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Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (born 1873)

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Ichizō Kobayashi

Japanese industrialist (1873–1957)

Ichizō Kobayashi , occasionally referred to by his pseudonym Itsuō (逸翁), was a Japanese industrialist and politician. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway, the Takarazuka Revue, and Toho. He served as Minister of Commerce and Industry between 1940 and 1941.
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Hankyu Hanshin Holdings

Japanese holding company

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. is a Japanese multinational keiretsu holding company which owns Hankyu Corporation, the Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Toho Co., Ltd., and affiliate companies.
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