Minggu, 26 April 2015
Soichiro Honda
Soichiro Honda
was born on November 17, 1906, in Komyo Village (now Tenryu City), Iwata
County, Shizuoka Prefecture, as the eldest son of Gihei Honda and his wife
Mika. Gihei was a skilled and honest blacksmith and Mika an accomplished
weaver. Honda spent his early childhood helping his father, Gihei, with his
bicycle repair business, The bicycle transport became extremely popular in big
cities those years. His father was buying broken bikes for a knockdown price in
Tokyo, repairing and selling them to all comers. Soichiro
soon learned how to whet the blades of farm machinery, and how to make his own
toys. A nearby rice mill was powered by a small engine, and the noise
fascinated him. At school he got the nickname 'black nose weasel', because his
face was always dirty from helping his father in the forge.
Soichiro moved
to Tokyo, the largest city of Japan, at the age of fifteen. He worked in a
garage where the owner, who was also a mechanic, fixed American cars. The owner
did not trust Soichiro and would not let him touch the cars that he was working
on. Soichiro wasn’t happy with the owner’s decision for him to only sweep the
floor and was about to quit. But then, he had the idea of sweeping the floor
until it was spotless and maybe then the owner would be impressed and show him
how cars worked. Soichiro worked hard and the owner finally recognized his
effort and dedication. After about a year or so, the owner finally started to
teach Soichiro how to repair cars.
The owner
trained Soichiro as a mechanic for six entire years. He learned to fix every
part of a car, including the carburetor and transmission. Soichiro then decided
to open his own shop in Hamamatsu, a city close to his hometown. His garage
opened in 1928 and he became an expert auto mechanic. His shop repaired nearly
every car in the city.after that Soichiro build company the name is Honda.
