Japanese chief engineer of fighter designs of World War 2
Professor
Horikoshi Jiro
堀越 二郎
Horikoshi while a student at Tokyo Imperial University
Born
(1903-06-22)22 June 1903
Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died
11 January 1982(1982-01-11) (aged 78)
Tokyo, Japan
Nationality
Japanese
Education
University of Tokyo
Occupation
Engineer
Children
5
Engineering career
Projects
A7M "Reppu"
Significant design
A5M
A6M "Zero"
J2M "Raiden"
Jiro Horikoshi (堀越 二郎, Horikoshi Jirō, 22 June 1903 – 11 January 1982) was the chief engineer of many Japanese fighter designs of World War II, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter.
JiroHorikoshi (堀越 二郎, HorikoshiJirō, 22 June 1903 – 11 January 1982) was the chief engineer of many Japanese fighter designs of World War II, including...
February 2014. The Wind Rises is a fictionalised biographical film of JiroHorikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its...
Horikoshi (written: 堀越) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: JiroHorikoshi (堀越 二郎, 1903–1982), Japanese aerospace engineer...
Zero fighter, JiroHorikoshi, going back to their days at Tokyo Imperial University. In reality, however, Honjo was senior to Horikoshi. Osamu Tagaya...
been shown at the Ghibli Museum. He also voiced the main character JiroHorikoshi in Miyazaki's 2013 feature film The Wind Rises. He also designed the...
pulled out of the competition in January. Mitsubishi's chief designer, JiroHorikoshi, thought that the requirements could be met, but only if the aircraft...
Wind Rises) 2009 The story of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter designer JiroHorikoshi, published in Model Graphix with the subtitle Mousou Comeback. Teppou...
Mitsubishi assigned the task of designing the new fighter to a team led by JiroHorikoshi (original creator of the similar but unsuccessful Mitsubishi 1MF10,...
Army. Mitsubishi assigned design of its contestant to a team led by JiroHorikoshi, which created the first low-wing cantilever monoplane to be designed...
Mitsubishi manufactured military aircraft under the direction of Dr. JiroHorikoshi. The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a primary naval fighter of the Japanese...
Disneyland Adventures. He voiced King Tut in Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Young Jiro in The Wind Rises, and Billy Batson in the direct-to-video films Superman/Shazam...
Wind Rises), telling the story of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter designer JiroHorikoshi. The manga was first published in two issues of the Model Graphix magazine...
fictionalized biography of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero's chief engineer JiroHorikoshi and takes mostly place in Nagoya of the 1920s and 1930s. Nagoya is also...
panelist (b.1926) January 11 A. W. Haydon, American inventor (b. 1906) JiroHorikoshi, Japanese aircraft designer (b. 1903) Paul Lynde, American actor and...
War II. The Allied reporting name was "Jack". The J2M was designed by JiroHorikoshi, creator of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, to meet the 14-Shi (14th year of...
on August 27, 2006. Retrieved November 2, 2006. Okumiya, Masatake; JiroHorikoshi; with Martin Caiden (1956). Zero!. New York: E. P. Duton & Co. Spector...
aircraft designer JiroHorikoshi. In the film, the Italian aeronautical designer Giovanni Caproni appears as a mentor to Horikoshi in several dream sequences...
Academia manga and anime series features various characters created by Kōhei Horikoshi. The series takes place in a fictional world where over 80% of the population...
larger, heavier, less maneuverable fuselage. Mitsubishi A5M, designed by JiroHorikoshi, began carrying an external underside drop tank to provide fuel for...
la Aviacón Naval, Instituto Aeronaval, 2004. Okumiya, Masatake and JiroHorikoshi, with Martin Caidin. Zero! New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1956. O'Leary...
Edda Magnason Grace of Monaco Grace Kelly Nicole Kidman The Wind Rises JiroHorikoshi Hideaki Anno (Japanese voice) Joseph Gordon-Levitt (English voice) 2014...
includes the choosing of Hideaki Anno as the voice actor for the character JiroHorikoshi in The Wind Rises as well as the extensive and detailed amount of storyboarding...
Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ) – Japanese animated historical drama film about JiroHorikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its...
historical drama animated by Studio Ghibli. Fictionalized biopic of JiroHorikoshi, designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft 2014 Canada Bomb Girls:...