Kenjiro Takayanagi

Japanese television pioneer

Kenjiro Takayanagi (?? ???, Takayanagi Kenjiro, January 20, 1899 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka – July 23, 1990 in Yokosuka) was a Japanese engineer and a pioneer in the development of television.

Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television receiver, and is referred to as "the father of Japanese television".