Hideo Shima
Japanese engineer
Hideo Shima was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train.
Shima was born in Osaka in 1901, and educated at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. Wikipedia
Born: May 20, 1901, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Died: March 18, 1998 (age 96 years), Tokyo, Japan
Education: University of Tokyo and Toyama High School