Kenji Ekuan
- Introduction
- Kenji Ekuan (榮久庵 憲司, Ekuan Kenji, September 11, 1929 – February 8, 2015) was a Japanese industrial designer, best known for creating the design of the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle.
- Wikidata
- Q9299679
- Introduction
- Member of the Metabolism movement, product designer, and author of books on Japanese design and aesthetics. Prolific and highly regarded, his work shaped products associated with modern Japan, including Yamaha motorcycles, a bullet train used in the country’s Shinkansen high-speed rail network, and a ubiquitous soy-sauce bottle.
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Designer, Industrial Designer
- Name
- Kenji Ekuan
- Ulan
- 500128018
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