Japanese craftsman and founder of Nintendo (formally Nintendo Koppai) in 1889, who produced handmade hanafuda playing cards that became popular with Yakuza gambling networks in Kyoto.
Founded Nintendo as a playing card manufacturer — unintentionally creating the gaming entertainment company by serving Japan's gambling culture — establishing the company that would eventually dominate global interactive entertainment across seven generations of hardware.
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