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'''Fusajiro Yamauchi''' (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of [[Nintendo]] in 1889. At this time, it was formally known as [[Nintendo Konekai]]/任天堂骨牌.
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'''Fusajiro Yamauchi''' (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of [[Nintendo]] in 1889.
  
 
He was born in {{wp|Kyoto}}, {{wp|Japan}} in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.<ref>Jinji Kōshinroku Dai 9th Edition (Personnel Koshinsho, 1931); [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%86%85%E6%88%BF%E6%B2%BB%E9%83%8E 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)]</ref><ref>[https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=186121 Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Nintendo Konekai]</ref>
 
He was born in {{wp|Kyoto}}, {{wp|Japan}} in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.<ref>Jinji Kōshinroku Dai 9th Edition (Personnel Koshinsho, 1931); [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%86%85%E6%88%BF%E6%B2%BB%E9%83%8E 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)]</ref><ref>[https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=186121 Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Nintendo Konekai]</ref>

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Fusajiro Yamauchi (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of Nintendo in 1889.

He was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.[1][2]

Before forming Nintendo, he worked at the Haiko Cement Company.[3]

On September 23, 1889 he opened a Hanafuda card shop known as Nintendo Koppai.[4][5]

His successor was his son-in-law Sekiryo Kaneda.

References

Reworked from the English and Japanese Wikipedia articles.

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Nintendo Konekai
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Archived N-Sider article from 2009
  5. ↑ NNDB page from 2014
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