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Sōichirō Honda
Soichiro Honda 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.
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business · Japanese businessman · businessperson · engineer · entrepreneur · also Sōichirō Honda, Soichiro Honda, Souichirou Honda, Honda
Born 17 November 1906 · Died 5 August 1991 · Q313304
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2021· 1 entry
The Engineer: Late Great Engineers: Soichiro Honda
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2020· 1 entry
autoevolution: Manga Series Tells the Story of Soichiro Honda, Watch It Free
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2006· 1 entry
New Atlas: One Hundred Years - happy birthday to Soichiro Honda
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1991· 4 entries
Died 1991-08-05.
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Won James Watt International Medal (1991).
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“We must tighten the nut! We are selling motorcycles not clothes!”
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“Many people dream of success. To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents the 1% of your work which results only from the 99% that is called failure.”
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1989· 1 entry
Was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame near Detroit
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1980· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Paul Cézanne University (1980).
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Won ASME Medal (1980).
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Won Holley Medal (1980).
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1973· 1 entry
Where he stayed on as director and was appointed "supreme advisor" in 1983
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1959· 1 entry
Honda Motorcycles opened its first dealership in the United States
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1949· 2 entries
Was a true motorcycle with a pressed-steel frame designed and produced by Honda and with a 2-stroke, 98 cc (6
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Honda hired Fujisawa, who oversaw the financial side of the company and helped the firm expand
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1948· 2 entries
Established Honda Motor Co
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Started producing a complete motorized bicycle, the Type A, which was driven by the first mass-produced engine designed by Honda, and was sold until 1951
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1944· 1 entry
And the Iwata plant collapsed in the 1945 Mikawa earthquake
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1937· 1 entry
Honda founded Tōkai Seiki to produce piston rings for Toyota
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1906· 1 entry
Born 1906-11-17.
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