List of Nintendo people

The following are a list of major people who have or are currently working at Nintendo.

Nintendo leadership

Global

• Fusajiro Yamauchi - The founder and first (1st) president of Nintendo. (1889-1929)
• Sekiryo Yamauchi - The second president of Nintendo. (1929-1949)
• Hiroshi Yamauchi - Third president; brought company into video game industry. (1949-2002)
• Satoru Iwata - Fourth president. Previously was president of HAL Laboratory. (2002-2015)
• Tatsumi Kimishima - Fifth president. Previously was second president of Nintendo of America and was Managing Director from 2013 to 2015. (2015-2018)
• Shuntaro Furukawa - Sixth and current president. Succeeds Kimishima who retired from the role in June 2018. (2018-present)

Nintendo of America

• Minoru Arakawa - First president of Nintendo of America.
• Tatsumi Kimishima - Second president of Nintendo of America. Later became the fifth global president of Nintendo.
• Reggie Fils-Aime - Third president of Nintendo of America.
• Doug Bowser - Fourth and current president of Nintendo of America.

Nintendo of Europe

• Satoru Shibata - First president of Nintendo of Europe. The current Managing EO, Executive General Manager of the Marketing Division and Asia & Oceania Business Division, and the current Senior General Manager of the Publisher & Developer Relations Division.
• Stephan Bole - Second President of Nintendo of Europe. He was previously in charge of Nintendo France.
• Koji Miyake - Former CEO / Chairman of Nintendo of Europe. The current Senior General Manager of the Corporate Analysis & Administration Division and the Human Resources Division and Senior Director of the President's Office.
• Luciano Perena - Current President / CEO / Chairman of Nintendo of Europe

Nintendo of Korea

• Hiroyuki Fukuda - Current president of Nintendo of Korea.

Other Departments

• Yusuke Beppu - Director, Senior EO, Senior Director of Corporate Planning Department
• Hirokazu Shinshi - Senior EO, General Manager of Manufacturing Division
• Hajime Murakami - Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of Finance Administration Division, in charge of Investor Relations
• Kentaro Yamagishi - Executive Officer, General Manager of General Affairs Division
• Yoshiaki Kuratsune - Senior General Manager, Global Communications Division
• Juro Takeuchi - Senior General Manager of Manufacturing Division
• Takuya Yoshimura - Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
• Daisuke Sakaguchi - Current President of Nintendo Sales Co., Ltd.
• Keizo Kato - Deputy General Manager of the Development Administration & Support Division
• Yutaka Takenaga - Deputy General Manager of Corporate Analysis & Adminstration Division
• Satoshi Yamato - Former President of Nintendo Sales Co., Ltd., Former Senior EO, General Manager of Marketing Division
• Susumu Tanaka - Corporate Adviser. Former Director, General Manager of Licensing Division
• Hiroshi Imanishi - Former head of General Affairs, retired since 2002.

Designers

Nintendo EAD/EPD

• Shinya Takahashi - Director, Senior Managing EO. Executive General Manager of Entertainment Planning & Development Division and Executive Supervisor of the Development Administration& Support Division and Technology Development Division and Development Promotion Division. Formerly, General Manager of SPD Division.
• Shigeru Miyamoto - On September 16, 2015, he left his managerial position as head of EAD and became a Executive Fellow for Nintendo. Creator of Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin and Nintendogs.
• Takashi Tezuka - Excetive Officer, Senior Officer. Former Deputy General Manager of all EAD studios. Worked on many titles including the original Super Mario Bros., Yoshi's Island and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• Yoshiaki Koizumi - Senior EO, Senior General Manager for the Entertainment Planning & Development Division. Current manager of Nintendo EPD Tokyo games. Director of Super Mario Sunshine, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and Super Mario Galaxy.
• Katsuya Eguchi - Deputy General Manager for the Entertainment Planning & Development Division. Current manager of EPD Kyoto studios. Director of Star Fox, Animal Crossing and Wii Sports.
• Hideki Konno - Current manager of Smart Device Production Group. Former manager of Nintendo EAD 1 and Producer of Nintendogs and Mario Kart DS onwards and Director of earlier Mario Kart games
• Kosuke Yabuki - Manager of Production Group No. 9 in Nintendo EPD. Producer of ARMS, Director of Mario Kart 7 & 8
• Hisashi Nogami - Deputy General Manager of Nintendo EPD. Directed Animal Crossing up to City Folk and produced Splatoon
• Eiji Aonuma - Senior Officer. Former manager of Nintendo EAD 3 and director of various The Legend of Zelda titles.
• Hiroyuki Kimura - Former Manager & Producer of EAD Group No. 4, behind New Super Mario Bros. and Pikmin from the Wii onwards
• Takaya Imamura - Director, in charge of Star Fox, F-Zero and Steel Diver
• Kouichi Kawamoto - Producer of Streetpass Plaza, Miitopia and 1-2-Switch, Director of Brain Age series
• Tadashi Sugiyama - Former Producer of Nintendo EAD5, behind Wii Fit, Star Fox and Steel Diver. Retired in 2021.

SPD

• Yoshio Sakamoto - Senior Officer and creator of many Nintendo games including Metroid and WarioWare. Former Deputy General Manager of Nintendo SPD .
• Kensuke Tanabe - Senior Officer. Former head of SPD3.
• Keisuke Terasaki - Deputy General Manager of Development Administration &; Support Division and head of External Production Groups. Worked under Kensuke Tanabe on various series like Art Academy and Paper Mario
• Hitoshi Yamagami - Manager of EPD Production Group No. 1. Former manager of Nintendo SPD2, and creator of many puzzle games.
• Genki Yokota - Project Leader in EPD Production Group No. 1. Has worked with the Xenoblade and Fire Emblem series.
• Yurie Hattori - Member of SPD1, who has directed many games.
• Risa Tabata - Assistant Producer at SPD3. Has worked often with Retro Studios
• Toyokazu Nonaka - Producer of many Mario Sports games as well as the additional StreetPass Games

R&D

• Masayuki Uemura (deceased) - Designer of the Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System.
• Gunpei Yokoi (deceased) - Supervised various Nintendo R&D1 video games. Creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch
• Genyo Takeda - Corporate Adviser. Former head of R&D and lead on systems like the Wii and Wii U. Former Technology Fellow
• Ko Shiota - Current Senior EO, Senior General Manager of Platform Technology Development Division. Formerly, Deputy General Manager of Integrated Research and Development Division (Handhelds.
• Takashi Shimada - Current Deputy General Manager of Platform Technology Development Division. Formerly, Deputy General Manager of System Development Division and Software Environment Development Division.

Music Composers

• Koji Kondo - Senior Officer, Composer of most of Nintendo's earlier music
• Hirokazu Tanaka - Former composer at R&D1 for many of Nintendo's NES and Game Boy games including Metroid and Dr. Mario
• Mahito Yokota - Composer at EAD who specializes in live orchestra music.
• Toru Minegishi - Composer at EAD, Composed tracks for Splatoon and various Zelda games
• Kazumi Totaka - Composer at EAD, responsible for the Animal Crossing soundtrack. Voice of Yoshi, Professor E. Gadd
• Kenji Yamamoto - Composer at SPD who created music for the Metroid series and Famicom Detective Club .

Nintendo Software Technology

• Tim Betchel - President of Nintendo Software Technology

Retro Studios

• Michael Kelbaugh - President / CEO of Retro Studios

Monolith Soft

• Tetsuya Takahashi - Lead producer at Monolith Soft
• Yasuyuki Honne - Head of Monolith Kyoto
• Koh Kojima

1-Up Studio

• Gen Kadoi - President of 1-Up Studio

Nintendo Cube

• Shuichiro Nishiya - President of Nintendo Cube
• Hidetoshi Endo - Founder of Nd Cube

Second parties

• Satoshi Tajiri - Creator of Pokémon.
• Shigesato Itoi - Creator of Earthbound series.
• Masahiro Sakurai - Creator of Kirby, and Super Smash Bros.
• Masayoshi Tanimura - Current head of HAL Laboratory
• Tohru Narihiro - Producer on the Fire Emblem series, former chief programmer on several classic Intelligent Systems
• Ryuta Kawashima - Creator of Brain Age series.

Localization

• Leslie Swan - Former Nintendo Treehouse manager, Former Director of Live Services Loyalty Program
• Bill Trinen - VP of Product and Player Experience
• Nate Bihldorff - SVP of Product Development and Publishing. Voice of Shy Guy in the Mario series
• Jeff Miller - Former EVP of Product Development and Publishing
• Ann Lin - Nintendo Treehouse manager
• Dan Owsen - Nintendo Treehouse manager
• Reiko Ninomiya - Nintendo Treehouse manager
• Rich Amtower - Nintendo Treehouse manager
• Scot Ritchey - Nintendo Treehouse manager
• Tim O'Leary - Nintendo Treehouse manager