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Nobutoshi Kihara (木原 信敏 Kihara Nobutoshi, born 1926) was an engineer at Sony, best known for his work on the original Walkman cassette-tape player in the 1970s. While at Sony, he also worked on Japan's first magnetic tape recorders, portable tape recorders, music stereo systems, Betamax video and digital cameras.
In 1964, a team led by Kihara at Sony developed the CV-2000, the world's first VTR intended for home usage.
He is commonly called Mr.Walkman in the press, and retired from Sony in 2006.
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