- 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.
- Resigned from Nintendo in August 1996, due to the Virtual Boy's fiasco.
- Created Koto Laboratories, September 11th, 1996.
- 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.
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