Yoshisuke Aikawa

Yoshisuke Aikawa
鮎川 義介
Aikawa in 1937
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
3 May 1953 – 29 December 1959
ConstituencyNational district
Member of the House of Peers
In office
14 January 1943 – 15 December 1945
Nominated by the Emperor
Personal details
Born(1880-11-06)6 November 1880
Died13 February 1967(1967-02-13) (aged 86)
Resting placeTama Cemetery
PartyIndependent
RelativesInoue Kaoru (great uncle)
Fusanosuke Kuhara (brother-in-law)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
OccupationEntrepreneur, Industrialist
Known forFounder of Nissan and Isuzu
NicknameGisuke Ayukawa
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Yoshisuke Aikawa (or Gisuke Ayukawa) (鮎川 義介, Aikawa Yoshisuke; 6 November 1880 – 13 February 1967) was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan zaibatsu, one of Japan's most powerful business conglomerates around the time of the Second World War.