Background
Hirao, Shunichi was born on June 16, 1931 in Kobe, Japan. Son of Shunzo Saiki and Miyo Hirao.
Hirao, Shunichi was born on June 16, 1931 in Kobe, Japan. Son of Shunzo Saiki and Miyo Hirao.
Bachelor in Architecture, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1953.
Director, general manager, Takenaka & Associations Inc., San Francisco, 1960-1964;
senior designer, Takenaka Corporation, Osaka, Japan, 1953-1959;
manager Office Projects, Project Development Division, Osaka, Japan, 1965-1970;
general manager research and planning division, Takenaka Corporation, Osaka, Japan, 1970-1980;
senior managing director, Takenaka Corporation, Osaka, Japan, 1991-1996;
representative director, executive vice president, since 1996;
editor Approach, Takenaka Corporation, Osaka, Japan, since 1983;
also board directors, Takenaka Corporation, Osaka, Japan. Executive director Takenaka Carpentry Tool Museum, Kobe, since 1990. Lecturer Konan U., Kobe, 1989-1993, Wakayama (Japan) U., 1995-1996.
Guest speaker Building Entrepreneur Federation Seminary, Stockholm, 1991, Renault-Volvo Symposium, Paris,1993, Vision Eureka Seminar, Lillehammer, Norway, 1994.
Member Architectural Institute Japan.
Married Kanemitsu Toshiko, June 15, 1960.