Satoru Shibata

is the managing executive officer and corporate director at the board of directors, executive general manager for the marketing division and senior general manager for publisher & developer relations division at Nintendo and the chief executive officer (CEO) at Nintendo of America, as well as the outside director of The Pokémon Company, representing Nintendo's side at the joint venture. He was named president of Nintendo of Europe when Shigeru Ota left in August 2000 until 30 June 2018. Shibata was also formerly the managing director of Nintendo Australia.

Career Shibata has appeared at several presentations including the Nintendo Show, He has also promoted several games through interaction with celebrities, such as playing Wii Sports tennis with Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski, and singing "Call Me Maybe" for Carly Rae Jepsen. He has also gained attention for various other actions, including a fashion show for New Style Boutique and cosplaying as Phoenix Wright.

From 2012 to 2015, Shibata hosted the European editions of Nintendo Direct, and often appeared alongside Nintendo's former global president, Satoru Iwata. Before the first European Nintendo Direct aired, Shibata had very seldom appeared in public due to his shyness;