Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata
Full Name	Satoru Iwata
Born	December 6, 1959
Occupation at Nintendo	Global President

“On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.”
—Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata (born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president of Nintendo, and the first Nintendo president not related to the previous presidents by blood or marriage. He has done much work with the GameCube and is responsible for its success. He is also the executive producer of many games. He previously worked at HAL Laboratories.

Satoru's cameo in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.

He makes cameos in a number of Nintendo games, but the most notable appearances were in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! where he appeared on Wario's TV and in WarioWare: Smooth Moves, where he (under the name Shop Manager Iwata) was the owner of a video game store and sold 18-Volt a Game & Watch for 9-Volt.

Gallery

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  Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto together, holding their Wii Remotes.

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  Satoru's cameo in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

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  Satoru Iwata (left) along with Shigeru Miyamoto (right) running away from Bowser in the promotional trailer of the Nintendo 3DS at E3 2010.

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  Satoru Iwata holding the prototype of the Wii U Game Pad.

People
Game designers		Goro Abe • Gunpei Yokoi • Hideki Konno • Hiroji Kiyotake • Ko Takeuchi • Masahiro Sakurai • Shigefumi Hino • Shigeru Miyamoto • Takashi Tezuka • Yoshiaki Koizumi
Voice actors and actresses	Video games	Asako Kozuki • Caety Sagoian • Charles Martinet • Deanna Mustard • Dex Manley • Dolores Rogers • Eric Newsome • Eriko Ibe • Eveline Novakovic • Grant Kirkhope • Isaac Marshall • Jen Taylor • Kate Fleming • Katsumi Suzuki • Kazumi Totaka • Kenny James • Lani Minella • Leslie Swan • Marc Graue • Masahiro Sakurai • Mercedes Rose • Mike Vaughn • Nicole Mills • Samantha Kelly • Scott Burns • Takashi Nagasako • Toshihide Tsuchiya • Yuko Kaida
	Cartoons	Andrew Sabiston • Aron Tager • Ben Campbell • Damon D'Oliveira • Danny Wells • Jeannie Elias • John Stocker • Joy Tanner • Lou Albano • Milli Vanilli • Richard Yearwood • Tara Strong • Walker Boone
Composers		Asuka Ohta • David Wise • Eveline Novakovic • Grant Kirkhope • Kazumi Totaka • Kenta Nagata • Koji Kondo • Mahito Yokota • Ryo Nagamatsu • Shinobu Tanaka • Soyo Oka • Yoko Shimomura
Actors		Bob Hoskins • Brian Bonsall • Christopher Collins • Cyndi Lauper • Danny Wells • Dennis Hopper • Ernie Hudson • John Leguizamo • Lou Albano • Mojo Nixon • Nicole Eggert • Patrick Pinney • Rob Stone • Sgt. Slaughter • Shabba-Doo
Other people		David Horowitz • Elvira • Hiroshi Yamauchi • Magic Johnson • Reggie Fils-Aime • Satoru Iwata