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Fusajiro Yamauchi
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Fusajiro Yamauchi (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of Nintendo (then known as Marufuku Nintendo Card Co. or Nintendo Karuta in 1889).[1][2][3]
The Nintendo building was launched in Shomen-Dori, Kyoto. On April 1, 2022; the building occupying the same space was reopened as Marufukuro Hotel.[4]
Fusajiro Yamauchi was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.[5]
Before forming Nintendo, he worked at the Haiko Cement Company.[6]
His successor was his son-in-law Sekiryo Kaneda.
References[edit]
Reworked from the English and Japanese Wikipedia articles.
- ↑ Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.
- ↑ Beforemario.com - Marufuku No. 1
- ↑ Note, at this point the kana in たるか were read from right-to-left; so it was Nintendo Karuta rather than Nintendo Taruka
- ↑ "Former Nintendo HQ opens as Marufukuro hotel (and beforemario is present, in book form)" - Beforemario.com - July 31, 2022
- ↑ Jinji Kōshinroku Dai 9th Edition (Personnel Koshinsho, 1931); via Japanese Wikipedia citation (人事興信所編『人事興信録 第9版』（人事興信所、1931年)
- ↑ Meiji150.Kyoto ; "灰孝本店と任天堂の基礎を築いた山内房治郎（山内一正さん）" (2017 web article)
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