Most people that you see making millions of money just sit down all day and wait for those checks from the bank, not Dr. Ryuta Kawashima.
The brain age series has sold 17 million copies world wide, making the sales at a total of 22 million. He would rather use the money for brain research.

Most people who endorse massively successful properties featuring a huge picture of their own smiling face on the cover are more than content to sit back and collect fat royalty checks for the privilege. Then again, most people aren't Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, the man whose polygonal face has become synonymous with Nintendo's super-popular Brain Age series.

Seems the good doctor recently decided to politely turn down an astounding $11 million in royalty payments that would otherwise have been paid out in compensation for his likeness featuring prominently in Nintendo's smash hit moneymaker.

"Not a single yen has gone in my pocket" said Dr. Kawashima to Agence France-Presse. "Everyone in my family is mad at me, but I tell them that if they want money, go out and earn it."

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