Engineers
Japanese car engineers
- Joined
- Models worked on
- Left
1930s
2 engineers1940s
3 engineers- Shinroku MomoseSubaru1942
SUBARU 360
SUBARU 1000
ff-1 - Kenichi YamamotoMazda · Development team member · Engine development19461992
R360 Coupé 1st generation
Cosmo 1st generation - Tatsuo HasegawaToyota1946
Publica 1st generation
Sports 800
1st generation Corolla
Sprinter (E15)
Celica 1st generation - Joji MizusawaIsuzu · Development team member1946
Bellett 1st generation
117 Coupé 1st generation - Jiro KonoToyota1947
2000GT - Shiro SasakiToyota1949
Corolla 2nd generation
Corolla 3rd generation
1950s
2 engineers- Shinichiro SakuraiNissan1952
Skyline 2nd generation (S5)
Skyline 3rd generation (C10)
Skyline 1st generation GT-R (PGC10/KPGC10)
Skyline 4th generation (C110)
Skyline 2nd generation GT-R (KPGC110)
Skyline 5th generation (C210)
Leopard 1st generation (F30)
Skyline 6th generation (R30)
Skyline 7th generation (R31) - Katsutoshi ShimadaNissan · Development team member
Skyline 1st generation
Skyline 2nd generation (S5) - Yoshio NakamuraHonda1958
S500 - Kazuo KimuraNissan · Design lead19581972
Silvia 1st generation (CSP311) - Naganori ItoNissan · Development team member1959
Leopard 1st generation (F30)
Skyline 7th generation (R31)
Leopard 2nd generation (F31)
Skyline 3rd generation GT-R (BNR32)
Skyline 8th generation (R32) - Toshihiro OkadaToyota1959
Soarer 1st generation
Soarer 2nd generation
Soarer 3rd generation - Masanao ShiomiToyota1959
Estima 1st generation
1960s
11 engineers- Heiji KobayashiMazda · Design lead
R360 Coupé 1st generation
Cosmo 1st generation - Jiro KosugiMazda · Development team member
R360 Coupé 1st generation - Toshihiko HiraiMazda19611993
Roadster 1st generation (NA)
AZ-1 - Hiroshi KizawaHonda · Development team member1963
S600
S800
Civic (1st generation)
Prelude 1st generation - Takaharu KobayakawaMazda19632001
RX-7 2nd generation
RX-7 3rd generation - Shigeo AsaiToyota19631993
Hilux 5th generation - Shinya IwakuraHonda · Design lead19641999
Civic (1st generation)
Prelude 1st generation
Prelude 2nd generation
1st generation Ballade Sports CR-X
Civic (3rd generation)
Odyssey 1st generation - Hiroyuki ItoHonda · Development team member19662004
Civic (2nd generation)
Civic (3rd generation)
Civic (4th generation)
Civic (5th generation) - Masaru KatsuradaSubaru1966
Legacy 3rd generation - Hidetaka TakagiToyota · Engine development
2000GT - Kameo UchiyamadaToyota
Crown 3rd generation - Satoru NozakiToyota · Design lead
2000GT - Hiroyuki WatanabeToyota1967
Aristo 1st generation
Crown 9th generation
Crown 10th generation - Takao KijimaMazda19672009
RX-7 3rd generation
Roadster 1st generation (NA)
Roadster 2nd generation (NB)
Roadster 3rd generation (NC) - Kozo WatanabeNissan1967
Skyline 9th generation (R33)
Skyline 4th generation GT-R (BCNR33)
Skyline 10th generation (R34)
Skyline 5th generation GT-R (BNR34) - Masaaki IshikoToyota19671998
Hilux 6th generation - Giorgetto GiugiaroDesign lead
117 Coupé 1st generation
Piazza 1st generation
Gemini 2nd generation
Aristo 1st generation
2nd generation Alcyone SVX - Takayuki OtsukaToyota
Hilux 1st generation - Akihiko SaitoToyota · Development team member1968
Celica 2nd generation
Corolla 6th generation
Corolla 7th generation - Toshio YamashitaNissan · Design lead1968
Fairlady Z 4th generation (Z32) - Takayasu HondaToyota1968
Corolla 8th generation - Shinichi MitsuhashiMitsubishi · Design lead
Galant 1st generation
Galant 3rd generation - Yoshihiko MatsuoNissan · Design lead
Fairlady Z 1st generation (S30) - Takeshi UchiyamadaToyota1969
Prius 1st generation
1970s
12 engineers- Hiroaki KamisagoMitsubishi · Design lead
Galant GTO 1st generation - Eiji TatsumiSubaru · Development team member19702007
Legacy 1st generation
Legacy 2nd generation - Shinichi YamamuraMitsubishi · Development team member
Galant Coupé FTO 1st generation - Takeshi KomuroToyota
Crown 4th generation - Yasuhiro NaitoSuzuki · Development team member
Fronte Coupé 1st generation - Takanobu FukuokaToyota · Development team member19712016
Land Cruiser 60 Series
Land Cruiser 70 Series
Land Cruiser 80 Series
Land Cruiser 100 Series
Land Cruiser 200 Series - Shigeru UeharaHonda · Development team member1971
NSX (1st generation)
Integra 3rd generation
S2000 - Tetsuo HattoriToyota1971
Cresta 5th generation
Chaser 6th generation
Mark II 8th generation
Crown 11th generation - Masao MorimotoToyota
Hilux 2nd generation - Hidetoshi AokiMitsubishi · Design lead1972
Starion - Shinichi TakahashiHonda1972
Civic (7th generation)
Civic (8th generation) - Kazutoshi MizunoNissan19722012
Skyline 11th generation (V35)
GT-R (R35) - Suehiro HasshiHonda1972
Civic Type R (EP3) - Takashi ShinchiHonda · Engine development1973
Civic Type R (EK9)
Odyssey 5th generation - Nobuhiro YamamotoMazda19732023
Roadster 4th generation (ND) - Shigeru MoriyaToyota
Crown 5th generation - Shiro NakamuraIsuzu · Development team member · Design lead1974
Gemini 3rd generation
Piazza 2nd generation - Takeshi YoshidaToyota1974
Corolla 9th generation - Tadashi AisakaDaihatsu1974
Copen 1st generation - Matasaburo MaedaMazda · Design lead
Cosmo 2nd generation
RX-7 1st generation - Yutaka OtobeHonda1975
Integra 4th generation - Mitsuhisa KatoToyota1975
Crown 12th generation - Isao SonoNissan · Design lead · Development team member
Bluebird 5th generation
Bluebird 6th generation
Bluebird 7th generation
Leopard 2nd generation (F31)
Fairlady Z 4th generation (Z32) - Shinjiro YukawaNissan19762009
Fairlady Z 5th generation (Z33)
Fairlady Z 6th generation (Z34) - Kunimichi OdagakiHonda1977
Odyssey 1st generation - Akinori NakanishiMitsubishi · Development team member1977
Galant 8th generation - Minoru OyaToyota
Hilux 3rd generation - Fumio AgetsumaToyota
Corolla 4th generation
Corolla 5th generation
5th generation Corolla Levin
5th generation Sprinter Trueno - Kazuhiko ShindoToyota
Crown 6th generation - Kotaro ShigeHonda · Development team member19792013
1st generation Ballade Sports CR-X
Integra 2nd generation
Civic (5th generation)
3rd generation CR-X del Sol - Soichiro OkudairaToyota1979
Progrès 1st generation
Brevis 1st generation
Corolla 10th generation - Masahiro FukuzukaDaihatsu1979
Mira 6th generation
Move 3rd generation - Kaoru HosokawaToyota19792014
Hilux 7th generation - Shinsuke HoriDaihatsu1979
Move 4th generation - Norio IgarashiHonda1979
Odyssey 4th generation
1980s
27 engineers- Hiroaki YoshimatsuMitsubishi · Development team member1980
Lancer Evolution I - Hiroya FujitaToyota1980
Corolla 10th generation
Corolla 11th generation - Moritaka YoshidaToyota1980
LS 4th generation - Shigeki TerashiToyota1980
Crown 13th generation - Masayuki UchidaSubaru · Development team member1981
Legacy 1st generation
Legacy 4th generation
Legacy 5th generation
Legacy 6th generation
Legacy Outback 5th generation - Yasuaki AsakiHonda · Engine development19812023
Odyssey 1st generation
Inspire 4th generation
N-BOX 1st generation - Hiroshi MoriSubaru1981
Impreza 2nd generation
Impreza WRX 3rd generation (GR/GV) - Hiroshi TakemuraHonda1981
Odyssey 3rd generation - Shigehiro YasukiHonda1981
Inspire 4th generation - Toshio MasudaSubaru1981
Legacy 4th generation
BRZ 1st generation - Nobuhiko OnoDaihatsu1981
Mira 7th generation - Hirofumi YamamotoToyota1981
Yaris 3rd generation Vitz - Yukihiro OkaneToyota1981
Camry 9th generation - Takayuki TomoharaToyota · Development team member1982
Mark II 5th generation
Mark II 7th generation
Mark II 9th generation - Iwao KoizumiMazda · Development team member1982
Cosmo 4th generation - Ikuo MaedaMazda · Design lead1982
RX-8 1st generation - Masao InoueToyota1982
Prius 2nd generation - Yoshihiko KanamoriToyota1982
Passo 2nd generation
Yaris 3rd generation Vitz - Takashi YamamotoToyota1982
Crown 14th generation - Hidenori KatayamaDaihatsu1982
Tanto 3rd generation - Masato NakagawaHonda1982
Odyssey 5th generation - Hiroshi OsawaToyota
Hilux 4th generation - Kenichi ImaizumiToyota
Crown 7th generation
Crown 8th generation - Takeomi MiyoshiHonda
1st generation Ballade Sports CR-X - Satoshi WadaNissan · Design lead1983
Bluebird 10th generation - Osamu SadakataToyota1983
LS 4th generation - Satoshi OgisoToyota1983
Prius 3rd generation
Aqua 1st generation - Takuji DaiSubaru1983
Forester 4th generation - Yasunori KumagaiSubaru1983
Levorg 1st generation - Atsuo MasakiDaihatsu1983
Passo 3rd generation - Akio YoshidaToyota
MR2 1st generation - Makoto ArimotoToyota1984
Land Cruiser 150 Prado - Hiroshi TamuraNissan1984
GT-R (R35)
Fairlady Z 7th generation (RZ34) - Osamu FujishitaDaihatsu · Development team member1984
Copen 2nd generation
Move Canbus 1st generation - Sadayoshi KoyariToyota1985
Land Cruiser 200 Series
Land Cruiser 70 Series (Reissue)
Land Cruiser 70 Series (Second Reissue) - Koji ToyoshimaToyota1985
Prius 4th generation - Koichiro KawamuraNissan
EXA 2nd generation (KN13/KEN13)
Silvia 5th generation (S13)
Bluebird 9th generation - Akihiko OtsukaToyota1986
Prius 3rd generation - Mamoru IshiiSubaru · Design lead1986
Forester 3rd generation - Mitsuru KariyaHonda1986
Civic Type R (FD2) - Akira AkiyamaToyota1986
Crown 14th generation
Crown 15th generation - Kiyonari ShiratoHonda1986
N-BOX 2nd generation - Satoshi MizukamiHonda1986
NSX (2nd generation) - Hideyuki UedaDaihatsu · Development team member
Charade 3rd generation - Hiroshi AokiDaihatsu · Development team member
Charade 3rd generation - Tetsuya TadaToyota19872021
Passo 1st generation
Ractis 1st generation
1st generation 86
Supra 5th generation - Yasushi NakamutaMazda · Design lead1987
Roadster 3rd generation (NC) - Hiroki NakajimaToyota1987
Hilux 8th generation - Hiroyuki YonezawaSuzuki · Development team member1987
Jimny 4th generation
Jimny Sierra 3rd generation (JB74) - Tadakiyo WatanabeToyota
Mark II 6th generation
Mark II 7th generation - Yasuhiro SakakibaraToyota · Development team member1988
Corolla 8th generation
Cynos 2nd generation
Camry 7th generation
Brevis 1st generation
Camry 8th generation
ES 7th generation
LBX 1st generation - Shinichi YasuiToyota1988
Corolla 10th generation
Corolla 11th generation - Ichiro SuzukiToyota
Celsior 1st generation - Kazutoshi ArimaToyota
MR2 2nd generation - Kiyoshi SugimotoSubaru · Design lead
Legacy 1st generation - Shunji TanakaMazda · Design lead
Roadster 1st generation (NA) - Takao NakamuraSubaru
Legacy 1st generation - Akira TeshimaSubaru · Development team member1989
Impreza 1st generation
Impreza WRX 1st generation (GC/GF) - Masashi NakayamaMazda · Design lead1989
CX-5 1st generation
Roadster 4th generation (ND) - Hisayuki YagiHonda1989
Civic Type R (FK2) - Takatomo SuzukiToyota1989
Aqua 2nd generation - Hidenori TakahashiSuzuki · Design lead1989
Swift 4th generation (ZCDDS) - Hiroyuki IsayamaHonda1989
N-BOX 3rd generation
1990s
13 engineers- Masakatsu SuzukiMitsubishi
GTO - Nobutaka ImadaMitsubishi · Development team member
Eclipse 1st generation - Takuo HondaIsuzu · Design lead
Gemini 3rd generation - Masahiko InoueSubaru1990
BRZ 2nd generation - Takeshi ArakawaMazda · Design lead
AZ-3 1st generation - Yoshiki NishiokaMitsubishi · Development team member
Pajero 2nd generation
Pajero 3rd generation
Pajero 4th generation - Hideki KakinumaHonda1991
Civic Type R (FK8) - Ted KlausHonda1991
NSX (2nd generation) - Yasushi UedaToyota1991
Corolla 12th generation
Prius 5th generation - Yoshiki KonishiToyota1991
Corolla 12th generation - Yasunori SuezawaToyota1991
Yaris 4th generation
Yaris Cross 1st generation
2nd generation GR86 - Makoto MurataSubaru1992
Legacy Outback 6th generation - Isao TsuzukiToyota
Supra 4th generation - Takao TsuchiyaSubaru
Legacy 2nd generation - Shinichiro IrieNissan · Design lead1993
Fairlady Z 7th generation (RZ34) - Shoichiro KezukaSubaru1993
Impreza 6th generation - Kazuo OkamotoToyota
Celsior 2nd generation - Masahiko MaedaToyota1994
Hilux 8th generation - Hideaki TakenakaSuzuki1994
Hustler 2nd generation
Alto 9th generation - Amy HiroshigeMitsubishi · Development team member
Eclipse 2nd generation - Dragan VukadinovićMitsubishi · Design lead
Eclipse 2nd generation - Hiroshi KurodaHonda
Civic (6th generation) - Katsuro TadakiSubaru1995
Forester 6th generation - Simon CoxIsuzu · Development team member
VehiCROSS 1st generation - Yasushi NakagawaToyota
Aristo 2nd generation - Naohiko SaitoToyota · Development team member1997
GR Yaris
Yaris 4th generation - Akihiro SaradaToyota1997
Crown 16th generation - Akihiko NakayaMitsubishi · Development team member
Lancer Evolution V
Lancer Evolution VI
Lancer Evolution VII
Lancer Evolution VIII
Lancer Evolution IX
Lancer Evolution X - Ichiro TeruiHonda
Inspire 3rd generation - Koichi HayashiMazda · Design lead
Roadster 2nd generation (NB) - Nobuaki KatayamaToyota
Altezza 1st generation - Tomoyuki YamagamiHonda1998
Civic (11th generation)
Prelude 6th generation - Yosuke SatoHonda1998
Civic (11th generation) - Ryoji OtakeNissan
Silvia 7th generation (S15) - Shigeyuki HoriToyota
MR-S - Sotiris KovosToyota · Design lead
Yaris 1st generation Vitz
Soarer 4th generation - Keita MoritsuToyota1999
Land Cruiser 250 Series
2000s
7 engineers- Hiroshi OhashiToyota
Mark II 9th generation - Kenichiro FuseToyota · Development team member
Mark II 9th generation - Takashi OkudaToyota
Estima 2nd generation
Estima 3rd generation - Yasushi TanakaToyota
Celsior 3rd generation - Takami YokooToyota2000
Land Cruiser 300 Series - Kazuyoshi ShimizuSubaru
Legacy 4th generation - Noboru KatabuchiMazda
RX-8 1st generation - Takashi SonodaDaihatsu
Tanto 1st generation - Dan SimsMitsubishi · Design lead
Eclipse 3rd generation - Kiyokatsu MiuraToyota
Hiace 5th generation
Ractis 2nd generation - Michihiko SatoToyota
RAV4 3rd generation - Akihide TakeuchiSubaru
Impreza 3rd generation
Impreza 4th generation - Hiroshi FujiiMitsubishi
Lancer Evolution X - Kazuharu IchikawaSubaru
Forester 3rd generation - Takahiko KoyamaDaihatsu · Design lead
Tanto 2nd generation - Toyoji MotookaDaihatsu
Tanto 2nd generation - Yoshihiko KatoMitsubishi · Engine development
Lancer Evolution X - Ryo MukumotoHonda2007
S660 - Takeshi TachimoriSubaru
Legacy 5th generation - Masayuki YamamotoSuzuki · Engine development2009
Alto Works 5th generation (HA36S)
2010s
4 engineers- Hidehiko SudoDaihatsu
Move 5th generation
Move 6th generation - Norio TomobeHonda
CR-Z 1st generation - Masayuki NakajimaDaihatsu
Move 5th generation - Hideki WatanabeToyota
LS 4th generation - Koichi KuraokaNissan · Design lead
Caravan 5th generation - Kazushi UchiyamaSuzuki · Design lead
Alto 8th generation - Masuo TakatsuSubaru
4th generation WRX STI (VAB)
1st generation WRX S4 (VAG) - Shigetoshi TokuokaNissan
Skyline 13th generation (V37) - Shoji NumazawaSuzuki
Hustler 1st generation - Masahiko MizushimaSuzuki
Alto Works 5th generation (HA36S) - Kazuhiro AbeSubaru
Impreza 5th generation - Hideki MatsumotoHonda
Civic (10th generation) - Masao KoboriSuzuki
Swift 3rd generation (ZC13S)
Swift 4th generation (ZCDDS) - Masato KatsumataToyota
Camry 10th generation - Toshio AsahiToyota
LS 5th generation - Tomoyuki NunomeSubaru
Forester 5th generation - Masatoshi TashiroDaihatsu
Tanto 4th generation - Yoshikazu SaekiToyota
RAV4 5th generation
2020s
5 engineers- Satoshi GoshimaSubaru
Levorg 2nd generation
2nd generation WRX S4 (VBH) - Wataru MiyamotoHonda
N-BOX 2nd generation - Hiromasa IwasakiSuzuki · Design lead
Alto 9th generation - Shingo TomookaToyota · Design lead
Aqua 2nd generation - Takeyuki SuzukiSuzuki
Alto 9th generation - Hiroaki IshiuraToyota · Development team member
GR Corolla - Isamu OgawaSuzuki · Design lead
Swift 4th generation (ZCDDS) - Kunihiko EndoLexus
LBX 1st generation - Naoyuki SakamotoToyota
GR Corolla - Satoki OyaToyota · Development team member
Prius 5th generation
Hilux 9th generation - Hiroyuki TokuraDaihatsu
Move 7th generation - Yoshinori FutonaganeToyota
RAV4 6th generation - Kohei ChiashiLexus
ES 8th generation - Norihiko YoshimineMitsubishi · Design lead
Pajero 5th generation - Yahiko KumaiLexus · Design lead
ES 8th generation