Miyazaki Airplane

Miyazaki Airplane was an aircraft parts manufacturing company based in Japan during World War II.[1] The company owned a factory located in Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan,[2] that manufactured parts, including rudders, for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. During the war, the firm relocated to Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.[3] Shortly thereafter on July 12, 1945, there was an air raid on the city of Utsunomiya which left 43.7% of the city destroyed.[4]

Miyazaki Airplane
TypePrivate
IndustryAircraft Parts Manufacturing
Headquarters
Kanuma
,
Japan
Key people
Katsuji Miyazaki, Director

Ownership and leadership

The company was run by Katsuji Miyazaki (c. 1915 – 18 March 1993), the father of the Studio Ghibli animation studio co-founder Hayao Miyazaki.[5][6] During World War II production runs the company was owned by Katsuji's brother.

References
  1. McCarthy, Helen (1999-09-01), Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation, USA: Stone Bridge Press, p. 26, ISBN 1-880656-41-8.
  2. Asian cinema, 17, Asian Cinema Studies Society, 2006, p. 117.
  3. Osmond, Andrew 2008. Spirited Away, p. 27.
  4. Chen, C. Peter, "Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities, 19 Feb 1945 - 10 Aug 1945", WW2 DB
  5. Thomson, Clifford (2002), "Hayao Miyazaki", Current Biography Yearbook 2001.
  6. "Miyazaki Hayao", Encyclopedia Britannica.


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