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Shigeru Miyamoto

16 November 1952 – present

Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer and producer at Nintendo. He created or oversaw the Donkey Kong, Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Pikmin series, and led Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis and Development division for many years. He has received the Order of Arts and Letters from France and the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.

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Born in Sonobe, Kyoto Prefecture
16 November 1952

Born in the town of Sonobe, now part of Nantan, in rural Kyoto Prefecture.

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Graduated from Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts
1975

Completed a degree in industrial design.

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Joined Nintendo as an apprentice in the planning department
1977

Hired as a staff artist, initially designing casings and artwork for arcade hardware.

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Designed Donkey Kong
July 1981

His first game as designer became an arcade success and introduced the character later named Mario.

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Released Super Mario Bros. in Japan
13 September 1985

The Famicom platform game became one of the best-selling video games and established the Super Mario series.

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Released The Legend of Zelda in Japan
21 February 1986

Launched on the Family Computer Disk System, beginning a long-running action-adventure series.

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Named general manager of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development
2002

Took charge of Nintendo's principal internal software development division.

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Named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2006

Received the French cultural honour for his contribution to the arts.

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Awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities
2012

The Spanish award was given to a video game designer for the first time.

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Appointed Creative Fellow of Nintendo
2015

Moved into an advisory role over company-wide creative direction.

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