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Kenji Ekuan was born on 11 September, 1929 in Tokyo, is an An officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Discover Kenji Ekuan'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 85 years old?

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Occupation Industrial designer
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 11 September, 1929
Birthday 11 September
Birthplace Tokyo
Date of death 8 February, 2015
Died Place Tokyo
Nationality Japan

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Kenji Ekuan (榮久庵 憲司) was a Japanese industrial designer, best known for creating the design of the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle.

1929

Born in Tokyo on September 11, 1929, Ekuan spent his youth in Hawaii.

At the end of World War II, he moved to Hiroshima, where he witnessed the atomic bombing of the city, in which he lost his sister and his father, a Buddhist priest.

He said the devastation motivated him to become a "creator of things".

Later he attended Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (present-day Tokyo University of the Arts).

1957

In 1957, he founded GK Industrial Design Laboratory (ＧＫインダストリアルデザイン研究所).

"GK" stood for "Group of Koike", as Koike was the name of an associate professor at the university.

1970

In 1970, he became president of the Japan Industrial Designers' Association and five years later he was elected as president of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.

During his lifetime he served as chair of the Japan Institute of Design, dean of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture was and a trustee of the Art Center College of Design.

1989

He also served as co-general producer for the World Design Exposition 1989 held in Nagoya.

2015

Ekuan died in the hospital in Tokyo on February 8, 2015, at the age of 85.

Products that Ekuan oversaw the design of included the following.

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