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Shuntaro Furukawa

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Shuntaro Furukawa (古川 俊太郎, Furukawa Shuntarō; born January 10, 1972) is a Japanese businessman and executive who is the sixth and sitting president of the video game company Nintendo. He succeeded Tatsumi Kimishima for the position in June 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Shuntaro Furukawa is the 623rd most popular businessperson (up from 650th in 2024), the 1,651st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,616th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Shuntaro Furukawa ranks 623 out of 847. Before him are Bruce Buck, Steve Forbes, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Alan Sugar, Mira Murati, and Richard Bass. After him are Zhang Yiming, Vijay Mallya, Mark R. Hughes, Billy Beane, Marc Faber, and Marina Berlusconi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Shuntaro Furukawa ranks 278. Before him are Masahiro Nakai, Fabrice Santoro, Ngô Bảo Châu, Maya Rudolph, Ai Iijima, and Kelly Chen. After him are Chiharu Shiota, Yogi Adityanath, Nikka Costa, Craig Jones, Roosevelt Skerrit, and Takeshi Watanabe.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shuntaro Furukawa ranks 1,651 out of 6,245. Before him are Jo Nakajima (1980), Kotaro Nakao (1969), Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), Ai Iijima (1972), Tsuru Morimoto (1970), and Tomo Sakurai (1971). After him are Takao Sakurai (1941), Kunio Hatoyama (1948), Chiharu Shiota (1972), Takahiro Sakurai (1974), Toshio Masuda (1959), and Seiji Ueda (1952).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Shuntaro Furukawa ranks 20. Before him are Norio Ohga (1930), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), and Hiro Matsushita (1961). After him are Maki Kaji (1951), Shuhei Yoshida (1964), Hiroshi Mikitani (1965), Kaz Hirai (1960), and Joi Ito (1966).

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