# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/satoru-okada
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:55:46.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/satoru-okada"
name: "Satoru Okada"
slug: "satoru-okada"
description: "Satoru Okada is a Japanese retired engineer who served as the general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering, the division designing and developing Nintendo handheld game consoles. He is best known for creating the original Game Boy and its successors. He was also assistant producer and director of and contributor to several Nintendo games, notably Metroid, released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986."
tagline: "Japanese engineer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1947-01-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.25
  momentum:             0.5487804878048781
  historical:           7.917786666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2286838/"
    handle:    "nm2286838"
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okada_Satoru"
    title: "Okada Satoru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ساتورو أوكادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ساتورو اوكادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Okada"
    title: "Satoru Okada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Okada"
    title: "Satoru Okada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Okada"
    title: "Satoru Okada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Okada"
    title: "Satoru Okada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E7%94%B0%E6%99%BA"
    title: "岡田智"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Okada"
    title: "Satoru Okada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529990"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump