(1946-09-03) September 3, 1946 (age 77) Kyoto, Japan
Spouse
Yoko Yamauchi
(m. 1973)
Children
2
Alma mater
Kyoto University (B.S., M.S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S)
Signature
Minoru Arakawa's voice
interview with Maximilian Schönherr, 1990.
Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實, Arakawa Minoru, born September 3, 1946) is a Japanese businessman best known as the founder and former president of Nintendo of America, and the co-founder of Tetris Online, Inc.
MinoruArakawa (荒川 實, ArakawaMinoru, born September 3, 1946) is a Japanese businessman best known as the founder and former president of Nintendo of America...
the president of Nintendo of America from January 2002, succeeding MinoruArakawa, until Reggie Fils-Aimé took his place in May 2006. He was promoted...
games have also been released worldwide. The company was founded by MinoruArakawa, Claude Comair and Scott Tsumura in 1998 and is located inside of Nintendo...
rights. The contract with Elorg was signed by executive and president MinoruArakawa for $500,000, plus 50 cents per cartridge sold.: 95 : 42 min Elorg...
Look up Minoru in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: MinoruArakawa (荒川 實...
financial crisis for the subsidiary Nintendo of America. Its president, MinoruArakawa, pleaded for his father-in-law, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi...
warehouse to collect overdue rent from Nintendo of America president MinoruArakawa and berated him in front of employees. However, Segale gave them time...
After witnessing one of Tyson's fights, Nintendo of America president MinoruArakawa was impressed by the fighter's "power and skill", prompting him to suggest...
advantage of the growing American arcade market. He hired his son-in-law MinoruArakawa to head the new American operation. Their Japanese hits such as Radar...
Tetris's suitability for a handheld platform convinced Nintendo president MinoruArakawa to port and bundle it with the Game Boy. As a result, Tetris was bundled...
MinoruArakawa from Nintendo in January 2002, Lobb left to join Microsoft Game Studios. Lobb commented in a 2007 interview with IGN that had Arakawa not...
America's warehouse landlord, Mario Segale, confronted then-president MinoruArakawa, demanding back rent. Following a heated argument in which the Nintendo...
Nintendo in 1983, as its Senior Vice President and General Counsel. He and MinoruArakawa were instrumental in rebuilding the North American video game industry...
reportedly "very busy" booth headed by Nintendo of America's president MinoruArakawa. There, attendees acknowledged the advanced technology, but responded...
Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘, Arakawa Hiromu, born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist (2001–2010)...
New York small markets about putting their products in their stores. MinoruArakawa offered a money back guarantee from Nintendo that they would pay back...
son-in-law MinoruArakawa as president, who in turn hired his own wife and Yamauchi's daughter Yoko Yamauchi as the first employee. The Arakawa family moved...
Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Nintendo of America founders MinoruArakawa and Howard Lincoln also became the first recipients of the "Lifetime...
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until Henk Rogers brought Tetris to Nintendo of America and convinced MinoruArakawa that the addictive computer game would help Nintendo reach the largest...
define the console, and persuade customers to buy it. In June 1988, MinoruArakawa, then-CEO of Nintendo of America saw a demonstration of the game Tetris...