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Jiro Horikoshi (堀越 二郎, Horikoshi Jirō, 22 June 1903 – 11 January 1982) was a Japanese aeronautical engineer. He was the chief engineer of several Japanese fighter designs used during World War II, most notably the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, as well as the NAMC YS-11.
Jiro laments over his lost baby, a destroyed plane. From a young age Jiro Horikoshi describes himself as socially withdrawn but good at solving problems. He generally disliked conflict unless the arguments could be discussed in a constructive way.
Jun 27, 2019 · Jiro Horikoshi: Father of the Japanese Zero Fighter Plane. Go to http://curiositystream.com/biographics for unlimited access to the world’s top documentaries and nonfiction series, and for our...
May 30, 2020 · The Wind Rises chronicles the life of Japanese aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi, a Great Man of Historical Import. Horikoshi was the chief engineer of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane,...
Jiro Horikoshi (堀越 次郎 Horikoshi Jirō) is the protagonist in Hayao Miyazaki's film The Wind Rises. He is voiced by Hideaki Anno in the Japanese version and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the English version.
Jan 12, 1982 · Jiro Horikoshi, designer of the Zero fighter plane used in the attack on Pearl Harbor at the outset of the Pacific phase of World War II, died of pneumonia today in a Tokyo hospital. He was...
Miyazaki's "The Wind Rises" is a historical fiction drama that follows the story of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World...
Aug 7, 2021 · You guys know about the A6M Zero, right? That topsy-turvy, carrier-crashing plane that the Japanese mass produced? Do you know the designer behind them? How ...
Feb 21, 2014 · Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
Jan 1, 1992 · I was interested in this book by Jiro Horikoshi the managing engineer of the Mitsubishi Zero (then called Prototype 12) aircraft project, which our Naval Aviators faced in combat in the Pacific during World War II.
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