Soichiro Honda

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Soichiro Honda was a pioneering Japanese engineer and entrepreneur who built Honda from a small workshop into one of the world’s leading automobile and motorcycle manufacturers.

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Generate an image of Soichiro Honda (Soichiro Honda was a pioneering Japanese engineer and entrepreneur who built Honda from a small workshop into one of the world’s leading automobile and motorcycle manufacturers.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Soichiro Honda canonical 16
本田宗一郎 3
『わが友本田宗一郎』 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf engineer ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
Induction into the Automotive Hall of Fame ⓘ
Induction into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame ⓘ
Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ
causeOfDeath liver failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-11-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-08-05 ⓘ
employer Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ⓘ
linked to: Honda
familyName Honda ⓘ
fieldOfWork automotive engineering ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
motorcycle engineering ⓘ
founded Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ⓘ
linked to: Honda
gender male ⓘ
givenName Soichiro ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Honorary Doctorate from Michigan Technological University ⓘ
Honorary Doctorate from Ohio State University ⓘ
inspiredBy early experiences with machinery in his father’s bicycle repair shop ⓘ
knownFor development of automobiles ⓘ
development of motorcycles ⓘ
founding Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ⓘ
languageSpoken Japanese ⓘ
name Soichiro Honda ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
nativeName 本田 宗一郎 ⓘ
linked to: Soichiro Honda
notableIdea emphasis on racing to improve production vehicles ⓘ
focus on engineering innovation over short-term profit ⓘ
notableWork development of Honda CVCC engine concept ⓘ
development of the Honda Super Cub ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
industrial designer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
Tenryū, Shizuoka, Japan ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo
positionHeld Director of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ⓘ
President of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
residence Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan ⓘ
Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo
spouse Sachi Honda ⓘ
yearOfBirth 1906 ⓘ
yearOfDeath 1991 ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Soichiro Honda → name → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Soichiro Honda → nativeName → 本田 宗一郎 ⓘ
linked to: Soichiro Honda
Honda Super Cub → designer → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
HMC → hasUnderlyingCompanyFoundedBy → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Takeo Fujisawa → partnerInBusinessWith → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Honda Prize → namedAfter → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Honda Prize → founder → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
井深大 → hasWritten → 『わが友本田宗一郎』 ⓘ
linked to: Soichiro Honda
Tenryū, Shizuoka, Japan → birthplaceOf → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Tenryū, Shizuoka, Japan → notablePerson → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Honda Super Cub → designer → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
subject linked to: Cub
Sachi Honda → spouse → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Sachi Honda → partnerOf → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Honda 1300 → designer → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Soichiro Honda → name → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
subject linked to: Soichiro
藤沢武夫 → workedWith → 本田宗一郎 ⓘ
linked to: Soichiro Honda
藤沢武夫 → businessPartner → 本田宗一郎 ⓘ
linked to: Soichiro Honda
藤沢武夫 → partnerInBusiness → 本田宗一郎 ⓘ
linked to: Soichiro Honda
Honda Foundation → foundedBy → Soichiro Honda ⓘ
Honda Foundation → namedAfter → Soichiro Honda ⓘ