Makoto Kano

Gunpei Yokoi

Gunpei Yokoi was the man behind the Game Boy and Metroid.

Hirofumi Matsuoka

Hiroji Kiyotake

Hiroji Kiyotake is a game designer and conceptual illustrator for Nintendo. Kiyotake is best known for designing Samus' iconic orange Varia Suit.

Hiroshi Yamauchi

Yamauchi was the president of Nintendo Co. Ltd. during the years when it shifted from being a playing card company to a video game company.

Masao Yamamoto

Satoru Okada

Former former General Manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering Department, the division responsible for designing the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, and Nintendo DS consoles. Now retired.

T. Hosokawa

Takehiro Izushi

Toru Osawa

A prolific member of the video game industry.

Yoshio Sakamoto

A longtime employee of Nintendo and the primary mind behind the Metroid series.