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Hideo Shima

Also Known As Shima Hideo (Japanese name order)
Railway Pioneers and Engineers

Hideo Shima was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the Shinkansen, Japan's first bullet train. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1901 1
Death Year
1998 1
Nationality
Japanese 1
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Invented

Shinkansen 0 Series, Vehicles
Source Wikipedia: Hideo Shima

Preceded By

Nigel Gresley, Figures
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Nationality

Japan

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Hideo Shima (島 秀雄, Shima Hideo; 20 May 1901 – 18 March 1998) was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train (Shinkansen).
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    was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train (Shinkansen).
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    Hideo Shima (島 秀雄, Shima Hideo; 20 May 1901-18 March 1998) was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train (Shinkansen).
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