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Tokuji Hayakawa

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Tokuji Hayakawa

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Hayakawa Tokuji (Japanese: Hayakawa Tokuji/Hayakawa Lottery, November 3, 1893 - June 24, 1980), born in Tokyo, Japan, was an industrialist and inventor, and the founder of Sharp Corporation. He is famous for his improvement of the mechanical pencil and his invention of the Tokuo buckle, a men's belt buckle that does not require punching holes in the belt. Jiangmu Xinxin, one of the three beauties of Taisho, is his half-sister.

Category
Entrepreneurs
Nationality
Japan
Born
1893-11-03
Died
1980-06-24
Wikidata
Q722643
Occupations merchantinventorentrepreneur
Aliases Hayakawa TokujiTokuji HayakawaTokuji Hayakawa

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