Shuhei Yoshida

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Shuhei Yoshida

Shuhei Yoshida (吉田 修平, Yoshida Shuhei, born February 11, 1964) is a Japanese businessman and gaming industry veteran. He was the President of SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony Interactive Entertainment from 2008 to 2019, before moving onto other SIE-related projects. Yoshida has been a key member of the PlayStation brand since its original concept, having been part of the company since 1993.

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Shuhei Yoshida
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Yoshida in 2022
Born (1964-02-11) February 11, 1964 (age 61)
Kyoto, Japan
Other namesgameape2001, yosp
Alma materKyoto University
University of California, Los Angeles
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In 2023, he received the BAFTA Fellowship at the 19th British Academy Games Awards for his work in the gaming industry.[1]

Sony Interactive Entertainment

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He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Faculty of Economics at Kyoto University, where he was involved in the corporate strategy group, as well as coordinating the PC business. Yoshida joined Sony Corporation in April 1986.[2]

He later earned his MBA degree at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1993.[3][4]

Yoshida joined Sony in 1986 as part of the corporate strategy group, with a role coordinating their PC business.[5] He was one of the initial members of the PlayStation project in February 1993, and the first non-engineer team member.[6] He acted as the lead account executive at Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s third party licensing program.[7]

From the mid 1990s until 2000, Yoshida worked primarily as a producer on PlayStation titles, including Gran Turismo, Ape Escape, and The Legend of Dragoon among others.[5] In April 2000, he became the Vice President at Sony Computer Entertainment America.[2] In February 2007, he became Senior Vice President at SCE Worldwide Studios USA,[2] and one year later in May 2008, he would be elevated to President of SCE Worldwide Studios.[2]

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Yoshida at E3 2013

In November 2013 Yoshida appeared in the official PlayStation 4 unboxing video.[8][9]

On November 7, 2019, Sony announced that Yoshida had stepped down as President of SIE Worldwide Studios amid a company reshuffle to become head of a newly formed initiative that will focus on nurturing external independent creators. The new initiative will focus on supporting external developers that are creating 'new and unexpected' experiences for the gaming industry.[10] He was replaced by Hermen Hulst, the former studio head of Guerrilla Games.[11]

Yoshida retired from SIE on January 15, 2025, after spending more than thirty years with the company.[12]

In his time at Sony, Yoshida was active on Twitter, particularly in promoting Indie games. Yoshida appears as a playable character in Super Time Force Ultra, able to fire tweets and heart emoticons from his in-game smartphone.[13]

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