Shigeru Miyamoto
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Miyamoto at the 2007 Game Developers Conference
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| Native name | 宮本 茂 |
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November 16, 1952 Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan |
| Alma mater | Kanazawa College of Art |
| Occupation | Game designer, game producer |
| Title | At Nintendo Co. Ltd.: Designer (1977–1984) General Manager of Nintendo EAD (1984–2015) Senior Executive (2002–2015) Representative Director/Creative Fellow (2015–) |
| Spouse(s) | Yasuko Miyamoto |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards |
AIAS Hall of Fame Award (1998) BAFTA Fellowship (2010) |
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Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本 茂 Hepburn: Miyamoto Shigeru?, born November 16, 1952) (pronounced [mijamoto ɕiŋeɽu͍; ɕiɡeɽu͍]) is a Japanese video game designer and producer. He is best known as the creator of some of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling video games of all time.
Miyamoto originally joined Nintendo in 1977, when the company was beginning its foray into video games, and starting to abandon the playing cards it had made since 1889. His games have been seen on every Nintendo video game console, with his earliest work appearing on arcade machines in the late 1970s. Franchises Miyamoto has helped create include Donkey Kong, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, F-Zero, Pikmin, and Wii.
As a result of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata's death in July 2015, Miyamoto fulfilled the role of acting Representative Director, alongside Genyo Takeda, until being appointed as the company's "Creative Fellow" in September 2015. He also formerly managed the Entertainment Analysis & Development division of Nintendo, which developed many of their first-party titles.
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