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Jiro Horikoshi was born near the city of Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1903.Horikoshi graduated from the newly established Aviation Laboratory (Kōkū Kenkyūjo) within the Engineering Department of the University of Tokyo, [1] and started his career in Mitsubishi Internal Combustion Engine Company Limited, which later became Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagoya Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.
Jiro helps Nahoko carry her to Nahoko's family home, leaving without exchanging names. In 1925, Jiro graduates with his friend Kiro Honjo, and both are employed at aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi amidst the Great Depression. They are assigned to perfect a fighter plane, the Mitsubishi 1MF9, for the Imperial Army. During a test, it breaks apart ...
Horikoshi clan Sena clan Imagawa clan ( Japanese : 今川氏 , Hepburn : Imagawa-uji ) was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji .
The Wind Rises tells the slightly fictionalized tale of the life of Jiro Horikoshi — designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft flown by the Empire of Japan during World War II. Joseph ...
Pages in category "Horikoshi family" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. I. Ichikawa Danjūrō XII;
The J2M was designed by Jiro Horikoshi, creator of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, to meet the 14-Shi (14th year of the Showa reign, or 1939 in the Western calendar) official specification. It was to be a strictly local-defense interceptor , intended to counter the threat of high-altitude bomber raids [ 1 ] [ 2 ] , and thus relied on speed, climb ...
Mitsubishi assigned design of its contestant to a team led by Jiro Horikoshi, which created the first low-wing cantilever monoplane to be designed in Japan, the Mitsubishi 1MF10. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The 1MF10 was of all-metal construction, with a monocoque duralumin fuselage , with duralumin wing structure covered in fabric, with the pilot accommodated ...
Nakajima's team considered the new requirements unachievable and pulled out of the competition in January. Mitsubishi's chief designer, Jiro Horikoshi, thought that the requirements could be met, but only if the aircraft were made as light as possible. Every possible weight-saving measure was incorporated into the design.