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Katsuji Miyazaki

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Nationality
  
Japanese

Died
  
March 18, 1993

Role
  
Aeronautical Engineer


Name
  
Katsuji Miyazaki

Occupation
  
Engineer

Spouse
  
Dola Miyazaki (m. ?–1980)

Born
  
1915
Japan

Children
  
Hayao Miyazaki, Shirou Miyazaki, Yutaka Miyazaki, Arita Miyazaki

Grandchildren
  
Goro Miyazaki, Keisuke Miyazaki

Similar People
  
Hayao Miyazaki, Akemi Ota, Goro Miyazaki, Keisuke Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki

Katsuji Miyazaki (c. 1915 – 18 March 1993) was a Japanese aeronautical engineer living near Tokyo, Japan. He was the director of family firm Miyazaki Airplane during World War II and later transitioned his engineering career from airplane to vehicle parts manufacturing working for Toyo Radiator Company, Limited, now known as T.RAD.

Family

He and his wife had four children: Arita Miyazaki (July 1939 – ?), notable Japanese anime artist Hayao Miyazaki (born 5 January 1941), Yutaka Miyazaki (January 1944 - ?), and Shirou Miyazaki. Between 1947 and 1955 his wife was bedridden with spinal tuberculosis. After his wife, "Dola" Miyazaki, transitioned to being nursed at home, she recovered and lived until her death in July 1980.

References

Katsuji Miyazaki Wikipedia