Square Enix has announced some big changes to their top positions within the company.
The new staff include big additions to their board of directors, which now include: Yosuke Saito, Naoki Yoshida, Yoshinori Kitase, Shinji Hashimoto, and more.
The press release states the following directors will take their new positions on April 1st of this year:
| Name | New position | Active position |
| Yoshinori Kitase | Director and executive officer | Operating officer |
| Yosuke Saito | Director and executive officer | Operating officer |
| Masahiro Sasaki | Director and executive officer | Operating officer |
| Koichi Nishikaka | Director and executive officer | Operating officer |
| Shinji Hashimoto | Director and executive officer | Operating officer |
| Yu Miyake | Director and executive officer | Operating officer |
| Naoki Yoshida | Director and executive officer | Operating officer |
| Watanabe Kazuji | Director and executive officer | Operating officer |
These are the current directors that are planning to resign as of March 31st:
- Keiji Honda (Currently an Executive Director and Division Manager Executive Officer)
- Yukinobu Chida (Currently an Executive Director)
This is the new list of directors and executive officers:
Directors:
| Position | Name |
| Representative Director and President | Yosuke Matsuda |
| Director | Yoshinori Kitase |
| Director | Yosuke Saito |
| Director | Michihiro Sasaki |
| Director | Hirokazu Nishikado |
| Director | Shinji Hashimoto |
| Director | Yuu Miyake |
| Director | Naoki Yoshida |
| Director | Kazuharu Watanabe |
Executive Officers
| Position | Name | Responsibility |
| Operating officer | Yosuke Matsuda | Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Tomoyoshi Osaki | Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Tsunodo Okuno | Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Kitase Kasei | Development Manager, Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Yosuke Saito | Development Manager, Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Hiroshi Sasaki | Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Hideaki Sato | Division Manager (New Position) |
| Operating officer | Koichi Nishikaka | Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Masashi Hashimoto | Final Fantasy / Kingdom Hearts Brand Manager, Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Seiji Fujii | Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Katsuyoshi Matsuura | Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Masaru Mitamura | Division Manager (New Position) |
| Operating officer | Miyake-in | Dragon Quest · Brand Manager, Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Naoki Yoshida | Development Manager, Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Watanabe | Division Manager |
| Operating officer | Watanabe Taihito | Division Manager |
