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Yutaka Katayama was born on 15 September, 1909 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Yutaka Katayama also known as Mr. K, was Japanese automotive. Discover Yutaka Katayama's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 106 years old?

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Occupation President (1960–1977) of Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A.
Age 106 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 15 September 1909
Birthday 15 September
Birthplace Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Date of death 2015
Died Place Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Children 4, including Hiroshi Katayama

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Yutaka Katayama (片山 豊), also known as Mr. K, was a Japanese automotive executive who was employed by Nissan and served as the first president of Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A. Katayama expanded Nissan's focus from economy vehicles towards sportier vehicles, and is regarded by Datsun/Nissan Z Car enthusiasts as the father of the Z-Car, as well as the Datsun 510.

Asoh was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, the second of four children of a well-off businessman whose postings took the family to various places in Japan and also to Taiwan.

While in Taiwan, the young Yutaka fell ill with malaria and was sent to the estate of his paternal grandfather, a wealthy landowner in Saitama Prefecture, to convalesce and attend school.

1929

He would gain his first exposure to the United States in mid-1929, while he was preparing to enter his father's alma mater of Keio University.

At that time, he got a job as ship's clerk and assistant purser on the freighter London Maru, carrying a cargo of raw silk to Victoria, British Columbia and Vancouver, as well as 20 passengers to Seattle.

By several reports, he spent the next four months traveling around the Pacific Northwest while the ship was being loaded with lumber for her return voyage.

1935

In 1935, he graduated from Keio University and landed a job with Nissan.

1937

In 1937, he married Masako Katayama and took her family name, as there were no sons in her family and he had two other brothers to carry on the Asoh name.

1939

In 1939, during World War II, he was ordered to report to a Nissan plant in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, but managed to obtain a transfer back to Japan in 1941.

1945

Near the end of the war in 1945, he refused orders to return to Manchukuo; Katayama later credited his survival of the war to this decision.

1960

He returned to the U.S. in 1960, when Nissan sent him to do market research, after which he returned to Nissan in Japan and persuaded the company to start its own sales company in the United States.

Datsun started to import the first of the Fairlady models starting with the SPL212 in 1960 through to the Datsun Sports 2000, the precursor to the highly successful 240Z.

1968

1968, the Datsun 510 was introduced.

It cost $2,000 and carried independent rear suspension on sedans.

He persuaded the Nissan corporate office in Japan to export the all new 510 with a larger 1.6 liter motor.

This motor allowed the 510 to be viable on American roadways.

His son Hiroshi was an Olympic bronze medalist in soccer in the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games.

1970

In 1970, he introduced the Datsun 240Z, which Nissan had originally wanted to be named the Fairlady.

However, his radical ideas for operations did not sit well with the executives of Nissan in Japan.

1977

Mr. K left America in 1977 for Japan and was forced into retirement.

1997

A 1997 advertisement campaign for the then-introduced Nissan Frontier featured actor Dale Ishimoto portraying Katayama with a Jack Russell Terrier, stating "Dogs Love Trucks!"

The campaign was further expanded to the entire Nissan line in the United States with the tagline "Enjoy The Ride."

1998

He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame on October 13, 1998 for his lifetime contributions, among them the Datsun 510 and 240Z.

2008

He was inducted into the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame in 2008.

2015

Katayama died at a hospital in Tokyo February 2015 and was survived by his wife, Masako, two sons and two daughters, 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.