- Wikipedia

{"parse":{"title":"Shigeru Miyamoto","pageid":79982,"text":{"*":"

\n\n

\"Miyamoto\" redirects here. For the Japanese surname, see Miyamoto (surname). For the crater, see Miyamoto (crater).

\n\n

The native form of this personal name is Miyamoto Shigeru. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Shigeru Miyamoto
\u5bae\u672c \u8302
Miyamoto in 2015
Born	(1952-11-16) November 16, 1952 (age 72) Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan
Alma mater	Kanazawa College of Art
Occupations	\n Game designer \n game producer \n game director \n
Employer	Nintendo (1977\u2013present)
Notable work	Mario Donkey Kong The Legend of Zelda F-Zero Star Fox Pikmin Nintendogs
Title	General manager of Nintendo EAD (1984\u20132015) Senior managing director at Nintendo (2002\u20132015) Representative director at Nintendo (2002\u2013present) Fellow at Nintendo (2015\u2013present)^[1]
Spouse	Yasuko Miyamoto
Children	2
Awards	AIAS Hall of Fame Award (1998)^[2] BAFTA Fellowship (2010) Person of Cultural Merit (2019)
Signature

Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: \u5bae\u672c \u8302, 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 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.\n

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.^[3] He helped create art for the arcade game Sheriff,^[4] and was later tasked with designing a new arcade game, leading to the 1981 game Donkey Kong.\n

Miyamoto's games Super Mario Bros. (1985) and The Legend of Zelda (1986) helped the Nintendo Entertainment System dominate the console game market. His games have been flagships of every Nintendo video game console, from the arcade machines of the late 1970s to the present day. He managed Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis & Development software division, which developed many Nintendo games, and he played an important role in the creation of other influential games such as Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue (1996) and Metroid Prime (2002). Following the death of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in July 2015, Miyamoto became acting president alongside Genyo Takeda until he was formally appointed \"Creative Fellow\" a few months later.^[5]\n

\n\n

Year	Game title	Role\n
1979	Sheriff	Graphic designer^[154]\n
1980	Space Firebird\n
1981	Donkey Kong	Director, game designer^[155]^[156]\n
Sky Skipper	Graphic designer^[157]\n
1982	Donkey Kong Jr.	Director, game designer^[156]^[158]\n
Popeye	Game designer^[156]^[154]\n
1983	Mario Bros.	Director, game designer^[156]^[159]^[160]\n
Donkey Kong 3\n
Baseball	Game designer^[161]\n
1984	Tennis\n
Wild Gunman	Director, game designer^[162]\n
Duck Hunt\n
Golf\n	Game designer^[161]\n
Hogan's Alley	Director, game designer^[162]\n
Devil World\n
Excitebike\n
1985	Kung Fu\n
Super Mario Bros.	Director, producer, game designer^[156]\n
1986	The Legend of Zelda\n
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels	Director, producer^[156]^[163]\n
1987	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	Producer^[164]^[165]\n
Yume K\u014dj\u014d: Doki Doki Panic^[a]\n
Shin Onigashima\n
1988	Super Mario Bros. 3	Director, producer, game designer^[156]^[166]\n
1989	Mother	Producer\n
1990\n	F-Zero\n
Super Mario World\n
Pilotwings\n
1991	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past\n
1992	Wave Race\n
Super Mario Kart\n
1993	Star Fox	Producer, game designer^[167]\n
Kirby's Adventure	Producer\n
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening\n
1994	Donkey Kong\n
Kirby's Dream Course\n
1995	Kirby's Dream Land 2\n
Yoshi's Island\n
BS Zelda no Densetsu	Designer^[168]\n
1996	Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue	Producer^[169]^[170]\n
Super Mario RPG\n
Kirby Super Star\n
Pilotwings 64\n
Super Mario 64	Director, producer^[156]^[171]\n
Mole Mania	Producer^[172]\n
Wave Race 64\n
Mario Kart 64\n
1997	Star Fox 64	Producer, game designer^[167]\n
1998\n	1080\u00b0 Snowboarding	Producer\n
F-Zero X\n
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Producer, supervisor^[173]\n
1999	Super Smash Bros.	Producer^[174]^[175]\n
Pok\u00e9mon Snap\n
Pok\u00e9mon Stadium\n
2000	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	Producer, supervisor^[176]\n
Paper Mario\n	Producer\n
Pok\u00e9mon Crystal\n
Pok\u00e9mon Stadium 2\n
2001\n	Mario Kart: Super Circuit\n
Luigi's Mansion\n
Pikmin	Producer, original concept^[177]\n
Super Smash Bros. Melee\n	Producer^[178]^[179]^[180]^[181]\n
Magical Vacation\n
2002\n	Eternal Darkness\n
Super Mario Sunshine\n
Star Fox Adventures\n
Metroid Prime\n
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords\n	General producer\n
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker\n	Producer\n
2003\n	Kirby Air Ride\n
F-Zero GX\n
Mario Kart: Double Dash\n
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga\n
2004\n	The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures\n
Pikmin 2\n
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door\n
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat\n	General producer\n
2005	Star Fox: Assault\n	Producer\n
Nintendogs	General producer, original concept^[182]\n
2006	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Producer^[183]\n
Wii Sports	General producer^[184]\n
2007	Super Mario Galaxy	Producer, game design concept^[185]\n
Wii Fit	Designer, general producer^[186]^[187]\n
2010\n	Super Mario Galaxy 2\n	General producer^[188]^[189]\n
2011\n	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword\n
Steel Diver	Designer, general producer^[190]\n
2013\n	Pikmin 3\n	General producer^[191]^[192]^[193]\n
Super Mario 3D World\n
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds\n
2014\n	Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker\n
2015\n	Super Mario Maker	General producer, original concept^[194]\n
2016	Star Fox Zero	Supervising director, producer^[195]\n
Super Mario Run	Director, producer^[196]\n
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	General producer^[197]\n
Super Mario Odyssey	Executive producer^[198]\n
2021	Super Nintendo World	Creative director^[199]\n
2023	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Producer^[69]\n
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom	General producer^[200]\n
Pikmin 4\n
TBA	Untitled The Legend of Zelda film	Producer^[201]\n

Authority control databases $\"Edit$
International	ISNI VIAF FAST WorldCat
National	Germany United States France BnF data Japan Spain Netherlands Norway Croatia Catalonia
Artists	ULAN MusicBrainz RKD Artists
Other	IdRef ELMCIP

Early life

Career

1977\u20131984: Arcade beginnings and Donkey Kong

1985\u20131989: NES/Famicom, Super Mario Bros., and The Legend of Zelda

1990\u20132000: SNES, Nintendo 64, Super Mario 64, and Ocarina of Time

2000\u20132011: GameCube, Wii, and DS

2011\u2013present: Wii U, 3DS, Switch and other projects

Development philosophy

Impact

Industry

Critical reception

Commercial reception

Awards and recognition

Personal life

Selected works

References

External links

Shigeru Miyamoto

Talks

1 January, 2002