was the second president of what is now Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

 Company Limited, from 1929 to 1949. He married the daughter of Fusajiro Yamauchi

Fusajiro Yamauchi

Fusajiro Yamauchi was a Japanese entrepreneur who founded the company that is now known as Nintendo Company Limited...

, Tei Yamauchi, and took the Yamauchi surname.

Business

When Sekiryo took over Nintendo, he was in charge of Japan's largest card maker. In 1933, Sekiryo established a joint-venture company, and renamed it Yamauchi Nintendo and Co. In 1947, he established a distribution company, Marufuku Company Limited.

Retirement and death

In 1949, Sekiryo retired after suffering a stroke

Stroke

A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

, dying from complications soon after. His grandson Hiroshi Yamauchi

Hiroshi Yamauchi

is a Japanese businessman. He was the third president of Nintendo, joining the company in 1949 until stepping down on May 31, 2002, to be succeeded by Satoru Iwata. Yamauchi is credited with transforming Nintendo from a small hanafuda card-making company in Japan to today's multi-billion dollar...

took over. Hiroshi Yamauchi was Fusajiro Yamauchi's great grandson. Hiroshi Yamauchi's father did not take over the company because he had abandoned his son and wife, Kimi.