Overview
- Nintendo, in a personnel note released with its financial results Friday, said Takashi Tezuka will retire from his executive officer post effective June 26, 2026.
- The company’s wording specifies retirement from the executive officer role, and some coverage notes it does not clearly state whether he will leave Nintendo entirely.
- Tezuka joined Nintendo in 1984 and helped shape Mario and Zelda, directing Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World and A Link to the Past, with his latest credit as producer on Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
- The same filing lists additional retirements for Takuya Yoshimura, Katsuhiro Umeyama and Keiko Akashi, and names Yutaka Takenaga and Chika Saka as director candidates pending shareholder approval.
- The change follows other veteran departures reported earlier this year, including Hideki Konno and Kensuke Tanabe, pointing to succession planning that could elevate newer leads on flagship series.