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Bandai Namco Holdings, Bandai Namco Arts Appoint New Presidents
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Mitsuaki Taguchi will become the company's chairman and director on the same day.
The company will be reorganizing its five business units into three units to "strengthen its IP Axis Strategy in the global market." It will combine its Toys and Hobby Unit (for physical products) and Network Entertainment Unit (for digital content), and it will also combine its Visual and Music Production Unit and IP Creation Unit. Its Real Entertainment Unit will remain its own unit.
The senior managing director of Kyōko Matsumoto are also stepping down.
Kawaguchi ed Bandai in 1983. He became a part-time Director of became executive vice president and director of the company in April 2020.
Konо̄ ed Bandai in 1992, and he transferred to Bandai Namco Arts (formerly Ultraman series and live-action movies, as well as anime for the company.
Sources: Animation Business Journal (Tadashi Sudo), Bandai Namco
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