Satoru Iwata

"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 (December 6, 1959 -) is the fourth president of Nintendo. He has done much work with the GameCube and is responsible for its success. He previously worked at HAL Laboratories. He makes cameos in a number of Nintendo games, but the most notable appearances were in WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania 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.

Trivia

 * Satoru Iwata is the first Nintendo president not related to the previous presidents by blood or marriage.