News Room Contributor Posts: 1863 Joined: 19 Aug 2006 | Pokemon President Resigns
Pokemon USA president Akira Chiba has left the company after successfully expanding the brand outside of Japan during his five-year tenure.
Akira Chiba, the President of Pokemon USA is stepping down from his position to pursue other opportunities. Chiba has spent five years with the company, after joining the New York headquarters in 2002 when the company was founded. His successor shall be Mr. Kenji Okubo, previously the company's executive vice president, who will start on January 1, 2008. Okubo's responsibilities will include overseeing all Pokemon activity outside of Japan in New York, Seattle and London, such as trading cards, the long-running animated TV series, North American and European licensing and the freshly-launched Pokemon Trading Figure Game.
"During Mr. Chiba's tenure, Pokemon USA has greatly expanded," said Okubo. "The brand is topping industry charts across all categories - including videogames, toys, and trading card games - plus the Pokemon animated TV series is hugely successful on Cartoon Network. We thank Mr. Chiba for his efforts on behalf of Pokemon and wish him success in the future."
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Muckraker Posts: 290 Joined: 12 Sep 2007 | |
Muckraker Posts: 288 Joined: 12 Dec 2007 | I'd feel more amazed if this actually ment anything to the Pokemon brand. Guessing it's more like switching one supervisor who wins a buck per milisecond for another supervisor that wins a buck per milisecond.
Now if the news were something more like "Pokemon is totally going a new direction", then I'd actually be surprised. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 9 Joined: 5 Dec 2007 | He finally evolved into Board of Directors. A bittersweet moment for his trainer of five years. |
Pokemon President Resigns
Pokemon USA president Akira Chiba has left the company after successfully expanding the brand outside of Japan during his five-year tenure.
Akira Chiba, the President of Pokemon USA is stepping down from his position to pursue other opportunities. Chiba has spent five years with the company, after joining the New York headquarters in 2002 when the company was founded. His successor shall be Mr. Kenji Okubo, previously the company's executive vice president, who will start on January 1, 2008. Okubo's responsibilities will include overseeing all Pokemon activity outside of Japan in New York, Seattle and London, such as trading cards, the long-running animated TV series, North American and European licensing and the freshly-launched Pokemon Trading Figure Game.
"During Mr. Chiba's tenure, Pokemon USA has greatly expanded," said Okubo. "The brand is topping industry charts across all categories - including videogames, toys, and trading card games - plus the Pokemon animated TV series is hugely successful on Cartoon Network. We thank Mr. Chiba for his efforts on behalf of Pokemon and wish him success in the future."
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