Masashi Morita Okasan Securities Co. The buy side says: “Masashi Morita gets the big picture right.”
In first place for a third year running is Masashi Morita, 39, of Okasan Securities Co. Throughout the past year, Morita has maintained his bullish stance on Kyoto’s Nintendo Co., first recommended back in 2007 and highlighted repeatedly since — most recently in October, at ¥20,850, on the belief that the February 2011 launch of Nintendo 3DS in Japan would power higher profits; he predicts 3DS will be the most popular game console in history. By the end of February, the stock had advanced to ¥23,970, a 15 percent gain that was just ahead of the sector’s 14.2 percent rise. One client credits Morita for his ability to “see both business and gamer viewpoints,” which adds a “deeper dimension to his stock calls.”
Polling and tabulation of data as well as reporting on the sector profiles were completed before the March 11 Tohoku earthquake.