Narazo Shimazu

Narazo Shimazu (1888–1973) founded Shimazu Motor Research Institute, that built the NS Motorcycle.

Narazo Shimasu circa 1915

Biography

Shimazu was born in Japan in 1888. In 1903, his father bought him a bicycle. In the same year he encountered a motorcycle. He went to Tokyo for races of foreign motorcycles. In 1908, at the age of 20, he established the Shimazu Motor Research Institute, where he designed and built the first two-stroke engine in Japan.[1][2]

References

Alexander, Jeffrey W. (2008). Japan’s motorcycle wars: an industry history (PDF). Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1453-9. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
Mick Walker. Motorcycle: Evolution, Design, Passion. p. 114.

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[Alexander-1] Alexander, Jeffrey W. (2008). Japan’s motorcycle wars: an industry history (PDF). Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1453-9. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

[2] Mick Walker. Motorcycle: Evolution, Design, Passion. p. 114.