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Gunpei Yokoi (横井 軍平, Yokoi Gunpei; 10 September 1941 – 4 October 1997), sometimes transliterated as Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese toy maker and video game designer. As a long-time Nintendo employee, he was best known as creator of the Game & Watch handheld system, the original designer of the Game Boy, and producer of a few long-running and critically acclaimed video game franchises such as Metroid and Kid Icarus. Yokoi graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in electronics. He was first hired by Nintendo in 1965 to maintain the assembly-line machines used to manufacture its hanafuda cards.[2] In 1966, Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo, came to a hanafuda factory where Yokoi was working and took notice of a toy, an extending arm that Yokoi made for his own amusement during spare time while doing maintenance. Yamauchi ordered Yokoi to develop it as a proper product for the Christmas rush. The Ultra Hand was a huge success, and Yokoi was asked to work on other Nintendo toys

Gunpei Yokoi - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Japanese video game designer (1941–1997) In this Japanese name , the surname is Yokoi . Gunpei Yokoi 横井 軍平 Yokoi in 1994 Born ( 1941-09-10 ) 10 September 1941 [ 1 ] Kyoto , Empire of Japan [ 1 ] Died 4 October 1997 (1997-10-04) (aged 56) Komatsu, Ishikawa , Japan Alma mater Doshisha University Occupations Toy maker game designer game producer Years active 1965–1997 Employers Nintendo (1965–1996) Koto Laboratory (1996–1997) Gunpei Yokoi ( Japanese : 横井 軍平 , Hepburn : Yokoi Gunpei ; 10 S

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