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Satoru Iwata ( Japanese: 岩田 聡, Hepburn: Iwata Satoru, December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, video game designer, and producer. He was the fourth president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo from 2002 until his death in 2015.
Jul 13, 2015 · Japanese video game maker Nintendo has said its chief executive Satoru Iwata has died of cancer at the age of 55. Mr Iwata underwent surgery last year and had resumed his duties after a brief...
Jul 13, 2015 · TOKYO (AP) — Satoru Iwata, who led Japanese video game company Nintendo Co. through years of growth with its Pokemon and Super Mario franchises, has died after a lengthy illness, drawing a flood of emotional tributes from game fans and industry rivals, the company said Monday.
- ykageyama@ap.org
- Japan Reporter
Satoru Iwata, who led Nintendo through the success of the DS and Wii consoles and the challenges of the Wii U and 3DS, passed away in 2015 from a bile duct growth. He was a gamer at heart who interacted with fans online and reinvented the boundaries of video games.
Jul 13, 2015 · Satoru Iwata, the global president of Nintendo, has died at 55, the Japanese gaming giant has announced. Iwata was named the fourth president in the company's 126-year history in 2002, and was...
- Michael Rundle
Jul 13, 2015 · Satoru Iwata, who as chief executive of Nintendo oversaw the introduction of gaming systems such as the Nintendo DS and the Wii, died on Saturday in Kyoto, Japan. He was 55. The cause was a...
Jul 12, 2015 · Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, who led the Japanese game-maker back to ascendancy in the early 2000s with the Wii console, died Saturday at the age of 55. The cause was bile-duct cancer,...
