Hiroshi Yamauchi
aka:
山内 溥,
H. Yamauchi
Moby ID: 52461
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Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内 溥) was born on November 7, 1927 in Kyoto, Japan. He was a part of Nintendo long before video games even existed. In 1950, Yamauchi (the grandson to the establishing President of the company, Fusajiro Yamauchi) took the reigns of Yamauchi Nintendo & Co, whose main purpose at the time was the creation and distribution of playing cards throughout Japan. Years later, Yamauchi had a major hand in guiding Nintendo into the video gaming business and watched the small company go global with its Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom. Hiroshi Yamauchi held his position at the company for 52 years, stepping down in 2002 to be replaced by the head of his Corporate Planning Division, ex-HAL programmer Satoru Iwata, and finally retired from Nintendo in 2005 as the chairman of the board of directors.
Yamauchi retained a 10% share of the company for the remainder of his life. He passed away on September 19, 2013 at the age of 85 from complications of pneumonia.
Credited on 203 games
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| Star Fox 2 (2019, Nintendo Switch) | Executive Producer |
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition (2017, Dedicated console) | Executive Producer |
| The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (2015, Nintendo 3DS) | Executive Producer |
| Star Fox 64 3D (2011, Nintendo 3DS) | Executive Producer |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (2011, Nintendo 3DS) | Executive Producer |
| Banjo-Kazooie (2008, Xbox 360) | Big Cheese Thanks |
| Famicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima (2007, Wii) | Executive Producer (制作) |
| Kid Icarus (2007, Wii) | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
| D1 Professional Drift Grand Prix Series (2005, PlayStation 2) | Car Design |
| The Mysterious Murasame Castle (2004, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producer |
| The Legend of Zelda (2004, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producer |
| Mother 1+2 (2003, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producer |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest (2002, GameCube) | Executive Producer |
| Donkey Kong (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producers (uncredited) |
| Star Fox Adventures (2002, GameCube) | Executive Producers |
| Densetsu no Stafy (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producer |
| Disney's Magical Quest Starring Mickey & Minnie (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producer |
| Golden Sun: The Lost Age (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producer |
| Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producer |
| Domokun no Fushigi Terebi (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Executive Producer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 112 games with Shigeru Miyamoto
- 50 games with Kōji Kondō
- 48 games with Satoru Iwata
- 45 games with Takashi Tezuka
- 43 games with Minoru Arakawa
- 38 games with Gunpei Yokoi
- 36 games with Hirokazu Tanaka
- 36 games with Toshihiko Nakago
- 36 games with Manabu Fukuda
- 34 games with Yoichi Kotabe
Companies
- 179 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 151 games with Nintendo of America Inc.
- 99 games with Nintendo of Europe GmbH
- 52 games with Nintendo UK
- 38 games with Nintendo Australia Pty., Ltd.
- 34 games with Nintendo EAD
- 32 games with Playtronic Industrial Ltda.
- 30 games with Tim Girvin Design, Inc.
- 25 games with Nintendo R&D1
- 25 games with Waldmeier AG
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