Maki Kaji
Encyclopedia
is the president of Nikoli
Co., Ltd., a Japanese
puzzle
manufacturer.
He was significant in promoting the development and marketing of the game of Sudoku
. He has invented or introduced various other puzzle games such as Masyu
and sells 50,000 copies of his puzzle magazine Nikoli
four times a year.
Nikoli
Nikoli Co., Ltd. is a Japanese publisher that specializes in games and, especially, logic puzzles. Nikoli is also the nickname of a quarterly magazine issued by the company...
Co., Ltd., a Japanese
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
puzzle
Puzzle
A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution...
manufacturer.
He was significant in promoting the development and marketing of the game of Sudoku
Sudoku
is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9...
. He has invented or introduced various other puzzle games such as Masyu
Masyu
Masyu is a type of logic puzzle designed and published by Nikoli. The purpose of its creation was to present a puzzle that uses no numbers or letters and yet retains depth and aesthetics.-Rules:...
and sells 50,000 copies of his puzzle magazine Nikoli
Nikoli
Nikoli Co., Ltd. is a Japanese publisher that specializes in games and, especially, logic puzzles. Nikoli is also the nickname of a quarterly magazine issued by the company...
four times a year.