Minoru Arakawa (荒川實, Arakawa Minoru; born September 3, 1946) was the president of Nintendo of America (NOA) from 1980 to 2002. September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Born in Kyoto, Japan, he attended Kyoto University and MIT. In 1972, he was hired by Japanese conglomerate Marubeni as part of their international staff, with the responsibility of helping to develop hotels, offices and condominums overseas. He married the daughter of Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, Yoko Yamauchi but continued to work for Marubeni. He moved to Vancouver, and Yoko joined him there. This article is about the city Kyoto. ... The Clocktower Kyoto University (Japanese: 京都大学, Kyōto Daigaku; abbreviated to 京大, Kyōdai) in Kyoto, Japan, is the second oldest university and one of the leading research universities in the country. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Marubeni Corporation is a Japanese trading company Contents // Categories: Stub ... Image:Yamauchi. ... Yoko Yamauchi is the daughter of Hiroshi Yamauchi and wife of Minoru Arakawa. ... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. ...

Arakawa impressed Hiroshi with the business acumen he displayed in his Marubeni Vancouver real estate projects. Hiroshi invited him to run a Nintendo production plant in Malaysia in 1979. Arakawa turned down that offer.

Hiroshi approached Arakawa again a year later with another offer: to establish Nintendo of America, an offer which he accepted. The company was founded in New York City in 1980, and he became its first president. After a disastrous experience with the Radar Scope arcade game, he rebounded by converting the poorly received Radar Scope to the phenomenally successful Donkey Kong, which has had many sequels. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Radar Scope is an early arcade game made by Nintendo, and released in 1980. ... Donkey Kong ), sometimes referred to simply as DK, is a video game character from Nintendo that has appeared in many video games since 1981. ...

Starting in 1985, he and Howard Lincoln were instrumental in rebuilding the video game industry (after the crash of 1983) with the Nintendo Entertainment System. Arakawa also hired Howard Philips, who would be invaluable to the creation of Nintendo Power magazine. 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Howard Charles Lincoln (b. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... E.T. for the Atari 2600. ... NES redirects here. ... Howard Philips was an early employee of Nintendo of America. ... Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly American news and strategy magazine from Nintendo. ...

In 2002, after 22 years at the helm of NOA, Arakawa retired. Tatsumi Kimishima, former chief financial officer of Nintendo's Pokémon subsidiary, stepped up to take his place. Arakawa won a lifetime achievement award in February 2007 at the Interactive Achievement Awards. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Tatsumi Kimishima is the CEO and Chairman of Nintendo of America. ... The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a company is the corporate officer primarily responsible for managing the financial risks of a business. ... The official Pokémon logo. ...