Minoru Arakawa
aka:
M. Arakawa
Moby ID: 51945
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Minoru Arakawa grew up in Kyoto Japan. He attended Kyoto University, majoring in civil engineering, and then later went to Harvard. Minoru Arakawa eventually began work for Marubeni. In Kyoto, he found his wife Yoko Yamauchi (Hiroshi Yamauchi's daughter). Minoru moved to Vancouver to head Marubeni's condominium complex, and did very well. He returned to Kyoto for Yoko Yamauchi to visit her family, and Hiroshi Yamauchi had a job offer at Nintendo to become the President of Nintendo Of America. Minoru Arakawa held this position at Nintendo from 1980 until 2002. In 2002; he retired from his job at Nintendo at 55 years of age. Minoru Arakawa was one of Nintendo major assets. Tatsumi Kimishima took over Minoru's role as President of Nintendo of America.
Credited on 79 games
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| Tetris: Axis (2011, Nintendo 3DS) | President / CEO |
| Tetris Party Deluxe (2010, Wii) | President / CEO |
| Banjo-Kazooie (2008, Xbox 360) | Big Cheese Thanks |
| Tetris Party (2008, Wii) | Chairman |
| NBA Courtside 2002 (2002, GameCube) | Special Thanks |
| Once Twice Thrice! (2002, Windows) | -- Special Thanks To -- |
| Super Smash Bros.: Melee (2001, GameCube) | Special Thanks |
| Wave Race: Blue Storm (2001, GameCube) | Producer |
| Advance Wars (2001, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| Golden Sun (2001, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| Dr. Mario 64 (2001, Nintendo 64) | Special Thanks |
| Mickey's Speedway USA (2001, Game Boy Color) | Special Thanks |
| F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (2001, Game Boy Advance) | NOA Special Thanks |
| The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001, Game Boy Color) | Special Thanks |
| The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001, Game Boy Color) | Special Thanks |
| Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001, Nintendo 64) | Additional Thanks |
| Mario Party 3 (2000, Nintendo 64) | Special Thanks to |
| Mickey's Speedway USA (2000, Nintendo 64) | Special Thanks To |
| Mario Tennis (2000, Game Boy Color) | Special Thanks |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 54 games with Manabu Fukuda
- 44 games with Michael Kelbaugh
- 43 games with Hiroshi Yamauchi
- 39 games with Ken Lobb
- 35 games with Howard Lincoln
- 30 games with Gail Tilden
- 26 games with Shigeru Miyamoto
- 25 games with Tim Bechtel
- 24 games with Chris Needham
- 23 games with Joel Hochberg
Companies
- 73 games with Nintendo of America Inc.
- 50 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 46 games with Nintendo of Europe GmbH
- 22 games with Rare Limited
- 22 games with Nintendo UK
- 19 games with Nintendo Australia Pty., Ltd.
- 13 games with Waldmeier AG
- 13 games with STADLBAUER Marketing +...
- 12 games with Nintendo France SARL
- 11 games with Monaco Corporation Ltd.
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