本庄季郎
[b]Honjou Kirou[/b] (1901 - April 21, 1990) was an aircraft designer and engineer who worked with Mitsubishi (and [[Horikoshi Jirou]]) during [[World War II]]. He was Jirou's senior in the company and co-designed several bomber aircraft of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], namely the [[G3M|Mitsubishi G3M]] and [[G4M]]. 

He appears in the 2013 film [i][[Kaze Tachinu]][/i] ([i]The Wind Rises[/i]) albeit he is incorrectly portrayed as a close colleague of Jirou. He is voiced by Nishijima Hidetoshi (JP) and John Krasinski (EN). 

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiro_Honjo]
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