BIRTHDAY: December 6, 1959
BIRTHPLACE: Hokkaido, Japan
DEATH DATE: Jul 11, 2015 (age 55)
BIRTH SIGN: Sagittarius
About
The fourth president of Nintendo, he was named one of the world’s top CEOs by Barron’s Magazine.
Before Fame
He made simple number games with an electronic calculator while in high school.
Trivia
He was the first Nintendo president not related to the Yamauchi family through either blood or marriage.
Family Life
He was married to Kayoko Iwata.
Associated With
He worked on The Legend of Zelda, which was co-created by Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, and Eiji Aonuma.