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Masayuki Uemura

1943 - 2021

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Masayuki Uemura (上村雅之, Uemura Masayuki; 20 June 1943 – 6 December 2021) was a Japanese engineer, video game producer, and professor. He was known for his work as an employee of Nintendo from 1971 to 2004, most notably for serving as a key factor in the development of the Family Computer. A former employee of Sharp Corporation, Uemura joined Nintendo in 1971 working with Gunpei Yokoi and Genyo Takeda on solar cell technology for the Laser Clay Shooting System arcade game. After becoming General Manager of Nintendo R&D2, Uemura served as the lead architect for the Family Computer and Super Famicom video game consoles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masayuki Uemura is the 19th most popular game designer, the 1,035th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,164th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Masayuki Uemura ranks 19 out of 77. Before him are John Carmack, Satoshi Tajiri, Sid Meier, Todd Howard, Steve Jackson, and Shigesato Itoi. After him are Klaus Teuber, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Shinji Mikami, Naoto Ohshima, Hidetaka Miyazaki, and Reiner Knizia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Masayuki Uemura ranks 333. Before him are František Veselý, Larry Clark, Angelo Anquilletti, Cornelia Froboess, Al Foster, and Gisela Hahn. After him are Petar Skansi, Hwang Sok-yong, Kuniwo Nakamura, Valerie Perrine, Pablo Milanés, and Antonio Juliano. Among people deceased in 2021, Masayuki Uemura ranks 277. Before him are John Warner, Ester Mägi, Joseph Benz, Tahir Salahov, Modibo Keita, and Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk. After him are Sergei Kovalev, Vassilis Alexakis, Christian Tumi, Luis de Pablo, Pachín, and József Csatári.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masayuki Uemura ranks 1,035 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuo Sakamaki (1918), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Takeo Arishima (1878), and Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904). After him are Takeshi Obata (1969), Tetsuya Nishiwaki (1977), Yoji Yamada (1931), Masae Suzuki (1957), Kuroda Seiki (1866), and Kijirō Nambu (1869).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Masayuki Uemura ranks 8. Before him are Hideo Kojima (1963), Satoru Iwata (1959), Gunpei Yokoi (1941), Toru Iwatani (1955), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), and Shigesato Itoi (1948). After him are Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962), Shinji Mikami (1965), Naoto Ohshima (1964), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), and Yoko Taro (1970).

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