Michimasa Fujino

Michimasa Fujino
Fujino in front of HondaJet in 2014
Born	1960 (age 56–57) Aomori, Japan
Education	University of Tokyo 1984 Aeronautical Engineering
Occupation	President & CEO of Honda Aircraft Company Inc.
Known for	HondaJet, Honda Aircraft, Honda
Notable work	Case Study 4 HondaJet Design and Development of the HondaJet
Website	http://www.hondajet.com/

University of Tokyo 1984

Case Study 4 HondaJet

Michimasa Fujino (藤野 道格, Fujino Michimasa) is a Japanese engineer and businessman, the founding president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company, the Honda subsidiary. At Honda Aircraft, he is responsible for Honda’s overall aircraft business strategy, operation, design, development, certification, marketing, sales and production of the innovative HondaJet. Since 2015, he has also concurrently served as a managing officer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Fujino has been passionately devoted to fulfilling Honda’s dream to take personal mobility skyward. Not only did he lead the design, certification, production and sales efforts of the HondaJet, he has been a driving force behind the formation and continued growth of Honda Aircraft.

Fujino has received the three most prestigious awards in aerospace industry, which is the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aircraft Design Award (2012), the SAE International the Clarence L. Kelly Johnson Aerospace and Vehicle Design Award (2014), and the ICAS Award for Innovation in Aeronautics. As the first and only person to receive these awards simultaneously, Fujino has been well-regarded for his high pioneering contributions to aerospace and aircraft design with the HondaJet.

Fujino holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Doctorate degree in aeronautical engineering from University of Tokyo.