Konami : Announcement of Executive Appointments, Official Personnel Changes, and Organizational Restructuring
January 15, 2021 at 02:08 pm IST
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January 15, 2021 10:00
Konami Digital Entertainment
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. hereby announces the following executive appointments, official personnel changes, and organizational restructuring effective February 1.
1.Corporate Officers (Effective February 1, 2021)
Chief Operating Officer
Hideki Hayakawa
Senior Executive Officer
Shoji Dewa (Promotion)
Executive Officer
Koji Kobayashi (Promotion)
Corporate Officer
Naoki Morita
Corporate Officer
Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (Newly Appointed)
Corporate Officer
Yasushi Ishihara
Corporate Officer
Masato Kubota
*Senior Executive Officer Sadaaki Kaneyoshi will take the position as Creative Advisor.
2.Personnel Change (Effective February 1, 2021)
Name
New Position
Former Position
Shoji Dewa
Senior Executive Office
Executive Officer
Division Manager,
Production Division 2
Koji Kobayashi
Executive Officer
Corporate Officer
Division Manager,
Production Division 3
Tatsuhiko Yamamoto
Corporate Officer
General Manager,
Production Department 3
General Manager,
Production Department 3,
Production Division 3
Manorito Hosoda
General Manager,
Production Department 2
Associate Manager,
Production Department 2,
Production Division 1
Hirotaka Ishikawa
Division Director,
Production Support Division
Associate Division Director,
Production Support Division
3.Organizational Restructuring (Effective February 1, 2021)
We are dissolving the Production Divisions to respond to the rapid market that surrounds us.
Production Division 1 (Dissolve) Production Division 2 (Dissolve) Production Division 3 (Dissolve)
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Konami Group Corporation (formerly Konami Holdings Corporation) specializes in the development and publishing of video game software. Also, the group produces and sells fitness equipment and gaming machines. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- interactive video games (71.6%): primarily intended for game consoles (Sony PlayStation2, PlayStation3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, etc.) and for PCs;
- sport equipment (13.9%);
- gaming machines (8.5%);
- amusement machines and equipment (6%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (76.7%), Asia and Oceania (4.3%), the United States (14.7%) and Europe (4.3%).