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Kenjiro Takayanagi (高柳 健次郎, Takayanagi Kenjirō, January 20, 1899 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka – July 23, 1990 in Yokosuka) was a Japanese engineer and a pioneer in the development of television.
He was Dr. Kenjiro Takayanagi (1899 - 1990) and a graduate of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Invited to the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Technology Research Center, he led experimental television broadcasting to success in 1940.
Professor Kenjiro Takayanagi started his research program in television at Hamamatsu Technical College (now Shizuoka University) in 1924. He transmitted an image of the Japanese character イ(i) on a cathode-ray tube on 25 December 1926 and broadcast video over an electronic television system in 1935.
Jul 25, 1990 · Kenjiro Takayanagi, 91, considered the father of Japanese television. An electrical engineer, Takayanagi achieved the first television transmission in Japan in 1926 and developed the...
Learn about Kenjiro Takayanagi, the inventor of electronic television, who transmitted the first image in 1926 and broadcast video in 1935. Read his biography and achievements on this web page.
Learn how Takayanagi pioneered TV research and development in Japan, from his early experiments in the 1920s to his role in the Olympic relay broadcast project in the 1930s. Discover his achievements, challenges, and legacy in the history of TV broadcasting.
Jul 25, 1990 · Kenjiro Takayanagi, known as the father of Japanese television, died of pneumonia on Monday in a hospital in Yokosuka, company officials said today. He was 91 years old.
