Tomoyuki Yamagami

HondaDevelopment lead

Led development of a new hybrid sports car for the electrified era, the sixth-generation Prelude, the first in about 25 years

Timeline

1998
Joined
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
2021
Civic (11th generation)
2021–presentDevelopment leadfrom Dec. 2021
Worked with
Yosuke SatoDevelopment lead until Dec. 2021
2025
Prelude 6th generation
2025–presentDevelopment lead
It didn't start as a Prelude revival
The original aim was to create a new hybrid sports car for the electrified era. While thinking about what a sports car should be from now on, Yamagami remembered the Prelude, which had been talked about generation after generation and had opened up new eras. He thought the name Prelude, meaning an opening piece of music, fit a car that would herald a new era, and as a result development began as the sixth-generation Prelude.
Grandfather's radio-controlled glider
While struggling with the concept, Yamagami remembered that his grandfather had built radio-controlled gliders when he was a child, and the blue sky and white clouds he had looked up at on the riverbank. He actually took part in a glider experience flight, and that childhood thrill came back. That is how the "UNLIMITED GLIDE" concept took shape, and when he shared the experience, about 30 team members voluntarily joined an in-house glider experience flight.

Tomoyuki Yamagami

Development leader of the Prelude.

Translated from Japanese sources.