| Early career | Joined Sony Corporation's corporate communications department in Tokyo in 1987 and worked as communications assistant to Sony founder Akio Morita |
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| Sony Computer Entertainment | Worked as a producer from 1996 to 1999, managing international software development at the London Studio |
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| Sony Computer Entertainment Europe | Vice President from 1999 to 2007 |
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| Sony Computer Entertainment Japan | President from 2007 to 2010 |
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| Sony Network Entertainment International | Vice President and COO from 2010 to 2014 |
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| Sony Interactive Entertainment America | President and CEO from 2014 to 2018 |
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| SIE Worldwide Studios | Chairman, overseeing first-party game strategy and development, from 2016 to 2019 |
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| Departure | Stepped down from Sony Interactive Entertainment in September 2019 after 32 years with the company |
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| Later career | Works as an independent game industry strategic advisor and keynote speaker; was involved in founding PlayStation Productions; joined Tencent Games as a strategic advisor in August 2022 |
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