of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch and Wii U. In November 2016, Aonuma received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Joystick Awards. In addition to producing Zelda games, Aonuma plays percussion as a member of a brass band he founded with five others in 1995, known as The Wind Wakers, named after the game of the same name. The band comprises over 70 Nintendo employees who perform four concerts a year. In June 2019, he was promoted to the position of deputy general manager within the company's Entertainment Planning & Development division. Works References External links 1963 births Japanese video game designers Living people Nintendo people People from Nagano (city) Tokyo University of the Arts alumni The Legend of Zelda Japanese video game producers Japanese video game directors Japanese video game businesspeople