2025 approval ratings for Nintendo directors – Furukawa, Miyamoto, more

Nintendo’s 85th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders took place last week, and is tradition, shareholders voted on the election of its directors. There aren’t any huge surprises as everyone was reelected, including president Shuntaro Furukawa and Shigeru Miyamoto.

The only new person here is Kazuhiko Hachiya. Nintendo believes he can “provide valuable advice” given his “broad experience and insight in the field of art, and as a software developer and business executive”. Nintendo says Hachiya “has a wide range of achievements, including the creation of various works of media art utilizing digital technology and the development of an email client, and has served in key positions at Tokyo University of the Arts.”

The full lineup of 2025 approval ratings from Nintendo’s 85th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is as follows:

• Shuntaro Furukawa: 8,743,745 votes for (92.60%), 571,217 votes against, 52,093 no votes
• Shigeru Miyamoto: 9,082,442 votes for (96.18%), 231,206 votes against, 53,414 no votes
• Shinya Takahashi: 9,086,983 votes for (96.23%), 226,665 votes against, 53,414 no votes
• Satoru Shibata: 9,086,934 votes for (96.23%), 226,714 votes against, 53,414 no votes
• Ko Shiota: 9,086,999 votes for (96.23%), 226,649 votes against, 53,414 no votes
• Yusuke Beppu: 9,086,849 votes for (96.23%), 226,799 votes against, 53,414 no votes
• Chris Meledandri: 7,164,790 votes for (75.87%), 2,189,091 votes against, 13,182 no votes
• Miyoko Demay: 9,248,456 votes for (97.94%), 105,551 votes against, 13,057 no votes
• Kazuhiko Hachiya: 9,264,069 votes for (98.11%), 89,814 votes against, 13,182 no votes

We also have the following results from last year:

• Shuntaro Furukawa: 8,911,854 votes for (91.97%), 682,254 votes against, 47,356 no votes
• Shigeru Miyamoto: 9,218,290 votes for (95.13%), 386,543 votes against, 36,637 no votes
• Shinya Takahashi: 9,320,343 votes for (96.19%), 284,492 votes against, 36,637 no votes
• Satoru Shibata: 9,320,431 votes for (96.19%), 284,404 votes against, 36,637 no votes
• Ko Shiota: 9,320,420 votes for (96.19%), 284,415 votes against, 36,637 no votes
• Yusuke Beppu: 9,260,021 votes for (95.56%), 344,814 votes against, 36,637 no votes
• Chris Meledandri: 9,153,805 votes for (94.47%), 479,191 votes against, 8,470 no votes
• Miyoko Demay: 9,587,014 votes for (98.94%), 45,991 votes against, 8,470 no votes

For the most part, the results were similar in 2025 and 2024. However, the one person who took a bit of a hit is Meledandri, the CEO of Illumination. We’re not quite sure why that is – we won’t be seeing the follow-up to The Super Mario Bros. Movie until next year and all signs point to it being on track. If the new film is another smash hit, perhaps his approval rating will go up at the next meeting.