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Shigeru Miyamoto

Also known as Miyamoto Shigeru

Japanese video game designer (born 1952)

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Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese male designer, game programmer, video game producer, and screenwriter. Born in 1952 in Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan, he is educated at Kanazawa College of Art and holds Japanese citizenship. He works primarily for Nintendo, contributing to fields including video games, film production, computer art, and PC games. His career began in 1977, and he is left-handed.

Miyamoto’s notable works include Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, and F-Zero. He is also associated with titles such as Mario vs Luigi, Mario Brothers, and SmB. He has received the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, the BAFTA Fellowship, and the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities. He speaks Japanese and English and has two children.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 4

Top works

Mario vs Luigi
Legend of Zelda
Mario Brothers
SmB

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Film & TV

Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan

Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本茂, Hepburn: Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he has served as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in video games, he is the creator of some of the most acclaimed and…

Known for

Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks — Himself2025
High Score — Self (archive footage)2020
Shigeru Miyamoto's 1999 GDC Keynote — (Himself)2017
From Pong To Pokémon - The History Of Video Games — Self2017
La cartouche — Self2016
Mario & Zelda Big Band Live DVD — Self - Performer2003
Zelda no Video — Himself2003
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire — Self1994
"Equinox" Serious Fun — Himself1993

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Japan
Place of birth: Sonobe
Occupation: film producer
Educated at: Kanazawa College of Art
Employer: Nintendo
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Japanese
Award: Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities
Notable work: The Legend of Zelda
Field of work: PC game
Image: Shigeru Miyamoto 20150610 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 2

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Commons category: Shigeru Miyamoto
date of birth: 1952-01-01
topic's main category: Category:Shigeru Miyamoto
name in native language: 宮本茂
name in kana: みやもとしげる
start of work period: 1977-00-00
handedness: left-handedness

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Encyclopedic overview

Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本茂, Hepburn: Miyamoto Shigeru; born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer, producer, game director and filmmaker at Nintendo, where he has served as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in video games, he is the creator of some of the most acclaimed and best-selling game franchises of all time, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Pikmin. More than 1 billion copies of games featuring franchises created by Miyamoto have been sold.

Born in Sonobe, Kyoto, Miyamoto graduated from Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts. He originally sought a career as a manga artist, until developing an interest in video games. With the help of his father, he joined Nintendo in 1977 after impressing the president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, with his toys. He helped create art for the arcade game Sheriff, and was later tasked with designing a new arcade game, leading to the 1981 game Donkey Kong.

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