Kiro Honjo (本庄 季郎, Honjō Kirō) (1901–1990) was a Japanese aircraft designer who worked for Mitsubishi and designed aircraft used in World War II such as the Mitsubishi G3M (Nell) and the Mitsubishi G4M (Betty).[1]
During the American occupation of Japan following the end of World War II, Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi, were banned from producing aircraft. For this reason, Honjo began work on non-aircraft products for civilian use.[2] For example, he designed the Mitsubishi “Cross” bicycle (jujigo), which was made of surplus duralumin left over from wartime aircraft production.[2] Honjo also designed the winning glider used by Oka Ryoki in 1977 in the first Japan International Birdman Rally.[2] On April 21, 1990, Honjo died at the age of 88 from prostate cancer.
He was portrayed in the 2013 Japanese animated movie The Wind Rises as a colleague of the designer of the Zero fighter, Jiro Horikoshi, going back to their days at Tokyo Imperial University. In reality, however, Honjo was senior to Horikoshi.[2]
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^Osamu Tagaya (25 April 2001), Mitsubishi type 1 Rikko 'Betty' units of World War 2, ISBN9781841760827
^ abcdIsurugi, Tatsuhito (September 3, 2013). ""Kaze tachinu" toujou jinbutsu to tori ningen kontesuto. Honjou Kirou no sengo" [A Character form “The Wind Also Rises” and the Japan Birdman Rally: Kiro Honjo’s Postwar]. news.yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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