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Fusajirō Yamauchi (山内 房治郎, Yamauchi Fusajirō, June 1868 – 1929), born Fusajirō Fukui (福井 房治郎, Fukui Fusajirō), was a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Yamauchi Nintendo, later known as Nintendo. Yamauchi lived in Kyoto, Japan and had a wife and two daughters, one being Tei Yamauchi, who later married Sekiryo ...
Jan 19, 2009 · Fusajiro Yamauchi, born November 22, 1859, was an artist and entrepreneur who lived in Kyoto, Japan during the late 19th century. At that time, card games had been banned in Japan for over 250 years in order to combat illegal gambling.
Jun 12, 2019 · In 1950 at just 22 , the great-grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi took over Nintendo. He became known as a fierce and sometimes menacing leader, but one with passion and an innovative mind.
Fusajiro Yamauchi (JPJapanese: 山内房治郎Romaji: Yamauchi Fusajirou) was the founder of Nintendo in 1889. He had a wife and daughter and lived in Kyoto, Japan. His great-grandchild, Hiroshi Yamauchi, took over the company in the fifties. Fusajiro Yamauchi was born on November 22, 1859. When the...
Jul 13, 2021 · Mr Hiroshi Yamauchi, the third president of Nintendo, took over the playing-cards business that his great-grandfather Fusajiro established in 1889 and turned it into a global video-game giant.
Fusajiro Yamauchi began manufacturing and selling Japanese playing cards, Hanafuda, in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Sep 23, 2010 · 1889: Fusajiro Yamauchi founds Nintendo Koppai in Kyoto, Japan, to manufacture hanafuda, Japanese playing cards.
Apr 4, 2024 · Fusajiro Yamauchi prevailed, nonetheless, and by 1933 the company he launched was reestablished as Yamauchi Nintendo and Company. Sadly, that wasn't the company's last affiliation with the Japanese mafia, with Nintendo and the Yakuza continuing to work together decades later.
Jun 20, 2022 · In 1889, Japanese businessman Fusajirō Yamauchi founded Nintendo as Nintendo Koppai, a card manufacturer on Shōmen-dōri street in Kyoto. From these humble beginnings, it grew into one of Japan’s largest playing card companies, before pivoting into other products like toys and electronics.
Sep 20, 2013 · When Hiroshi Yamauchi dropped out of college in 1948, to replace his grandfather as the president of the Kyoto-based hanafuda playing-card manufacturer Nintendo Koppai, the company, founded in...
