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December 6, 1959
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July 11, 2015
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いわた さとる
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Satoru Iwata (いわた さとる) was born on December 6, 1959, in Sapporo, Japan. He was a Japanese citizen and held several occupations, including video game programmer, video game producer, engineer, computer scientist, executive producer, and a prominent figure at Nintendo. He was educated at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Iwata was the founder of Nintendo Software Planning & Development. His father was Hiroshi Iwata. Satoru Iwata received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
He passed away on July 11, 2015, in Kyoto, Japan.
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