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Miyazaki Airplane

Miyazaki Airplane (宮崎航空機製作所) was an aircraft parts manufacturing company based in Japan's Tochigi Prefecture during World War II.[1] The company owned a factory located in Kanuma,[2] that manufactured parts, including rudders, for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. During the war, the firm relocated to Utsunomiya.[3]

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.[4][5] During World War II production runs the company was owned by Katsuji's brother.

References

  1. . Helen McCarthy. Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation Stone Bridge Press, 1999-09-01^
  2. . Asian cinema Asian Cinema Studies Society, 2006^
  3. Andrew Osmond. Spirited Away Palgrave Macmillan, 2008^
  4. . Clifford Thomson. Current Biography Yearbook 2001 2002^
  5. . Encyclopedia Britannica^