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12-753: Arakawa ( 荒川 ) may refer to: People [ edit ] Arakawa (surname) Geography [ edit ] Places Arakawa, Tokyo Tokyo Sakura Tram (Arakawa Line), a streetcar system Arakawa, Niigata Arakawa, Saitama Rivers Arakawa River (Kanto) , which flows from Saitama Prefecture and through Tokyo Arakawa River (Fukushima) , which starts and ends in Fukushima City, Fukushima Arakawa River (Uetsu) , which flows from Yamagata Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan See also [ edit ] Arakawa's syndrome I Arakawa's syndrome II Arakawa Under

24-469: A huge order of Radar Scope with disastrous reception. This failure prompted the parent company's innovative creation of Donkey Kong , and he converted his warehouse full of useless Radar Scope units into a phenomenally successful inventory of Donkey Kong units. This is the debut of Mario , who Arakawa is credited with naming after the office's Italian landlord Mario Segale . Starting in 1985, he and Howard Lincoln were instrumental in rebuilding

36-555: A lifetime achievement award in February 2007 at the Interactive Achievement Awards . In January 2006, Arakawa co-founded Tetris Online, Inc. with Henk Rogers and Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov , which developed various games for Nintendo DS , Wii , iOS , and Facebook . Arakawa served as the president of Tetris Online, Inc. until March 2013. He is also an advisor to Avatar Reality . Arakawa

48-638: A master's degree in 1969, before moving to Boston in 1971 to continue studying civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He witnessed several protests against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War , but did not participate. Arakawa graduated MIT with a second master's degree in 1972. Following a conversation on campus with a group of young Japanese businessmen, he decided to try to find work with

60-579: A trading company. Upon returning to Japan, he was hired by Marubeni , a company in Tokyo that developed hotels and office buildings. At a Christmas party in Kyoto, Arakawa met Yoko Yamauchi, daughter of Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi . They married in November 1973. Arakawa, along with his wife and three-year-old daughter Maki, moved to Vancouver , Canada in 1977 for work. A second daughter, Masayo,

72-1991: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Arakawa (surname) Not to be confused with Arikawa , another Japanese surname. Arakawa (written: 荒川 ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adele Arakawa (born 1958), American evening news anchor Akio Arakawa (1927–2021), climate scientist Alan Arakawa (born 1951), American local politician, mayor of Maui, Hawaii Daisuke Arakawa ( 荒川 大輔 , born 1981) , Japanese long jumper Eriko Arakawa ( 荒川 恵理子 , born 1979) , Japanese women's footballer Hachiro Arakawa ( 荒川 八郎 , born 1933) , Japanese water polo player Hiromu Arakawa ( 荒川 弘 , born 1973) , Japanese manga artist Hiroshi Arakawa ( 荒川 博 , 1930–2016) , Japanese baseball player Miho Arakawa ( 荒川 美穂 , born 1987) , Japanese voice actress Minoru Arakawa ( 荒川 實 , born 1946) , Japanese businessman, former president of Nintendo of America Mitsu Arakawa (1927–1997), American professional wrestler Naoshi Arakawa ( 新川 直司 ) , Japanese manga artist Naruhisa Arakawa ( 荒川 稔久 , born 1964) , Japanese screenwriter Nihito Arakawa ( 荒川 仁人 , born 1981) , Japanese boxer Shintarō Arakawa ( 荒川 慎太郎 , born 1971) , Japanese linguist Shizuka Arakawa ( 荒川 静香 , born 1981) , Japanese figure skater Shusaku Arakawa ( 荒川 修作 , 1936–2010) , Japanese artist and architect Tomoyuki Arakawa ( 荒川 知幸 , born 1968) , Japanese mathematician Toru Arakawa ( 荒川 通 , 1932–2015) , Japanese karateka Toshiyuki Arakawa ( 荒川 敏行 , born 1953) , Japanese composer Toyozō Arakawa ( 荒川 豊蔵 , 1894–1985) , Japanese potter Yasuhiko Arakawa ( 荒川 泰彦 , born 1952) , Japanese physicist Yoshiyoshi Arakawa ( 荒川 良々 , born 1974) , Japanese actor Yuta Arakawa ( 荒川 雄太 , born 1987) , Japanese baseball player [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

84-517: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Minoru Arakawa Minoru Arakawa was born on 3 September 1946 in Kyoto , Japan , the second son of Waichiro Arakawa and Michi Ishihara. His elder brother, Shoichi, later took over the family business. His sister married a professor of medicine. Waichiro was the manager of Arakawa Textiles, and was more concerned with maintaining positive relationships with suppliers and customers than growing

96-625: The North American video game industry from the crash of 1983 , with the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System . Arakawa also hired Howard Phillips , who would be invaluable to the creation of the Nintendo Power magazine. In January 2002, Arakawa resigned as NoA president and was succeeded by Tatsumi Kimishima , former chief financial officer of Nintendo's Pokémon subsidiary. Arakawa won

108-503: The surname Arakawa . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arakawa_(surname)&oldid=1146611077 " Categories : Surnames Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description

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132-435: The company. Michi was an artist, who spent afternoons in the family garden or her studio; her paintings were hung at their family home. Arakawa's family was wealthy; the total real estate of Arakawa's family combined was about one-fifth of the downtown district in Kyoto. Arakawa began studying at Kyoto University in 1964, taking general classes for the first two years before focusing on civil engineering. He graduated with

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144-568: Was born in 1978. Hiroshi Yamauchi offered Arakawa the job of establishing Nintendo of America ; while Yoko opposed the position, having seen the impact of the company on her father's life, Arakawa accepted the offer. Arakawa and his wife established an office in Manhattan in 1980, and Arakawa became the company's first president. He had modest success at importing arcade games from the parent company in Japan, and then betting his small company on

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