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Maki Kaji was born on 8 October, 1951 in Sapporo, Japan, is a designer. Discover Maki Kaji's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 8 October 1951
Birthday 8 October
Birthplace Sapporo, Japan
Date of death August 10, 2021
Died Place Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japan

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2021

Kaji also invented or introduced various other puzzle games, such as Masyu. He resigned as head of Nikoli on 31 July 2021, ten days before his death. He was succeeded as president by Nikoli's editor in chief, Yoshinao Anpuku.

Kaji died on 10 August 2021 at his home in Tokyo at age 69, from bile duct cancer. Nikoli's staff held a memorial gathering for him on 2 November in Tokyo.

1984

The number game Sudoku appeared in early issues of Nikoli. His interest in the puzzle piqued after encountering it in 1984 under the title "Number Place". He formulated the name "Sudoku" while he was scrambling to get to a horse race. He shortened it from Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru ("numbers should be single") at the urging of his fellow workers. After the game spread to Britain and the United States, it became wildly popular.

1980

Kaji launched a quarterly puzzle magazine in 1980 called Nikoli, together with two friends from his childhood. They named the magazine after a race horse that had won the 1980 2000 Guineas Stakes race in Ireland. Three years later, he founded a company under the same name. The magazine, the company's main product, grew to have 50,000 quarterly readers.

1951

Maki Kaji (鍜治 真起, Kaji Maki, 8 October 1951 – 10 August 2021) was a Japanese businessman who was the president of Nikoli, a puzzle manufacturer. He is widely known as "the father of Sudoku" for his role in popularizing the number game.

Kaji was born in Sapporo on 8 October 1951. His father worked as an engineer at a telecom company; his mother was employed by a kimono shop. Kaji attended Shakujii High School in his hometown. He later studied literature at Keio University, but dropped out during his first year. After a succession of jobs including being a roadie, a waiter and a construction worker, he started a publishing business.