Yoichi Wada

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yoichi Wada
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	May 28, 1959(1959-05-28)
Age	65
Birthplace	Nagoya
Country	Japan
Birth City	Aichi Prefecture
Horoscope	Taurus

Yoichi Wada Biography

Yoichi Wada is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on May 28, 1959 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Wada was born in Nagoya (Aichi), Japan on May 28, 1959. Wada was a student who wanted to be a president of a company, not just a job. He did not want to work his way up through his career. Wada set himself the goal of becoming a president at the age of 40. To build his track record, he received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo in law. He also completed an apprenticeship in the Nomura Securities global investment bank and the financial services group. He was a member of the corporate strategy, investment banking, and controller divisions since 1984. He was also a worker at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Warsaw, Poland. He decided in 2000 to join a “company with a theme” and, believing that “creating society” was one of the 21st-century themes, chose Square.

Wada believes that video game piracy causes “a lot of harm” to the industry, particularly in Japan. After Capcom, Nintendo, Square Enix, and Square Enix brought the matter to court in 2009 Japan in this case, the R4 was banned. Wada said that the R4 was banned in Japan after Capcom, Nintendo, Square Enix and Square Enix brought the matter to court in 2009.

Wada joined Square in April 2000. He became an executive director and chief financial officer in June, the representative director and chief operating officer in September, and finally the president and chief executive officer in December. He helped reform the company’s management system. When Square merged with Enix, he became the new company’s president and representative director. Under his presidency, Square Enix acquired the video game companies Taito, in 2005, and the British video game publisher Eidos Interactive, in 2009. Wada also became the president and representative director of Taito following the subsidiary’s restructuring in July 2006. Wada has stated that consolidation has been “part of [his] plan” since 2000, as he had foreseen “the first phase of a major reformation of the industry” and had concluded that “there was a limit to what [Square Enix] could do with the wholly independent business culture [the company] worked within”. On March 26, 2013, Yoichi Wada announced his resignation as CEO of Square Enix, and that he will be replaced by former company director Yosuke Matsuda. The change was expected to go into effect in June 2013.

As a teenager and young student, Wada was a fan of Pong, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong and Xevious. When he lived in Warsaw, he also enjoyed games from the Nobunaga’s Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms computer game series. He considers that, before joining Square, he was an “uneducated consumer”, as he was a “big fan” of Final Fantasy but did not know that the company was responsible for the series. He particularly liked early 3D games, including D and titles from the Myst, Resident Evil and Metal Gear series. Nowadays, Wada proactively tries to play as many Western games as possible — for example, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 — and provides comments about these games to Square Enix’s staff. Wada has a Twitter account.

Wada stated in November 2009 that “a lot of what’s called console games” won’t be around in ten years. He stated that the main strategy for console manufacturers has been to switch from hardware to network in 2005. “Any kind of terminal will be [becoming] a platform.” He stated that all distributors and sales companies will feel a negative impact. Format holders like Microsoft and Sony are prepared while third-party businesses must adapt. Square Enix has increased production of browser and social games in anticipation of this change. However, Wada stated that Square Enix cannot relax its attitudes towards traditional brands like Final Fantasy. He also said that there will always be a balance between something new and something old.

Yoichi Wada Net Worth

Yoichi Wada is one of the richest Businessperson from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yoichi Wada 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yoichi Wada (He Yian Yang Yi, Wada Yoichi), was born May 28, 1959 in Nagoya. He is the former president and representative director for Square Enix, a Japanese publishing and gaming company, as well as its subsidiary Taito. He was also the former chairman and representative director of the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association, the former chairman and president of the Digital Content Use Promotion Conference and a former member and content council for Japanese Brand and Contents.

In May 2006, Wada was elected chairman of the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association. The association’s purpose is to promote computer entertainment through research activities and exhibitions such as the Tokyo Game Show. He announced in March 2012 that he would be stepping down from his position at CESA. This was effective May 2012. Shin Unozawa, Namco Bandai’s Vice-President, was appointed his replacement. He was also the Chairman of the Digital Content Use Promotion Conference at the Keidanren and a member the Japanese Brand and Contents Council.

In January 2010, Wada, asked about his opinion on “big-budget, long-in- development” Square Enix games such as Final Fantasy XIII, noted: “[W]hether we are going to continue to internally create this type of game remains to be seen, because I actually feel that the team that was involved with Final Fantasy XIII should next move on to create and generate some ‘next generation’ forms of play. Internally and externally I feel there’s an expectation of Square Enix to offer something new, and I really think that the Final Fantasy team could create something completely different, but at the moment they’re strictly catering to the particular audience they have now.”

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Yoichi Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yoichi Wada celebrates birthday on May 28 of every year.