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Sōichirō Honda
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Japanese engineer and industrialist
Sōichirō Honda was a Japanese engineer and industrialist who founded Honda, one of the world's major automobile and motorcycle manufacturers. His work matters because he revolutionized transportation technology and built a company that became a global leader in engineering innovation.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Shizuoka
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Child
- Hirotoshi Honda
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Field of work
- Honda
- Image
- Honda Souichiro zaikai 1964.jpg
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- date of death
- 1991-08-05
- date of birth
- 1906-11-17
- name in kana
- ほんだ そういちろう
- cause of death
- liver failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- 本田 宗一郎
- Commons category
- Soichiro Honda
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- owner of
- Honda
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Encyclopedic overview
Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō; 17 November 1906 – 5 August 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile and motorcycle manufacturer.
Early years
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