And arguably more Japanese than Sega which traces its routes back to the US and was owned by an American company for many years.
By this time that’s about as relevant as calling Nintendo a playing card company.
Eh, the chairman of Sega at the time the PlayStation launched was American.
Sega of America, yes. Hayao Nakayama was CEO of Sega of Japan from 1983-1999.
The chairman of Sega Enterprises was Isao Okawa (founder and president of CSK, majority owner of Sega). The president of Sega Enterprises was Hayao Nakayama.
Incidentally, Playstation is primarily an American endeavor now. Sony Interactive Entertainment and Playstation Studios are now based out of California. Most of the first and second party developers are American or European. Playstation owns just one Japanese developer. Some claim that this western shift has compromised the "quirky" aspect of the Playstation brand. Look at the PS1 lineup and you will find so many oddball games that became classics, or at least cult classics. I would not disagree. Playstation has an amazing track record of releasing games, but from a wider view the games do look homogenous.
SIE shut down Japan Studio. O-X button swap and censorship are unpopular for Japanese. They becoming US culture quickly.