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During the American occupation of Japan following the end of [[World War II]], Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi, were banned from producing aircraft. For this reason, Honjo began work on non-aircraft products for civilian use.<ref name=yahoo>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/dragoner/20130903-00027518/ |title= “Kaze tachinu” toujou jinbutsu to tori ningen kontesuto. Honjou Kirou no sengo |last=Isurugi |first=Tatsuhito |date=September 3, 2013 |website=news.yahoo.co.jp |publisher=Yahoo! Japan |access-date=November 2, 2020 |language=Japanese |trans-title=A Character form “The Wind Also Rises” and the Japan Birdman Rally: Kiro Honjo’s Postwar}}</ref> For example, he designed the Mitsubishi “Cross” bicycle (jujigo), which was made of surplus [[duralumin]] left over from wartime aircraft production.<ref name=yahoo /> Honjo also designed the winning glider used by Oka Ryoki in 1977 in the first Japan International [[Birdman Rally]].<ref name=yahoo /> On April 21, 1990, Honjo passed away at the age of 88 from prostate cancer. |
During the American occupation of Japan following the end of [[World War II]], Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi, were banned from producing aircraft. For this reason, Honjo began work on non-aircraft products for civilian use.<ref name=yahoo>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/dragoner/20130903-00027518/ |title= “Kaze tachinu” toujou jinbutsu to tori ningen kontesuto. Honjou Kirou no sengo |last=Isurugi |first=Tatsuhito |date=September 3, 2013 |website=news.yahoo.co.jp |publisher=Yahoo! Japan |access-date=November 2, 2020 |language=Japanese |trans-title=A Character form “The Wind Also Rises” and the Japan Birdman Rally: Kiro Honjo’s Postwar}}</ref> For example, he designed the Mitsubishi “Cross” bicycle (jujigo), which was made of surplus [[duralumin]] left over from wartime aircraft production.<ref name=yahoo /> Honjo also designed the winning glider used by Oka Ryoki in 1977 in the first Japan International [[Birdman Rally]].<ref name=yahoo /> On April 21, 1990, Honjo passed away at the age of 88 from prostate cancer. |
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He was portrayed in the 2013 Japanese animated movie ''[[The Wind Rises]]'' as a colleague of the designer of the Zero fighter, [[Jiro Horikoshi]]. |
He was portrayed in the 2013 Japanese animated movie ''[[The Wind Rises]]'' as a colleague of the designer of the Zero fighter, [[Jiro Horikoshi]], going back to their days at Tokyo Imperial University. In reality, however, Honjo was senior to Horikoshi.<ref name=yahoo /> |
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Revision as of 02:33, 10 November 2020
Kiro Honjo (本庄 季郎, Honjō Kirō) (1901–1990) was a Japanese aircraft designer who worked for Mitsubishi and designed aircraft used in World War II such as the Mitsubishi G3M (Nell) and the Mitsubishi G4M (Betty).[1]
During the American occupation of Japan following the end of World War II, Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi, were banned from producing aircraft. For this reason, Honjo began work on non-aircraft products for civilian use.[2] For example, he designed the Mitsubishi “Cross” bicycle (jujigo), which was made of surplus duralumin left over from wartime aircraft production.[2] Honjo also designed the winning glider used by Oka Ryoki in 1977 in the first Japan International Birdman Rally.[2] On April 21, 1990, Honjo passed away at the age of 88 from prostate cancer.
He was portrayed in the 2013 Japanese animated movie The Wind Rises as a colleague of the designer of the Zero fighter, Jiro Horikoshi, going back to their days at Tokyo Imperial University. In reality, however, Honjo was senior to Horikoshi.[2]
References
- ^ Osamu Tagaya (25 April 2001), Mitsubishi type 1 Rikko 'Betty' units of World War 2, ISBN 9781841760827
- ^ a b c d Isurugi, Tatsuhito (September 3, 2013). ""Kaze tachinu" toujou jinbutsu to tori ningen kontesuto. Honjou Kirou no sengo" [A Character form “The Wind Also Rises” and the Japan Birdman Rally: Kiro Honjo’s Postwar]. news.yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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