# Satoru Iwata

> Satoru Iwata was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer. Beginning in 2002, Iwata served as the fourth president of Nintendo, as well as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo of America from 2013 until his death in 2015. Iwata was a major contributor in broadening the appeal of video games by focusing on novel and entertaining games rather than top-of-the-line hardware.

*Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/satoru-iwata

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1959-12-06
- **Died:** 2015-07-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 27.2 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 25.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 44.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #55

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412631/ (@nm0412631)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ef2428ad-efa8-4115-b787-33e3bd2d22b4)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [ساتورو إواتا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A5%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7)
- [ساتورو اواتا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [ساتورو ایواتا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [סאטורו איווטה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%98%D7%94)
- [Ivata Szatoru](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivata_Szatoru)
- [Սատորու Իվատա](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82_%D4%BB%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [岩田聡](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E7%94%B0%E8%81%A1)
- [이와타 사토루](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%99%80%ED%83%80_%EC%82%AC%ED%86%A0%EB%A3%A8)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Satoru Iwata](https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/satoru-iwata