Ikutaro Kakehashi

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Ikutarō Kakehashi ( Japanese梯 郁太郎, Kakehashi Ikutarō , born February 7, 1930 in Osaka , † April 1, 2017 ) was a Japanese entrepreneur . He was the founder of the Roland Corporation , a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, sound technology and software .

Career

During the 1950s he repaired electronic organs and developed new prototypes . In 1954, Kakehashi opened a radio equipment shop, but continued to design electronic organs. In 1957 he began to sell these, which eventually led to the foundation of Ace Electronic Industries Inc. in 1960 due to the enormous demand . In 1964, after adding guitar amplifiers to his product range, Kakehashi presented the products in the United States . In 1968 there was a collaboration with the Hammond International Company , from which Hammond Japan emerged in the same year.

Kakehashi decided in 1972 to leave Ace Industries to start Roland . He was president there until 1995, before being replaced by Tadao Kikumoto as chairman of the board . In 2013 he left Roland.

In 2014 he founded Atelier Vision Corporation .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ryan Diduck: The life and times of Ikutaro Kakehashi, the Roland pioneer modern music owes everything to. FACT, April 2, 2017, accessed April 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press: Roland Founder, Digital Music Pioneer Kakehashi Dies at 87th The New York Times, April 3, 2017, accessed April 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ audioxpress.com: Roland's Founder Returns With Atelier Vision Corporation ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.audioxpress.com
  4. ↑ atv-global.com: ATV Corporation
personal data
SURNAME Kakehashi, Ikutaro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 梯 郁太郎 (Japanese); Kakehashi Ikutaro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese entrepreneur, founder of Roland Corporation
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Osaka , Japan
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2017