Satoru Iwata

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Satoru Iwata
Known for President of HAL Laboratory, 1993-1999
President of Nintendo, 2002-2015
Manager of Nintendo SPD, 2003-2013
Birth December 6, 1959
Death July 11, 2015

Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡, Iwata Satoru, December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was the third president of HAL Laboratory and the fourth president of Nintendo.

He was also the manager of Nintendo Software Planning & Development from 2003 until Shinya Takahashi took over in 2013.

He was preceded by Hiroshi Yamauchi and succeeded by Tatsumi Kimishima as president of Nintendo.