Hideo Shima
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Hideo Shima (島 秀雄, Shima Hideo, 20 May 1901 – 18 March 1998) was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train (Shinkansen).[1][2]
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Born | (1901-05-20)20 May 1901 Osaka, Japan |
Died | 18 March 1998(1998-03-18) (aged 96) Tokyo, Japan |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, Chief Engineer of Shinkansen Project |
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Shima was born in Osaka in 1901, and educated at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. His father was part of a group of officials that had built up Japan's emerging railroad industry.[1]