Resigned from Nintendo in August 1996, due to the Virtual Boy's fiasco.
Tragically died in a road accident. He was inspecting his car, which
was lightly hit by a truck, when he and his associate (Etsuo Kisoo)
were sideswiped by another car. He died 2 hours later in an hospital.
Hired by Nintendo Co Ltd. in 1969.
He also made toys as well as produced games.
Invented many video games concepts, most of them very popular, as
Nintendo Game&Watches, Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color and
the Virtual Boy.
Has created the Metroid Video Game Series, and some other great games,
as Mario Land on GameBoy.