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Miyazaki Airplane
	An example of a Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero Model 22 for which Miyazaki Airplane manufactured parts
Company type	Private
Industry	Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
Headquarters	Kanuma, Japan
Key people	Katsuji Miyazaki (Director)

Miyazaki Airplane was an aircraft parts manufacturing company based in Japan's Tochigi Prefecture during World War II.^[1] The company owned a factory located in Kanuma,^[2] that manufactured parts, including rudders, for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. During the war, the firm relocated to Utsunomiya.^[3]

Ownership and leadership

The company was run by Katsuji Miyazaki (c. 1915 – 18 March 1993), the father of the Studio Ghibli animation studio co-founder Hayao Miyazaki.^[4]^[5] During World War II production runs the company was owned by Katsuji's brother.

References

^ McCarthy, Helen (September 1, 1999), Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation, USA: Stone Bridge Press, p. 26, ISBN 1-880656-41-8.
^ Asian cinema, vol. 17, Asian Cinema Studies Society, 2006, p. 117.
^ Osmond, Andrew 2008. Spirited Away, p. 27.
^ Thomson, Clifford (2002), "Hayao Miyazaki", Current Biography Yearbook 2001.
^ "Miyazaki Hayao", Encyclopedia Britannica.

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[1] McCarthy, Helen (September 1, 1999), Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation, USA: Stone Bridge Press, p. 26, ISBN 1-880656-41-8.

[2] Asian cinema, vol. 17, Asian Cinema Studies Society, 2006, p. 117.

[3] Osmond, Andrew 2008. Spirited Away, p. 27.

[4] Thomson, Clifford (2002), "Hayao Miyazaki", Current Biography Yearbook 2001.

[5] "Miyazaki Hayao", Encyclopedia Britannica.

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