Shōichirō Irimajiri
Shōichirō Irimajiri ( Japanese 入 交 昭一郎 ; Irimajiri Shōichirō), born January 3, 1940 in Kobe , Japan . He is a Japanese engineer and businessman.
Career
After graduating from Tokyo University with a degree in aeronautical engineering in March 1963, he joined the Honda Motor Company in April 1963 , where he developed high-performance engines for motorcycles and Formula 1 racing cars. In 1965, at the age of 25, he designed several successful Honda racing motorcycles, such as B. the RC149 with 125 cm³, the 250 RC166 and the 300 RC174 . In addition, his team developed the Honda Formula 1 engines of the RA273 from 1966, RA300 from 1967, RA301 and RA302 from 1968.
At the end of the 1960s he was employed as a designer for series vehicles. He developed the stratified charge engine CVCC , which was first used in the USA in the Honda Civic in 1975 and which was the first with this internal combustion engine to comply with US emissions laws without a catalytic converter .
In 1976 he was appointed project manager and, with an 8-man team, designed the motorcycle engine for the Honda CBX , an air-cooled four-valve DOHC in-line six- cylinder with a capacity of over one liter and a power output of 105 DIN hp
In 1978 he became Managing Director of Honda R & D, where he was responsible for new motorcycle developments, including the NR500
1979 Director of the Honda headquarters and overall responsibility for the development of all Honda motorcycles
1981 Managing Director of the Honda headquarters in Tokyo
1982 first president of HRC, Honda Racing Corporation, a holding company
1984-1988 President of Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. (HAM), a Honda subsidiary with US manufacturing in Marysville, Ohio, known as "Mr. Iri" in the US auto industry
He returned to Japan in 1988 and was executive vice president of Honda Motor Company for four years.
In 1992 he quit his job at Honda due to heart problems. He began traditional Chinese treatment and recovered.
After recovering in 1993, he became Vice General Manager and Deputy Director of SEGA Enterprises Ltd., Japan, which developed racing simulations. In July 1996 he became chairman and chief executive officer of SEGA of America and in 1998 managing director of SEGA Enterprises. After SEGA reported the third consecutive loss, he resigned in 1999. From April 1999 to March 2006, he was external director of Delphi Automotive Systems, USA. From February 2001 to 2005 he was also a director of Happinet Corporation, Japan, a toy systems wholesaler that controlled companies such as Bandai Co., Ltd. In January 2001 he became director at Zenrin Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of ZENRIN-Datacom Co., LTD., In April chief strategist at Fleishman-Hillard Japan. In June 2005 Shōichirō Irimajiri became chairman of Asahi Tec, a Japanese manufacturer of aluminum and cast parts for the automotive industry.
Individual evidence
- ^ West Coast CBX. Nexial Quest, 2011. accessed September 10, 2013
Web links
- Shoichiro_Irimajiri (engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Irimajiri, Shōichirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 入 交 昭一郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | japanese engineer and businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobe |