Sekiryo Kaneda

Sekiryo Kaneda
金田 積良
2nd President of Nintendo
In office
1929–1949
Preceded byFusajiro Yamauchi
Succeeded byHiroshi Yamauchi
Personal details
Born1883
Died1949 (aged 65-66)
SpouseTei Yamauchi (m. 1905)
ChildrenKimi (daughter) (b.1907), Taka (daughter) (b.1909)
RelativesHiroshi Yamauchi (grandson)
OccupationEntrepreneur

Sekiryo Kaneda (Japanese: 金田 積良, Hepburn: Kaneda Sekiryō, 1883 – 1949), also known as Sekiryo Yamauchi (山内 積良, Yamauchi Sekiryō), was the second president of what is now Nintendo Co., Ltd., from 1929 to 1949. He married one of the two daughters of Fusajiro Yamauchi, Tei Yamauchi, and took the Yamauchi surname.[1][2] Kaneda retired in 1949 after suffering a stroke, leaving Nintendo to be run by his grandson, Hiroshi Yamauchi.[3]

  1. ^ Firestone, Mary (2011). Nintendo: the company and its founders. Technology pioneers. Edina, Minn: ABDO Pub. Co. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-61714-809-5.
  2. ^ Firestone, Mary (2011). Nintendo: the company and its founders. Technology pioneers. Edina, Minn: ABDO Pub. Co. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-61714-809-5.
  3. ^ Firestone, Mary (2011). Nintendo: the company and its founders. Technology pioneers. Edina, Minn: ABDO Pub. Co. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-61714-809-5.