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Satoru Iwata was the President of Nintendo from 2002 to 2015. Among the most talented programmers in his field, he provided freelance coding work for HAL Laboratories while in college, and served as its CEO from 1993 to 2000, when he joined Nintendo's executive board. He was appointed company President in 2002, becoming the first person outside the Yamauchi family to hold the position. Under his leadership, Nintendo produced its most successful generation of consoles.
Shigeru Miyamoto is best known as the creator of many of Nintendo's most beloved characters and franchises including Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin, F-Zero, Wave Race, and Nintendogs. He was also the chief designer of Nintendo's Touch! Generation console series, which includes the Nintendo DS, Wii, and 3DS.
A composer for Nintendo's EAD Tokyo Studio, Mahito Yokota wrote the soundtrack for Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, and collaborated with Koji Kondo to write for the Super Mario Galaxy series. In contrast to Kondo, he prefers synthesized composition, but often composes for an orchestra.
Though he may not have a recognizable face, Charles Martinet is one of the most well-known voice actors in the gaming industry, voicing Mario, as well as several other Nintendo characters. He also provided the voice for Orvus in Ratchet & Clank and Paarthurnax from Skyrim.
Lani Minella is a famous voice actress for Anime and Video Games. Her voice is in over 500 video games to date. Her company is Audiogodz Inc doing game casting, directing, VOs and writing since '92.
A designer.
Leslie Swan is the Localization Director at Nintendo of America, also known as the Treehouse. She has also occasionally voices characters such as Princess Peach or Mona from the WarioWare games.
Is occasionally credited as "Ten Ten" in some early Nintendo releases.
Localization Producer/Manager at Nintendo of America's Treehouse.
A prolific composer of many of Nintendo's key franchises, Koji Kondo is best known for writing overworld themes for Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. In contrast to his peers at Nintendo, he is classically-trained in orchestral composition, and a proponent of live instrumentation.
Old school level designer at Nintendo EAD
Mike Vaughn is an American voice actor, his biggest role is in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, in which he voices Spiderman.
Nintendo Developer credited in many recent games
Designer at Nintendo EAD Tokyo
The composer of Mario Kart 64, Double Dash!! and more.
A designer at Nintendo.
Designer and director at Nintendo EAD Kyoto.
A designer & director at Nintendo EAD Kyoto. Made his directorial debut on the brand new IP Splatoon.
Currently a producer at Nintendo's EAD Tokyo studio. Originally started out as a programmer with the company in 1991.
The voice actor for Bowser in Mario Kart Wii, Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2.
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