Aki Maita
Aki Maita ( Japanese 真 板 亜 紀 , Maita Aki ; * 1967 ) is a Japanese inventor.
Life
Maita is considered to be the inventor of Tamagotchi . In 1996 she presented her idea of the Tamagotchi as an employee of the Japanese company Bandai . In 1997 she and Akihiro Yokoi received the Ig Nobel Prize in Economics.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Winners of the Ig® Nobel Prize. The 1997 Ig Nobel Prize Winners. In: Ig Nobel Prize. Retrieved April 20, 2014 .
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| SURNAME | Maita, Aki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 真 板 亜 紀 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Japan |