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Gunpei Yokoi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Yokoi.
Gunpei Yokoi
横井 軍平
Yokoi in 1995
Born(1941-09-10)10 September 1941[1]
Kyoto, Empire of Japan[1]
Died4 October 1997(1997-10-04) (aged 56)
Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan
Alma materDoshisha University
Occupations
Years active1965–1997

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, inventor of the cross-shaped Control Pad, 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.

  1. ^ a b Forster, Winnie (2008). Computer and video game makers (in German). Gameplan. p. 364. ISBN 9783000215841.

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