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http://mynintendonews.com/2011/01/27/nintendo-3ds-nintendo-state-that-they-arent-planning-a-3ds-lite
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...ors_have_spent_285_years_shaping_the_industry
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/39796/44year_Nintendo_employee_Nobuo_Nagai_dies.php
Nintendo Co. said:Notification of Death and Personnel Change of a Representative Director (Senior Managing Director)
Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that Representative Director Nobuo Nagai (Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Manufacturing Division) passed away yesterday (January 22, 2012) and has retired as Director. Mr. Nagai's contribution to Nintendo was greatly appreciated and he will be deeply missed.
1. Name (Date of birth): Nobuo Nagai (March 21, 1945)
2. Career Record:
March 1967 Joined the Company
June 2000 Appointed as Director
May 2002 Appointed as Managing Director
June 2004 Appointed as Senior Managing Director
Appointed as Representative Director
3. Date of Death: January 22, 2012
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Nobuo Nagai serves as the Senior Managing Director of Nintendo Co Ltd. and serves as a Director. Nobuo Nagai served as Managing Director, Manufacturing Division and General Manager of Manufacturing Division of Nintendo Co Ltd.
http://mynintendonews.com/2011/01/27/nintendo-3ds-nintendo-state-that-they-arent-planning-a-3ds-lite
Iwata Asks said:“The first thing (Nobuo) Nagai-san, who’s in charge at the Uji plant, said to me when he looked over the designs for Nintendo 3DS before mass production began was ‘This time it’s fully packed right from the start’,” recalled Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata.
“Oh, really?” replied Sugino. “But he was right. That’s why we don’t have any short-term plans for creating a more compact version of Nintendo 3DS like we did with Nintendo DS Lite.”
“Yeah,” added Iwata. “When making Nintendo 3DS, we used all our tricks for Nintendo DS Lite – and more – for cutting down on size right from the start.”
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...ors_have_spent_285_years_shaping_the_industry
Nintendo's annual general meeting is coming up next week, and the company will be electing ten directors, a slight slimming down from its current 11 directors. Nintendo has put together a quick summary of the candidates, and their wealth of experience at the company is incredible.
Between them, the directors have spent an enormous 285 years working at the company. The longest-serving director is General Manager of the Manufacturing Division Nobuo Nagai, who's been at Nintendo since March 1967, making Shigeru Miyamoto's joining date of 1977 look decidedly late to the party. Satoru Iwata, the youngest of the directors, is a novice by comparison, with just 11 years of service under his belt.
With such experience at its top level, is it any wonder Nintendo is still the biggest name in gaming?
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/39796/44year_Nintendo_employee_Nobuo_Nagai_dies.php
Eric Caoili said:Nobuo Nagai, who served as Nintendo's Manufacturing senior managing director and was employed at the company for nearly 45 years, passed away on Sunday after battling stomach cancer. He was 66 years old.
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Though Nagai was not as visible as some members of Nintendo's software or hardware development teams, he did have a hand in the production of the company's hardware at its Uji plant in Kyoto. Iwata has previously mentioned that Nagai examined the designs of consoles before their mass production.
He was also credited as a general producer for the Nintendo 3DS, according to fansite The Kyoto Report, and was mentioned in the Special Thanks sections of Nintendo products like Wii Play Motion, Slide Adventure: Mag Kid, and media player accessory Play-Yan.
Japanese newspaper Nikkei reports that a funeral service will be held on January 25 in Yamatokōriyama, which will be led by his eldest son.