Nippon Ichi Software announced on Friday that it has appointed chairman of the board Kōichi Kitazumi as the new president of the company.
Kitazumi joined Nippon Ichi Software as its representative director in July 1993 when it was founded.
Niikawa joined Nippon Ichi Software in 1996.
Nippon Ichi Software is best known for its Disgaea series of tactical role-playing games, and is also known for its NIS America subsidiary, which localizes and publishes its games in North America, and also licensed and released anime.