Satoru Iwata

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Satoru Iwata was a Japanese video game programmer and the fourth president of Nintendo, widely credited with leading the company through the successful Nintendo DS and Wii eras.

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instanceOf business executive
human
video game programmer
boardMemberOf Nintendo NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath bile duct cancer
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1959-12-06
dateOfDeath 2015-07-11
educatedAt Tokyo Institute of Technology NERFINISHED
employer Nintendo NERFINISHED
familyName Iwata NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork computer programming
video game industry
genre video games
givenName Satoru NERFINISHED
hasEmployer HAL Laboratory NERFINISHED
Nintendo Co., Ltd. NERFINISHED
industry video game industry
knownFor Iwata Asks interview series NERFINISHED
approachable public persona
leading Nintendo during the Nintendo DS era
leading Nintendo during the Wii era
revitalizing Nintendo’s business in the 2000s
languageSpoken Japanese
memberOf HAL Laboratory NERFINISHED
name Satoru Iwata NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
nativeName 岩田 聡 NERFINISHED
notableProject EarthBound (technical support and programming assistance) NERFINISHED
Kirby series (as a programmer at HAL Laboratory) NERFINISHED
Super Smash Bros. (as HAL Laboratory president) NERFINISHED
notableWork Nintendo 3DS NERFINISHED
Nintendo DS NERFINISHED
Wii NERFINISHED
Wii U NERFINISHED
occupation business executive
corporate president
video game programmer
placeOfBirth Hokkaido NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Sapporo NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Japan NERFINISHED
Kyoto NERFINISHED
positionHeld CEO of Nintendo
president of HAL Laboratory
president of Nintendo
sexOrGender male
workLocation Kyoto NERFINISHED
Tokyo NERFINISHED

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