Hayakawa Tokuji

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Hayakawa Tokuji ( Japanese 早川 徳 次 ; * November 3, 1893 ; † June 24, 1980 ) was the founder of the Japanese electronics company Sharp Electronics (formerly Hayakawa Electronics) in Osaka .

Hayakawa founded a metal factory in Tokyo in 1912 and produced belt buckles. In 1915, he invented the world's first modern mechanical pencil, called "Ever-Sharp", from which the company's later name is derived.

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Hayakawa is the family name, Tokuji the first name.
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SURNAME Hayakawa, Tokuji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 早川 徳 次 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1893
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1980