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Takashi Kiryu is the current Chief Strategy Officer at [Square Enix](/org/square-enixusa). Takashi has over 7 years of experience in strategy and investment, previously working as the General Manager of the Strategic Investment Department at Dentsu Innovation Initiative. Takashi has also worked as a Director in the Corporate Strategy Division at DENTSU INC. Prior to that, they were an MIT Sloan Fellow MBA Program.

Takashi Kiryu reports to Yosuke Matsuda, President and Representative Director. They work with John Heinecke - Chief Publishing Officer - EMEA, Americas and Oceania, Tomoyoshi Osaki - Chief Publishing Officer - Japan and Asia, and Atsushi Matsuda - Chief Accounting Officer.

Takashi Kiryu

Hideaki Sato is the current Chief Information Officer at [Square Enix](/org/square-enixusa). Hideaki has previously worked as a Senior Expert at ACCA Networks Co.,Ltd from April 2007 to December 2008, and as a Senior Manager at [Accenture](/org/accenture) from May 1993 to July 2004.

Hideaki Sato graduated from [Waseda University](/org/waseda-university) with a BA in Economics. Hideaki then went on to earn their MBA from Hitotsubashi University in Business Strategy / Human Performance.

Their manager is Yosuke Matsuda, President and Representative Director. Some of their coworkers include Atsushi Matsuda - Chief Accounting Officer, Tsuneto Okuno - CHRO, and John Heinecke - Chief Publishing Officer - EMEA, Americas and Oceania.

Hideaki Sato

John Heinecke is the Chief Publishing Officer - EMEA, Americas and Oceania at [Square Enix](/org/square-enixusa). John has over 16 years of experience in the video game industry, with a focus on marketing and publishing.

John started their career at Blizzard Entertainment in 2006 as Vice President Global Publishing - Overwatch. In this role, they were responsible for the global publishing team for Overwatch and Overwatch League. John directly managed two teams consisting of 24 direct reports, covering marketing functions for brand, creative, social, community, owned channels (website, CRM, Blizzard launcher) and press relations.

In 2018, they left Blizzard Entertainment to join [Square Enix](/org/square-enixusa) West as Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, they lead a 250 person marketing team across North America and Europe. John is responsible for publishing both Japanese and Western developed titles across multiple platforms and business models, generating over $1B in revenues. John also leads brand marketing, PR, influencer, community, business analytics, digital marketing, and creative functions.

John Heinecke attended [Punahou School](/org/punahou-school) before going to [Duke University](/org/duke-university) for their BA in Political Science. Afterwards, they got their MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management with a focus in marketing and international business.

John Heinecke works with Hajime Seki - Chief Legal Officer, Atsushi Matsuda - Chief Accounting Officer, and Tomoyoshi Osaki - Chief Publishing Officer - Japan and Asia. John Heinecke reports to Yosuke Matsuda, President and Representative Director.

John Heinecke

Yosuke Matsuda is the President and Representative Director at [Square Enix](/org/square-enixusa), located in Tokyo, Japan. He manages a team of around 7 individuals, and has experience with .

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