Kenjiro Takayanagi

Kenjirō Takayanagi
Kenjirō Takayanagi
高柳健次郎
	Kenjirō Takayanagi in 1953
Born	January 20, 1899; Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Japan
Died	July 23, 1990 (aged 91); Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
	Engineering career
Discipline	Electrical engineering
Significant advance	Development of television

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.^[1] 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".^[2]

^ "The story of BBC Television - How it all began". BBC World Service.
^ Kenjiro Takayanagi: The Father of Japanese Television Archived June 4, 2002, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

[1] "The story of BBC Television - How it all began". BBC World Service.

[2] Kenjiro Takayanagi: The Father of Japanese Television Archived June 4, 2002, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

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