CNET: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo visionary, dies at 85
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Hiroshi Yamauchi
Hiroshi Yamauchi was the third president of Nintendo, serving in the role from 25 April 1949 to 24 May 2002, and principal owner of the Seattle Mariners from 1992 until his death. Before joining Nintendo, he had strong familial connections; his great-grandfather, Fusajiro Yamauchi, founded the company, and was its first president, and his grandfather, Sekiryo Kaneda, was its second president. Duri…
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business · Japanese businessman (1927–2013) · entrepreneur · also Hiroshi Yamauchi, Yamauchi
Born 7 November 1927 · Died 19 September 2013 · Q354768
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2013· 5 entries
UPI: Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo for 53 years, dies at 85
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Fox Business: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Video Game Pioneer, Dead at 85
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Digital Trends: Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who got Nintendo into video games, has died
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Died 2013-09-19.
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2008· 1 entry
Was Japan's wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of $7
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1999· 1 entry
Nintendo announced the development of the successor to the Nintendo 64, codenamed Dolphin, and released across 2001 and 2002 as the GameCube
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1997· 1 entry
Announced that regardless of whether a suitable successor was found, he would retire by 2000, when the 64DD, a disk drive for the Nintendo 64, was released
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1996· 1 entry
When he publicly mused about retiring from Nintendo, noting that he could not think of a good replacement as president
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1995· 1 entry
When he was 68, he was called "the most feared and respected man in the videogame industry" by Next Generation magazine, which also noted that he "[remained] very much in charge" of Nintendo
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1991· 1 entry
The Seattle Mariners were put up for sale; if a local owner could not be found, the team would be moved to Florida
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1983· 1 entry
Of the Family Computer, a console commonly abbreviated as the Famicom
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1980· 1 entry
Nintendo introduced the Game & Watch, a series of portable video games designed by Yokoi, and featuring, newly for the time, an LCD and microprocessor
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1966· 1 entry
With the release of the Ultra Hand, a toy based on an extendable claw which Gunpei Yokoi, a factory engineer, was seen by Yamauchi to be playing with during a break
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1959· 1 entry
With the release of a pack of officially licensed cards featuring Disney characters, accompanied by a booklet explaining different card games
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1957· 1 entry
Gave birth to another daughter, Fujiko and, shortly after, a son named Katsuhito
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1950· 1 entry
Inaba gave birth to a daughter named Yōko, who would marry Minoru Arakawa, selected by Yamauchi to lead Nintendo's American subsidiary
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1949· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1949–2002).
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1948· 1 entry
While Yamauchi was at Waseda University, Kaneda suffered a stroke
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1927· 1 entry
Born 1927-11-07.
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