About Gorō Hasegawa
Lived 1932 – 2016 (aged 83). Gorō Hasegawa was a Japanese inventor.
Goro Hasegawa (19 October 1932 – 20 June 2016) was a Japanese game designer known for creating the board game Othello.
Biography Born in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Hasegawa created the strategy game Othello around 1949 while a high school student in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. Hasegawa was an enthusiast of the traditional game Go, and he developed a prototype of Othello using Go stones and milk-bottle tops. The game became popular in Japan, and Hasegawa facilitated its growth by organizing tournaments and serving as head of the national Othello association. During his lifetime, he authored several books on Othello strategy.
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Who was Gorō Hasegawa?
Japanese board game developer and writer
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Gorō Hasegawa was born on 19 October 1932 in Mito.
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Gorō Hasegawa died on 20 June 2016 in Kashiwa.
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Gorō Hasegawa was an inventor.
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Gorō Hasegawa was Japanese.
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