Nozomu Matsumoto (松本望, Matsumoto Nozomu, May 2, 1905 – July 15, 1988) was a Japanese businessman and inventor who founded Pioneer Corporation. He was born in Kobe, Japan in 1905, the son of a Christian missionary. In 1936, he founded the Fukuin Shokai Denki Seisakusho company in Osaka, whose name roughly translates to "Blessed Sound Electric Company" or "Gospel Electric Company", owing to Matsumoto's Christian faith and belief that his electronic products could help in missionary works. In 1937 he created the A-8 speaker, which he christened 'Pioneer'. Matsumoto relocated to Tokyo in 1938 and started a small factory that repaired radios and speakers. After World War II, the company expanded rapidly.
His son, Seiya Matsumoto, graduated from Chuo University and joined his father's company as head of sales and marketing until he became president of the company in 1982. The brother of Seiya, Kanya Matsumoto was very technical, just as his father. When he joined the company, he was responsible for technical and productive aspects in the company. In 1961 the name 'Pioneer' was changed to 'Pioneer Electronic Corporation', and it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Nozomu Matsumoto died in 1988 at the age of 83.
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specializes in digital entertainment products. The company was founded by NozomuMatsumoto on January 1, 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop. Its...
released under the AlphaTheta brand, alongside Pioneer DJ. In 1937, NozomuMatsumoto developed the Pioneer A-8, the very first dynamic speaker to be built...
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Promise). Matsumoto portrayed Nozomu Gotō (後藤 望, Gotō Nozomu), a 27-year-old motorcycle courier rider who is caught up in a building hijack. Matsumoto co-starred...
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Moreover, the characters were given names to represent these actors. Matsumoto is a young man devoted to his little brother, Yota. Yota is a fan of the...
Downtown (Masatoshi Hamada and Hitoshi Matsumoto) EXIT (Rintaro and Daiki Kanechika) Football Hour (Terumoto Goto and Nozomu Iwao) Fruit Punch (Kenji Murakami...
no wa Jibun no Mokuteki no Tame ni Kōdō Suru Koto Made de, Sono Kekka o Nozomu yō ni Suru Koto wa Dekinai." (Japanese: あなたにできるのは自分の目的のために行動することまでで、その結果を望むようにすることはできない。)...
friend Nozomu and his father Professor Shuichirou Amachi, whom the Goseigers work for part-time. Nozomu Amachi (天知(あまち) 望(のぞむ), Amachi Nozomu) is a grade...
towards Energy Bio Corporation for work when motorcycle courier Nozomu Gotō (Jun Matsumoto) passes by them. Gotō goes to deliver a package to Yuriko Niimi...
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