Yasuhiko Arakawa Yasuhiko Arakawa Yasuhiko Arakawa (Japanese , "Arakawa Yasuhiko"; born 6 November 1952) is a Japanese physicist. His research focuses on semiconductor physics, including growth of nanostructures and their optoelectronic applications. Among his main achievements are the proposal of the concept of quantum dots and their application to quantum dot lasers, the observation of exciton-polariton Rabi-splitting in a semiconductor microcavity, or, recently, the first 3D photonic crystal nanocavity lasers with quantum dot gain. Yasuhiko Arakawa received a B.S. degree in 1975 and a Ph.D. degree in 1980, respectively, from the University of Tokyo, both in Electronics Engineering. In 1981 he became
Minoru Arakawa the creation of Nintendo Power magazine. Arakawa resigned as NOA president and was succeeded by Tatsumi Kimishima, former chief financial officer of Nintendo's Pokémon subsidiary, in January 2002. Arakawa won a lifetime achievement award in February 2007 at the Interactive Achievement Awards. In January 2006, Arakawa co-founded Tetris Online, Inc. with Henk Rogers and "Tetris" creator Alexey Pajitnov, which developed various games for Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS, and Facebook. Arakawa served as the president of Tetris Online, Inc. until March 2013. He is also an advisor to Avatar Reality. Notes Footnotes Minoru Arakawa Minoru Arakawa was born on 3 September