Background
Shozaburo Shimano was born in 1894 in Osaka, Japan.
Shozaburo Shimano was born in 1894 in Osaka, Japan.
Served at Takagi Ironworks and Hohei Kosho (Ordnance Factory) and then served successively as superintendent of Sakai Motorcar Plant and president of Shimano Iron Works, Shimano Bicycle Company and Sakai Industrial Company.
When the above companies were merged into Shimane Industrial Company was appointed its president (1951). President of Torino Kogyo Kaisha (Torino Industrial Company) (since 1951).
Holds additional posts of director of Sakai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, chief director of Japan Bicycle Industry Society, chairman of Kansai Branch of the same society and official of a few other bicycle industry organizations.
