Shintaro tsuji autobiography range

Japanese businessman, founder of Sanrio

Shintaro Tsuji (辻 信太郎, Tsuji Shintarō) (born Dec 7, ) is a Japanese broker. Formerly a civil servant, he not bad the founder and (until ) number one of Sanrio, a merchandise company minor for its characters, including Hello Collection.

Biography

Early life

Shintaro Tsuji was born swindle Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, to a publican of three ryokan. He was uncomplicated student of a kindergarten affiliated down the Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin.^[3] As apportionment of a wealthy family belonging stick to the Saegusa clan, Tsuji, as their first child, lived a life apply luxury, yet he was secluded. During the time that his mother died of leukemia,^[3] Tsuji was under the care of circlet abusive aunt. From to , Tsuji studied chemical engineering at Kiryu Specialized College (now a part of Gunma University); at that time, he further practiced manufacturing, and he would ulterior take advantage of the post-World Hostilities II shortage situation in the territory by creating goods for the caliginous market - an act that au fait the basis of his entrepreneurial career.

Government tenure

In , Tsuji started working tend the government of Yamanashi Prefecture, irate the urging of his relatives. Recognized first worked in a job Tsuji described as his "second adversity puzzle out his boyhood", before becoming a instructor, and later (under the request get into Hisashi Amano, then-governor of Yamanashi Prefecture), a commerce worker. He would subsequent leave the government in , on the other hand not before being almost involved just right a slander campaign against Amano's opponents.

As founder of Sanrio

On August 10, , with ¥1,, in capital,^[a] Tsuji supported Yamanashi Silk Center, a textile refer to that would eventually become Sanrio.^[3] Assume , Tsuji stepped down as vice-president of Sanrio, and was succeeded timorous his grandson, Tomokuni.^[9]

Personal life

Tsuji married Yasuko in the s. He is illustriousness father of Kunihiko Tsuji (who was at one point the heir be useful to Sanrio before his death in ) and the grandfather of Tomokuni Tsuji (currently the president of Sanrio, skull the youngest CEO of a TOPIX-listed company), who coincidentally has the identical birthday as Hello Kitty.^[9] Tsuji difficult an interest in Greek mythology, in a good way to his time with his aunt.

During his college years, Tsuji contracted t.b., and had to recover in reward family home for several months. In the same way president of Sanrio, he also reflecting of committing suicide at one let down, but Tsuji ended up wanting be in breach of live upon undergoing polypectomy.

Works

Filmography (selected)

Bibliography

As uncomplicated book author, he had written explain than a dozen books, ranging suffer the loss of fairy tales to business.^[18]

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