Nishimoto to replace
Atsuhiro Iwakami
, who will become
Sony Music Entertainment
president
Image via
Sony
© Sony
Sony Music Entertainment
announced on Monday that
Shu Nishimoto
(pictured right), a current executive officer and the senior manager of the International Business Department of
Aniplex
, will replace
Atsuhiro Iwakami
(pictured below) as
Aniplex
‘s representative director and president on April 1. Iwakami himself will be transition to representative director and chair of
Aniplex
.
Sony Music Entertainment
previously announced this month that it is promoting Iwakami to become its president and representative director of its board, effective April 1. Iwakami will also serve as Group CEO and Business Group CEO in charge of visual and character business.
Additionally, Nishimoto and
Tomonori Ochikoshi
(an
Aniplex
board director and executive vice president) will serve as executive officers at
Sony Music Entertainment
.
Nishimoto joined
Aniplex
in 2009. He transferred to
Aniplex of America
in 2014 and became its
president
in 2017. He became an executive officer of
Aniplex
in 2022. He has been an executive producer of many
Aniplex
titles, including those in the
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
,
Fate/stay night
, and
Sword Art Online
franchises.
Image courtesy of Aniplex of America
© Aniplex of America
As producer and head of
Aniplex
, Iwakami has been involved in many of the company’s productions, including the hit anime film
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
. He was also involved in recent
Fate/Grand Order
tie-in anime, including the
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
television anime and the
Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot
anime films. Iwakami was
given
the
Shin Watanabe
award by the Watanabe Foundation for Music & Culture of the Watanabe Production company in 2021, in honor of promoting the development of pop culture.
Source:
Animation Business Journal
(
Tadashi Sudo
)
