Nintendo of Europe, based in Germany, has announced changes to its senior management team.
On 16th July, Tom Enoki joined the management team as the new Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Planning Office. With this brand new appointment, Koji Miyaki — former CEO and Chairman of Nintendo of Europe, has returned to Nintendo's headquarters in Japan.
Mr Enoki joins Luciano Pereña and Laurent Fischer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer respectively, under current Nintendo of Europe president Stephan Bole. Speaking of the appointment, Bole had this to say in an official press release from Nintendo:
“With our mission of putting smiles on people’s faces through unique entertainment experiences, Nintendo of Europe’s management structure is perfectly equipped to meet all challenges and deliver surprises to our customers in Europe.
We welcome Tom to the NOE senior management team, and we thank Mr Miyake for his commitment and service in Europe and look forward to continuing working together."
Here at Nintendo Life, we want to wish Mr Enoki the best of luck at Nintendo of Europe, and we extend the same to Koji Miyaki returning to Japan.
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Tom Enoki... Tom Nook... Uh oh.
Just kidding. Best of luck, Mr. Enoki.
If only he had another O in between his surname.
Great news for him though! I wish him all the best in his future endeavours (same goes for Mr. Miyake as well)!
Good luck Mr Enoki!
Next up, Nintendo hires a person named Francis K. Rool to lead up Nintendo of Australia.
Doug Bowser, Tom nook..starting to see a pattern here
After Doug Bowser, I swear Nintendo hires people with these names on purpose. It's pretty fitting that in an era where everyone says Nintendo has stopped being so consumer-friendly, they keep hiring greedy villains from their games, lol.
Good luck Tom. Nintendo certainly puts a smile on my face. Even accomplishing it by choosing a person with a fitting name.
I’m gonna go join the army, earn the rank of Captain, and then change my last name to Falcon just to increase my chances of becoming a Nintendo exec.
"Nintendo Announces New Public Relations Manager, Mr. Gann Ondorf"
If there were 2 equal candidates applying for a Nintendo job, but one had a name similar to a Nintendo character- which one would you hire?
Great name for yet another Nintendo Exec! All the best to them both!
I like "T. Nooki" as a nickame in reference to the Mario Tanooki Suit over the "Tom Nook" reference everyone is alluding to since I'm not really into Animal Crossing, but I understand I'm the minority which is fine lol.
*N-Life: Just a sidenote, but it would be nice if the caption on the picture clarified if that is the new hire- Mr. Tom Enoki or the departing employee- Mr. Koji Miyaki. A quick Google confirms it is the former, however it would be great if it were clearer in the article itself under the photo.
... Wun can only hope.
Oh hey I've seen those types of mushrooms at the grocery store
The rumor for the replacement is that previous Senior Manager couldn’t get the Nintendo Online Store back online in some European countries.
Welcome aboard, Mr Tanooki.
@SmileMan64 first thing I thought of when I saw his name 😂
That can’t be his real name
@wuntyme8 Well Tom Nook is a tanuki (his name being a subtle allusion to the animal) so ultimately they both boil down to the same thing.
Best of luck to you Mr. Enoki.
He used to be managing director at Nintendo Australia!
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