Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (born 1899)

Kenjiro Takayanagi

Japanese pioneer in the development of television (1899–1990)

Kenjiro Takayanagi was a Japanese engineer and a pioneer in the development of television. Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television receiver, and is referred to as "the father of Japanese television".