{"id":44087,"date":"2025-02-12T15:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T06:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44087"},"modified":"2025-02-12T15:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T06:32:14","slug":"koei-tecmos-financial-mastermind-will-retire-from-her-position-on-the-companys-board-but-will-continue-to-work-her-magic-as-new-subsidiarys-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/koei-tecmos-financial-mastermind-will-retire-from-her-position-on-the-companys-board-but-will-continue-to-work-her-magic-as-new-subsidiarys-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Koei Tecmo\u2019s financial \u201cmastermind\u201d will retire from her position on the company\u2019s board, but will continue to work her magic as new subsidiary\u2019s CEO\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dynasty Warriors and Ninja Gaiden developer Koei Tecmo recently announced<\/a> big changes to its leadership structure. This includes Yoichi and Keiko Erikawa, the couple who co-founded Koei and nurtured it into a major player in Japan\u2019s game industry, retiring from their long-held positions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Koei<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yoichi Erikawa (also known as Kou Shibusawa) will continue to contribute to management as a representative and chairman of Koei Tecmo after stepping down as CEO, but people were worried about the news of his wife, Keiko Erikawa, retiring from the company\u2019s board of directors. After all, she is known for having a crucial role in managing Koei Tecmo\u2019s assets and investments \u2013 which she has done well enough to make up for shortfalls in video game revenue<\/a> and earn Koei Tecmo the amusing endearment of \u201can investment company that makes games as a hobby<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the announcement of Koei Tecmo\u2019s asset management genius stepping down was followed by users worrying<\/a> about the company\u2019s future. But thankfully, Koei Tecmo is not losing its Empress (as gamers in Japan like to call her).\u00a0Keiko Erikawa has been reassigned as president and CEO of Koei Tecmo Corporate Finance, her own subsidiary. As of April 1, 2025, all investment functions of Koei Tecmo Games will be bundled and transferred to this new company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nioh\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to Koei Tecmo, this move is supposed to “strengthen governance related to investment functions and achieve optimal cash management,” which means we can probably expect Erikawa to continue working her magic even after retiring from her position as Koei Tecmo\u2019s chairwoman.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News of Koei Tecmo’s Keiko Erikawa retiring from her position worried some fans, but “The Empress” will continue to do her thing as CEO of a new subsidiary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":44089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[261,17],"class_list":["post-44087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-financial-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nKoei Tecmo\u2019s financial \u201cmastermind\u201d will retire from her position on the company\u2019s board, but will continue to work her magic as new subsidiary\u2019s CEO\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"News of Koei Tecmo's Keiko Erikawa retiring from her position worried some fans, but "The Empress" will continue to do her thing as CEO of a new subsidiary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/koei-tecmos-financial-mastermind-will-retire-from-her-position-on-the-companys-board-but-will-continue-to-work-her-magic-as-new-subsidiarys-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Koei Tecmo\u2019s financial \u201cmastermind\u201d will retire from her position on the company\u2019s board, but will continue to work her magic as new subsidiary\u2019s CEO\u00a0 - 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