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Satoru Iwata
Japanese film game executive (–)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Iwata.
Satoru Iwata (Japanese: 岩田 聡, Hepburn: Iwata Satoru, December&#;6, &#;&#; July&#;11, ) was a Japanese businessman, film game programmer, video game designer, and producer. He was the fourth president and ledare executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo from until his death in Iwata was a major contributor in broadening the appeal of video games by focusing on novel and entertaining games rather than top-of-the-line hardware.
Born in stad i japan, Iwata expressed interest in video games from an early age and created his first simple game while in high school. He majored in computer science at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In , he joined the game developer HAL Laboratory while attending the university. At HAL, he worked as a programmer and closely collaborated with Nintendo, producing his first commercial game in Games to which he contributed include EarthBound and many games in t
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Satoru Iwata
- In this Japanesename, the family name is Iwata.
Satoru Iwata (Japanese: 岩田 聡, Hepburn: Iwata Satoru, December&#;6, &#;– July&#;11, ) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and gamer. He was the fourth president and CEO of Nintendo. He is widely regarded as someone who helped make video games liked by a wider audience by focusing on making entertaining games rather than advanced hardware.
On July 11, , Iwata died of bile duct cancer at age Iwata was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Joystick Awards and the DICE Awards.
Early life
[change | change source]Iwata was born and raised in Sapporo, Japan on December 6, His father was a municipal mayor.[2]
Iwata got his first computer, a Commodore PET, in He took the machine apart, and he studied the machine because he wanted to understand it. The computer had a central processing unit (MOS ) similar to the one used by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainme
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Satoru Iwata facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Satoru Iwata | |
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岩田 聡 | |
Iwata at Game Developers Conference in | |
| 4th President of Nintendo | |
| In office May 24, – July 11, | |
| Preceded by | Hiroshi Yamauchi |
| Succeeded by | Tatsumi Kimishima |
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| Born | ()December 6, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Died | July 11, () (aged 55) Kyoto University Hospital [ja], Kyoto, Japan |
| Cause of death | Complications from bile duct cancer |
| Spouses | Kayoko Iwata (岩田 佳代子, Iwata Kayoko) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Employer | HAL Laboratory (–) Nintendo (–) |
| Notable works | EarthBound, Balloon Fight, Kirby, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Pokémon, Super Smash Bros. |
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Satoru Iwata(Japanese: 岩田 聡, Hepburn: Iwata Satoru, December 6, – July 11, ) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, video game designer, and producer. He was the fourth president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo f