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Presidents
[edit]| Number | Portrait | Name | Term | Previous role(s) | Reason(s) for leaving office | Consoles launched | Notes |
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| 1. | Fusajiro Yamauchi | 1889-1929 | None (position established) | Retired | None | Founder of Nintendo | |
| 2. | Sekiryo Yamauchi | 1929-1949 | Unknown | Retired due to ill health | None | ||
| 3. | Hiroshi Yamauchi | 1949-2002 | None (inherited) | Stood down |
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Yamauchi brought Nintendo into the video game industry. He was the youngest and longest serving president of Nintendo to date, assuming the position at 21 and retiring aged 75. | |
| 4. | Satoru Iwata | 2002-2015 | President of HAL Laboratory (1993-2000) Head of Corporate Planning (2000-2002) |
Died in office due to bile duct cancer | First president of Nintendo who was not related to the Yamauchi family. Iwata led Nintendo in some of its most successful and unsuccessful periods in modern times, launching the hugely popular DS and Wii systems. He was the first, and to date only, President with a background in game design. | ||
| 5. | Tatsumi Kimishima | 2015-2018 | President of Nintendo of America (2002-2006) Managing Director (2013-2015) |
Stood down | At just under 3 years, Kimishima served the shortest tenure as president to date. In 2017 he launched the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo's most successful console so far. He stood down as president a year later. | ||
| 6. | Shuntaro Furukawa | 2018- | General Manager of Corporate Planning Department (2015-2016) Managing Executive Officer of the Corporate Analysis & Administration Division (2016-2018) |
N/A | The current serving president of Nintendo. Although Furukawa did not launch the Switch as president, he was involved in its development and release and has been president for the majority of its lifespan. In 2025, he launched the Switch's successor, the Nintendo Switch 2. |
Cities
[edit]The following is a list of cities in Japan that are inaccessible by rail. This list includes cities that have no current railway stations as of 2023. Cities that have railway lines running through them, but have no stops are not included.
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