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	IGN: Profile: Minoru Arakawa
		Minoru Arakawa is not just a man, but a legend who has helped form the interactive entertainment industry of today.
		Minoru Arakawa was born in 1947 to wealthy parents Waichiro Arakawa and Michi Ishihara in the cultured city of Kyoto, Japan.
		Minoru's parents had raised their three children with love and discipline and had high expectations for each of them.
	cube.ign.com /articles/526/526440p1.html (1030 words)

	Nintendo of America President, Minoru Arakawa Retires
		Minoru Arakawa, President of Nintendo of America for the past 22 years, today announced his retirement effective immediately.
		Arakawa was assigned to head up the development of a Marubeni condominium complex in Vancouver.
		Minoru Arakawa was always one of Nintendo's greatest assets.
	www.gamecubicle.com /news-nintendo_minoru_arakawa_retire.htm (598 words)

	Minoru Arakawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Minoru Arakawa says I love you (荒川實, Arakawa Minoru; born September 3, 1946) was the president of Nintendo of America (NOA) from 1980 to 2002.
		Arakawa impressed Hiroshi with the business acumen he displayed in his Marubeni Vancouver real estate projects.
		Arakawa also hired Howard Philips, who would be invaluable to the creation of Nintendo Power magazine.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Minoru_Arakawa (294 words)

	IGN: Profile: Minoru Arakawa
		Infuriated by the fact that Arakawa would not budge on his contract to allow NES licensees to create more than five games a year, nearly a decade of legal battles would transpire between a gutsy Atari and an irritated Nintendo.
		Minoru, however, was unaware that Nakajima was simply deceiving him and had been conspiring for months prior to back-stabbing him and Nintendo.
		Minoru also had a gift that enabled him to surround himself with competent men who excelled at their work.
	cube.ign.com /articles/526/526440p2.html (818 words)

	IGN: Profile: Minoru Arakawa
		Minoru was told by one retailer that he had a better chance of selling Popsicles in the Arctic.
		Minoru argued that the ultimate sign of strength is to have "so much confidence in your product that you would almost pay stores to carry it".
		Minoru Arakawa and staff of Nintendo of America, however, decided that Jumpman needed a new name if it was to be released in the west.
	cube.ign.com /articles/526/526440p4.html (925 words)

	NOA President Retires - Gaming Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Minoru Arakawa, President of Nintendo of America Inc. (NOA) for the past 22 years, today announced his retirement effective immediately.
		After many months of consideration, Arakawa felt the timing was appropriate to turn the office over to new leadership.
		Nintendo of America Board Member Howard Lincoln, currently CEO of the Seattle Mariners said: "Minoru Arakawa's significant contributions to the success of NOA and the development of the U.S. video game industry are unequalled and widely acclaimed.
	www.gaming-age.com /news/2002/1/7-23 (262 words)

	NESWORLD.COM DEDICATED TO NINTENDO FANS
		Minoru Arakawa, who became president of Nintendo of America (NOA), had married married Yoko Yamauchi, Hiroshi Yamauchi's daughter in the mid 1970's and left for a job in Canada in 1977, building condos.
		Minoru Arakawa's business in Canada grew and became very healthly and he finally turned down Hiroshi Yamaushi's offer to open the plant in Malaysia.
		While the R&D people at NCL in Kyoto modified the Famicom system at Minoru Arakawa's wishes, he had a team of people in Seattle designing the housing and packaging for what was to be known as the Advanced Video System (AVS).
	www.nesworld.com /nes.htm (2060 words)

	IGN: Profile: Minoru Arakawa
		Minoru and NOA employees surely got a laugh out of seeing the employee's face as he witnessed his precious car in a such a precarious situation.
		Arakawa is praised by employees as a consensus-builder.
		Minoru set out to revitalize the fading gaming industry by introducing a totally new way of handling licensees and their distribution.
	cube.ign.com /articles/526/526440p3.html (825 words)

	GameSpot: Nintendo of America president retires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Minoru Arakawa, president of Nintendo of America, has announced his retirement effective immediately.
		Arakawa did not elaborate on his future plans, only saying that the retirement will allow him to focus on new endeavors.
		"Minoru Arakawa's significant contributions to the success of NOA and the development of the US video game industry are unequaled and widely acclaimed," said Howard Lincoln, NOA board member and current CEO of the Seattle Mariners.
	www.gamespot.com /news/2837292.html?print=1 (201 words)

	N-Sider.com
		Minorus father-in-law, Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., has never been to a ballgame in Seattle, Washington because of his reluctance to fly.
		Minoru Arakawa's position as the president of Nintendo of America was replaced by Mr.
		Arakawa made the call to put Donkey Kong in two local bars: the Spot Tavern in South Seattle and Goldies, a bar near the University of Washington.
	www.n-sider.com /articleview.php?articleid=269 (4678 words)

	Two key executives depart Nintendo - Jan. 9, 2002
		Minoru Arakawa, president of Nintendo of America, announced his immediate retirement on Tuesday, ending a 22 year history with the company.
		Arakawa's abrupt decision, however, came as a surprise to the industry.
		Arakawa was not forced out and the timing of his departure in relation to Main's is coincidental.
	money.cnn.com /2002/01/09/news/gaming_column (704 words)

	The Escapist - The King and the Donkey
		Arakawa was warned and kept under close scrutiny by his Japanese superiors during this tenuous time, understanding it was his head on the block if matters took a turn for the worse.
		Despite this, Arakawa stuck with Lincoln, and refused to bow to the Studios.
		By this time, Arakawa had made Lincoln the Senior Vice President of Nintendo of America for his sterling work as its outside legal council; a position he held until 1994, when he succeeded Minoru Arakawa as President of Nintendo of America.
	www.escapistmagazine.com /issue/39/8 (236 words)

	GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage
		Working closely with Minoru Arakawa, his son-in-law and head of Nintendo of America, he begin planning Nintendo's invasion of the American market.
		Thus Arakawa, his wife and his young daughter were dispatched to America to look after Nintendo's interests.
		Arakawa continued as NOA's president for the next fifteen years, presiding over the company through the NES, the SNES, the N64 and the dawn of the GameCube.
	archive.gamespy.com /articles/july03/famicom/index11.shtml (899 words)

	nintendojo ~ a site to see
		Minoru Arakawa served as president of Nintendo of America for 22 years, and is credited with launching the video game revolution in the United States with the introduction of the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986.
		"Minoru Arakawa and Bob Lloyd each bring an immeasurable amount of expertise and industry-wide respect for their storied accomplishments," said Henk B. Rogers, President of Blue Lava Wireless.
		Arakawa and Lloyd join Henk and Akemi Rogers as board members of Blue Lava Wireless.
	www.nintendojo.com /infocus/view_item.php?1098831782 (402 words)

	GameCube ::: Advanced Media Network - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
		Arakawa and Lloyd are no strangers to each other.
		In his time at Nintendo, Arakawa received credit for launching the videogame revolution in the United States when the NES was introduced in 1986.
		Arakawa was also responsible for launching Mario, Donkey Kong, Pokémon and other Nintendo franchise characters in the United States.
	gc.advancedmn.com /article.php?artid=3458 (349 words)

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		Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa and company executive Peter Main met the press today to talk about the company’s 64-bit lineup, and touched on the forthcoming Dolphin and Game Boy Advance systems.
		Arakawa, who shyly explained that Retro Studios, Rare Ltd., and Mr.
		Additionally, Arakawa restated Nintendo’s 2001 release date for Dolphin, noting that the Electronics Entertainment Expo 2000 is home to a demonstration of the company’s current 64-bit lineup, not its next-generation one.
	members.tripod.com /~Game_teck/news.html (815 words)

	MobyGames - Minoru Arakawa (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Minoru moved to Vancouver to head Marubeni's condominium complex, and did very well.
		Minoru Arakawa held this position at Nintendo from 1980 until 2002.
		Minoru Arakawa was one of Nintendo major assets.
	www.mobygames.com.cob-web.org:8888 /developer/sheet/bio/developerId,51945 (159 words)

	Original Tetris (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nintendo of America head Minoru Arakawa wants to make Tetris the pack-in game; he enlists Henk Rogers to get the handheld rights to Tetris for him.
		Arakawa and NOA chief executive officer Howard Lincoln fly to the USSR.
		A contract for the home videogame rights is finalized with Nintendo, which insists on a clause that the Russians would come to America to testify in the legal battle that would undoubtedly ensue after word of the contract comes out.
	www.tetris-today.com.cob-web.org:8888 /story/original-tetris9.shtml (856 words)

	Nintendo of America's Greatest Minds
		Ok, as most of you undoubtedly heard on the releases last night, the announcement by Minoru Arakawa of his intention to take retirement effective immediately.
		In fact, discussions were underway between NCL and NOA on this matter to address his intentions and prepare for a smooth transition since the middle of last summer and basically at the end of the day, after twenty two years in a very very competitive hard driving business, Mr.
		Arakawa is truly looking forward to Saturdays at a place other than the office and weekends and being home for dinner on time.
	www.gamecubicle.com /news-nintendo_gamecube_2002_conference.htm (2368 words)

	Stoutonia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He left Minoru Arakawa in charge of distributing the Famicom in America.
		Arakawa tried once in 1983 by trying to make a deal with Atari, but due to a dispute of the legal rights to "Donkey Kong," the deal never went through.
		Even with the light-pistol Zapper and the Robot Operating Buddy (R.O.B), Arakawa and Nintendo were a laughing stock.
	stoutonia.uwstout.edu /2005-2006/stories/060216/et_04.html (551 words)

	Lisa Araj — R.B. Araki : ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Kerri Arakawa is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach with a bachelor's degree in Music Education and a teaching credential...
		Scott Arakawa - Scott Arakawa is a graduate of California State University Long Beach with a Bachelor of Music Degree in...
		Takeru Arakawa was born in Saitama, Japan, in 1969.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/level2page1179.aspx (1763 words)

	Vidgame.net: Nintendo Home
		In 1980 Minoru Arakawa opens and heads Nintendo of America.
		Arakawa was Nintendo president Yamauchi's son in law and was chosen because of his foreign skills, not because of family relationship.
		The landlord owned the space that Nintendo of America used as a warehouse space and he let Arakawa pay late because Arakawa was depending on the success of the newly imported Donkey Kong.
	www.vidgame.net /NINTENDO/NINTENDO.html (1037 words)

	GameSpy.com - Article
		January: Nintendo of America President, Minoru Arakawa, and Senior Vice President of Marketing, Peter Main, announce plans to retire.
		How this may have impacted GameCube sales is unknown, but its impact on press relations was disastrous.
		Arakawa often met with reporters and was an effective spokesperson for Nintendo and the game industry.
	archive.gamespy.com /articles/february04/gcntimeline/index4.shtml (666 words)

	Radar Scope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The game was popular for a short period in Japan, so the president of newly-founded Nintendo of America, Minoru Arakawa placed a large order for it.
		American arcade operators were unimpressed, and Nintendo of America was stuck with thousands of unsold units sitting in the warehouse.
		Arakawa faced financial disaster, so he pleaded with his father-in-law (Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi) to provide him with a new game which he could install as a replacement in the Radarscope arcade machines, which could be repainted to reflect a new game.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Radar_Scope (416 words)

	Arakawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arakawa may refer to the family name of several people:
		Minoru Arakawa, former president of Nintendo of America
		Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater, gold medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arakawa (101 words)

	Nintendo President Retires - Xbox
		Nintendo of America Board Member Howard Lincoln, currently CEO of the Seattle Mariners said: "Minoru Arakawa's significant contributions to the success of NOA and the development of the U.S. video game industry are unequaled and widely acclaimed.
		For whatever the reasons, we are sure that Minoru Arakawa will enjoy his retirement after so many years of hard work to improve the gaming community.
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	news.teamxbox.com /xbox/2403/Nintendo-President-Retires (340 words)

	UnReal Nintendo News: Nintendo Of America President Steps Down
		It was announced last Saturday that Nintendo of America's President for the past 22 years Minoru Arakawa has been "retired", effective immediately.
		The leader of the US subsidiary was forced from power early last Friday after failing the mandatory challenge for his position held every three years.
		Arakawa said he was, "very exhausted, and would like to get some sleep now, please." He then added that he "felt the time was right to step down and enable a new leadership, and I'm not just saying that because I lost."
	www.unrealnintendonews.com /news/0014/0014.shtml (241 words)

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