This might interest those who are interested in Nintendo.
Sekiryo Kaneda
Nothing much is known about Yamauchi before Nintendo.
Sekiryo Yamauchi
| Old Name | Change | Commemorative | New Name |
| Sekiryo | – | Sekiryo | |
| Kaneda | Japanese adult adoption | Yamauchi |
He would work for Fusajiro Yamauchi who was president of Nintendo when it first started selling trading cards. By being adopted in the Japanese style of adult adoption, he would marry Yamauchi’s daughter Tei.
When Fusajiro died, Sekiryo would become the 2nd president of Nintendo. One of the primary changes he instated was to create a branch of the company dedicated to edutainment.
Sources
- Firestone, Mary (2011). Nintendo: the company and its founders. Technology pioneers. Edina, Minn: ABDO Pub. Co.
- Sheff, David. Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered The World. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 31–32. 2 November 2011.
- Sutherland, Adam. The Story of Nintendo. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 8. 15 January 2012.