With the help of his father, he joined Nintendo in 1977 after impressing then-president Hiroshi Yamauchi with his toys. He originally sought a career as a manga artist, until developing an interest in video games. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in the history of video games, he is the creator of some of the most acclaimed and best-selling game franchises of all time, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Pikmin.īorn in Sonobe, Kyoto, Miyamoto graduated from Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts.
Shigeru Miyamoto ( Japanese: 宮本 茂, Hepburn: Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he serves as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002. Representative Director at Nintendo (2002–present) Senior Managing Director at Nintendo (2002–2015) General Manager of Nintendo EAD (1984–2015)
