Akio Morita vs Toru Takemitsu
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Compare the life timelines of Akio Morita (1921–1999) and Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1930 to 1996.
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Akio Morita (1921–1999)
- — Born in Nagoya, Japan Verified
- — Graduated in physics from Osaka Imperial University Verified
- — Met Masaru Ibuka during wartime naval research Verified
- — Co-founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Verified
- — Company renamed Sony Verified
- — Moved his family to the United States Verified
- — Became chairman of Sony Verified
- — Launch of the Sony Walkman Verified
- — Sony acquired Columbia Pictures Verified
- — Died in Tokyo, Japan Verified
Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996)
- — Born in Tokyo, Japan Verified
- — Returned to Japan to attend school Verified
- — Began composing, largely without formal training Verified
- — Co-founded the artists' collective Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop) Verified
- — Composed Requiem for String Orchestra Verified
- — November Steps premiered by the New York Philharmonic Verified
- — Composed A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden Verified
- — Wrote the score for Akira Kurosawa's film Ran Verified
- — Received the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for Fantasma/Cantos Verified
- — Died in Tokyo, Japan Verified