Gunpei Yokoi | |
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横井 軍平 | |
![]() Yokoi in 1995 | |
Born | [1] | September 10, 1941
Died | October 4, 1997 Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan | (aged 56)
Cause of death | Car accident |
Alma mater | Doshisha University |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1965–1997 |
Gunpei Yokoi (横井 軍平, Yokoi Gunpei, September 10, 1941 – October 4, 1997), sometimes transliterated as Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese toy maker and video game designer. As a long-time Nintendo employee, he was best known as creator of the Game & Watch handheld system, inventor of the cross-shaped Control Pad, the original designer of the Game Boy, and producer of a few long-running and critically acclaimed video game franchises such as Metroid and Kid Icarus.