Shigeru Miyamoto

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Nintendo executive game producer human video game designer

Shigeru Miyamoto is a legendary Japanese video game designer and Nintendo executive best known as the creator of iconic franchises such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong.

Aliases (1)

Representative Director at Nintendo ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nintendo executive → game producer → human → video game designer →
almaMater	Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts →
awardReceived	AIAS Hall of Fame Award → French Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier) → Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Technology → Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities →
birthDate	1952-11-16 →
birthPlace	Sonobe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
creatorOf	Bowser → Donkey Kong (character) → Fox McCloud → Link (The Legend of Zelda) → Luigi → Mario → Pikmin species → Princess Peach → Princess Zelda →
designed	Donkey Kong (1981 video game) → Pikmin (video game) → Star Fox (1993 video game) → Super Mario 64 → Super Mario Bros. (1985 video game) → The Legend of Zelda (1986 video game) → The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time →
employer	Nintendo → Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development → Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development →
fieldOfWork	game design → game development → interactive entertainment →
genre	video games →
influenced	Nintendo game development philosophy → game design industry →
language	Japanese →
name	Shigeru Miyamoto →
nativeName	宮本茂 →
notableFor	emphasis on gameplay over graphics → pioneering character-driven video games →
notableWork	Donkey Kong → F-Zero → Nintendogs → Pikmin → Star Fox → Super Mario Bros. → Super Mario franchise → The Legend of Zelda →
occupation	business executive → game producer → video game designer →
positionHeld	Creative Fellow at Nintendo → General Manager of Entertainment Analysis & Development at Nintendo → Representative Director at Nintendo → Senior Managing Director at Nintendo →
residence	Kyoto, Japan →
spouse	Yasuko Miyamoto →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Luigi's Mansion → Super Mario 3D World → Super Mario Bros. 2 → Super Mario Bros. 3 → Super Mario Galaxy → Super Mario Galaxy 2 → Super Mario World → The Super Mario Bros. Movie →	producer
Bowser → Donkey Kong → Luigi → Mario → Princess Peach → Super Mario →	creator
Mario Bros. → Super Mario Bros. 2 → Super Mario Bros. 3 →	designer
Mushroom Kingdom →	createdBy
Super Mario Bros. 3 →	director
Shigeru Miyamoto →	name
Shigeru Miyamoto ("Representative Director at Nintendo") →	positionHeld