Fusajiro Yamauchi (山内 房治郎 Yamauchi Fusajirō, November 22, 1859 – January 1940) was the founder of the company that is now known as Nintendo Company Limited. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on Yamauchi lived in Kyoto, Japan and had a daughter, Tei Yamauchi (who later married future Nintendo president and Fusajiro Yamauchi's successor, Sekiryo Kaneda). (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Sekiryo Kaneda (金田 積良 Kaneda Sekiryō, died 1949 (also known as Sekiryo Yamauchi (山内 積良 Yamauchi Sekiryō) was the second president of Fusajiro has been somehow related to every president of Nintendo except the most recent, Satoru Iwata (who took over for Hiroshi Yamauchi, Fusajiro Yamauchi' great-grandson, in 2002). is the fourth President and CEO of Nintendo succeeding the long-standing previous president of the company Hiroshi Yamauchi in 2002 is a Japanese businessman He was the third president of Nintendo Co
Business
Fusajiro Yamauchi began his business under the name "Nintendo Koppai" in 1889. The company made Japanese playing cards. A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper thin card or thin plastic figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing Card games The cards, known as hanafuda, daitoryo, or president, came in decks of 48. are Playing cards of Japanese origin ( Karuta cards used to play a number of games Each card was hand made using bark from mulberry (or mitsu-mata) trees. He sold the cards in two different shops in Japan; one in Kyoto and one in Osaka. (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū Nintendo Koppai soon became a runaway success, forcing Yamauchi to hire additional help so he could produce enough cards to keep up with the demand, which continued to grow.
Retirement
Fusajiro Yamauchi retired in 1929. His son-in-law, Sekiryo Kaneda, took over his company. Sekiryo Kaneda (金田 積良 Kaneda Sekiryō, died 1949 (also known as Sekiryo Yamauchi (山内 積良 Yamauchi Sekiryō) was the second president of Yamauchi was killed in 1940, during the World War II era. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Although not related to the war, the specific cause of death is still (at least publicly) unknown due to the limited resources and poor documentation that accompanied wartime. His remains are entombed in the basement of the original Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto, Japan.
Descendants
Fusajiro is the great-grandfather of former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on is a Japanese businessman He was the third president of Nintendo Co