Design Director
of Global Design Center,
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Date of birth
April 28, 1958
Education
Graduated with degree in Industrial Design from the Department of Industrial Art
Design, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Career Profile
| Apr 1982 | Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. In Design Studio No.2, Design Participated in the Sunny (B12) and Silvia (S13) 180XS projects |
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| Apr 1987 | Handled design development for the Pulsar (N14) | |||
| Apr 1988 | Handled design development for the Cedric (Y32) | |||
| Apr 1990 | Participated in projects for the Silvia (S14), the Presea (R11), Cedric (Y33), etc. |
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| Apr 1994 | Participated in the Skyline (R34) project from pre-development through actual development | |||
| Apr 1996 | Handled design development for the Silvia (S15) | |||
| Jul 1997 | Project Manager, Parts Design Department, Design Division Headed design development for the SS-M classes |
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| Jan 2000 | Product Chief Designer (PCD), Product Design Department No. 1, Design Division Headed Skyline Sedan and Stagea projects Developed and finalized Skyline Coupe as PCD Developed GT‑R Concept for Tokyo Motor Show 2001 |
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| Jan 2004 | Product Chief Designer (PCD), Product Design Department Continued to head Skyline Sedan (V35), Skyline Coupe(CV36), and Stageaprojects Developed GT‑R Proto for Tokyo Motor Show 2005 Handled development for Skyline (V36) in 2006 and Skyline Coupe (CV36) and Nissan GT‑R (R35) |
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| Apr 2013 | Design Director (DD), Product Design Department, Handles development for INFINITI Q50 (V37) |
As of November 19th, 2013