Nintendo has appointed Japanese designer Kazuhiko Hachiya to its board of administrators. You won’t know him by title, however Hachiya is understood for his formidable merchandise, like a flying machine impressed by the works of Miyazaki and his personal tackle an actual model of the hoverboard from the film Back to the Future.
Hachiya created the “OpenSky” project that led to the creation of a motor glider based mostly on the Mowe plane from the Miyazaki anime Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Hachiya succeeded in making a glider model of the plane and a jet-powered model. Check out the airplane for your self within the video under.
Earlier than constructing his Miyazaki-inspired airplane, Hachiya made wearable devices that would allow the wearers to see through each other’s eyes. He additionally made an “AirBoard,” which was billed as a real-life model of the hoverboard from Back to the Future.
Nintendo didn’t particularly cite anybody cause for its pursuit of Hachiya to affix Nintendo’s board of administrators, however clearly, the person has ardour and ambition.
Previous to his work on experimental airplanes and hovercraft, Hachiya joined Spazio Institute for Superior Pondering Inc. in 1989, earlier than changing into a high boss at doll firm PetWorks Co., a place he nonetheless holds right this moment. Along with being a director at PetWorks, Hachiya is at present a professor of fantastic arts at Tokyo College of the Arts and the Director of the Artwork Media Middle at Tokyo College of the Arts.
Hachiya can also be identified for creating the e-mail app PostPet. This software program makes an attempt to make company emailing extra enjoyable by having a little bit creature–a dancing pink bear named Momo is one among them–who lives in your pc personally ship emails.
Nintendo will vote on whether or not or to not verify Hachiya’s appointment to the board throughout the firm’s Annual Common Assembly of Shareholders on June 27, 2025.
This may occur not lengthy after Nintendo releases the Change 2 on June 5. It is anticipated to be common, however tariffs and different financial issues would possibly influence gross sales and availability, Nintendo has warned.