC Corp.
(Japan), as Outside Director from 2021, Lasertec Corp., as Independent Outside Director from 2022, Yamato International, Inc., as Independent Outside Director from 2014, and Japan ICT Fund, as Outside Director from 2021.