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Natsume to open new office in Tokyo

by rawmeatcowboy
04 June 2013
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- will expand their development of games for consoles, portables and smartphones
- headed up by producer Yasutaka “Taka” Maekawa

“The new Tokyo office, coupled with Taka’s experience, will strengthen Natsume’s ability to expand the business in the ever-growing smartphone and tablet games market. We are absolutely thrilled to have Taka as part of the team and we know he will produce some truly entertaining games!” - Graham Markay, Vice President of Operations at Natsume Inc.
“I am pleased to have an opportunity to work at Natsume Inc., and feel I have come full circle growing up playing Harvest Moon, Reel Fishing, and Pocky & Rocky and now developing the same kind of family-friendly, non-violent games I enjoyed as a child. This is an exciting time for Natsume Inc. and I’m thrilled to be a part of it.” - Taka, Natsume Inc. Producer
“I am especially pleased to formally open our Tokyo office. Taka’s natural abilities being both bilingual and bicultural, raised in both the US and Japan, together with his gaming experience makes him the perfect fit to expand the company globally.” - Hiro Maekawa President & CEO of Natsume Inc.
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