Nikoli

Kaji, 57, who owns a puzzle company called Nikoli, is doing just fine: He's publishing new games, traveling the world to promote them and feeling the love from Sudoku devotees.

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Nikoli introduced sudoku to the world as an advanced version of the game that was invented by American Howard Garns and first published in the United States under the name Number Place in 1979.

Archive 2007-06-01 KaneCitizen 2007

Logic games are popular in Japan largely due to the work of Nikoli, which was founded 27 years ago, but sudoku is the only one known abroad.

Archive 2007-06-01 KaneCitizen 2007

"I want to seek out puzzle fans around the world and bring Nikoli puzzles to them," said Maki Kaji, president of Tokyo-based Nikoli Co.

Sudoku Godfather KaneCitizen 2007

"I want to seek out puzzle fans around the world and bring Nikoli puzzles to them," said Maki Kaji, president of Tokyo-based Nikoli Co.

Archive 2007-06-01 KaneCitizen 2007

Nikoli introduced sudoku to the world as an advanced version of the game that was invented by American Howard Garns and first published in the United States under the name Number Place in 1979.

Sudoku Godfather KaneCitizen 2007

Logic games are popular in Japan largely due to the work of Nikoli, which was founded 27 years ago, but sudoku is the only one known abroad.

Sudoku Godfather KaneCitizen 2007

The New York Times | Inside Japan's puzzle palace Os adoráveis quebra-cabeças que fazem o sudoku parecer coisa fácil, brincadeira de crianças, têm um ponto de origem bem definido - a Nikoli, pequena empresa japonesa especializada na criação de puzzles matemáticos

Leituras Artur 2007

Nikoli ne zaveda, seveda, da je vrhovno One, da ustvarjajo zelo pojasnila, ki bodo hkrati okrepila svojo odločenost "pravilnega dojemanja" v vesolju in pusti ravno skrivnost in vprašanj odprtih, tako da se zadeva ne bo nikoli zadovoljivo pojasnili stran tako da lahko srečo nekaj znanstvenikov iti na več pomembnih vprašanj samouresničevanje, "kdo sem jaz?"

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Nikoli has maybe seven or eight puzzle types -- sometimes they'll have a Sudoku in their books.

Interview: Sudoku 2007