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Kenjiro Takayanagi

1899 - 1990

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Kenjiro Takayanagi (高柳 健次郎, Takayanagi Kenjirō; January 20, 1899 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka – July 23, 1990 in Yokosuka) was a Japanese engineer and a pioneer in the development of television. Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television receiver, and is referred to as "the father of Japanese television". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenjiro Takayanagi is the 315th most popular inventor (down from 289th in 2019), the 1,251st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,081st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Kenjiro Takayanagi ranks 315 out of 426. Before him are Wilhelm Bauer, Paul von Jankó, Wilson Greatbatch, Abraham Darby I, Whitcomb L. Judson, and Rostislav Alexeyev. After him are Almon Brown Strowger, Walter Bruch, John Shepherd-Barron, Nils Bohlin, Didi Senft, and Alexander P. de Seversky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Kenjiro Takayanagi ranks 217. Before him are Alexander Nesmeyanov, Jean Cugnot, Josep Tarradellas, Mikhail Zharov, Louise Nevelson, and Indra Devi. After him are Harald Tammer, Guy Butler, Juan Trippe, Weegee, Wen Yiduo, and Giuseppe Amato. Among people deceased in 1990, Kenjiro Takayanagi ranks 198. Before him are Julijans Vaivods, Alexander Men, Edmond Delfour, Cemal Süreya, Marino Morettini, and Juliet Berto. After him are Walter Bruch, Willy Vandersteen, Roman Vishniac, Manuel Anatol, Oscarino Costa Silva, and David White.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenjiro Takayanagi ranks 1,251 out of 6,245. Before him are Nobuyuki Kato (1920), Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961), Noriko Ishibashi (1970), Yoshiko Kuga (1931), Ikue Ōtani (1965), and Yōichi Takahashi (1960). After him are Ryūsei Nakao (1951), Hisashi Kimura (1870), Yukio Ozaki (1858), Noboru Terada (1917), Sanpei Shirato (1932), and Hisashi Kaneko (1959).

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Among INVENTORS In Japan

Among inventors born in Japan, Kenjiro Takayanagi ranks 5. Before him are Sakichi Toyoda (1867), Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894), Shigeo Shingo (1909), and Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928).

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