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| Place of birth: Osaka, Japan |
| Date of birth: 1932-03-31 (age 92) |
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| Role(s): Executive, Vice President, Advisor, Representative |
| Education: Doshisha University |
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Tokuzo Komai (駒井 徳造) is a former Japanese businessman. He joined Nintendo in 1951 and directed its Leisure System arcade division during the 1970s,[1] but left in 1982 after disagreeing with Hiroshi Yamauchi over his preference to exit coin-op.[2] Komai then joined Sega that September;[3] initially a advisor for its first home console efforts, he was promoted to executive director a year later.[4]
Leading numerous console launches, Komai was Sega's vice president and representative director in the 1990s.[5] He also became involved with the company's side businesses, initially becoming president of its education subsidiary and Linguaphone Japan during the period it was selling the Linguaphone Education Gear.[6] From 1995 to 2005 he was chairman and president of TMS Entertainment.[7]
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Tokuzo Komai
Magazine articles
- Main article: Tokuzo Komai/Magazine articles.
External links
References
- ↑ Game Machine, "1974-10-20" (JP; 1974-10-20), page 1
- ↑ https://kopenguin.com/post-2467/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-04-14 13:35)
- ↑ Game Machine, "1982-10-01" (JP; 1982-10-01), page 1
- ↑ Game Machine, "1984-01-15" (JP; 1984-01-15), page 3
- ↑ Harmony, "1994 1" (JP; 1994-01-01), page 6
- ↑ Harmony, "1994 5-6" (JP; 1994-05-23), page 9
- ↑ https://imagelink.kyodonews.jp/search?keyword=駒井徳造 (Wayback Machine: 2022-06-23 20:33)