Shozo Sato
NissanDesign lead
Timeline
- 1937
Joined
Nissan
- 1959
Bluebird 1st generation1959–1963Design lead
A style without pretension, striking a balance
The styling of the first-generation Bluebird was by Shozo Sato, then an in-house designer at Nissan. The design lagged slightly behind global trends, but its well-balanced overall form was highly functional, and the market reacted well. Both the Datsun 110/210 series that Sato designed and the first-generation Bluebird were characterized by being simple and functional, without pretension.
- 1959
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Profile
From Tokyo. Industrial designer who was the first head of Nissan's styling section. He designed the Datsun 110/210 series and its successor, the 1st-generation Bluebird (310 series).
Translated from Japanese sources.
Nissan engineers
- Katsutoshi ShimadaSkyline
- Kazuo KimuraSilvia
Yoshihiko MatsuoFairlady Z
Shinichiro SakuraiSkyline / Leopard- Isao SonoBluebird / Leopard
- Naganori ItoLeopard / Skyline
- Koichiro KawamuraEXA / Silvia
- Toshio YamashitaFairlady Z