Founder Profile
Ichisuke Fujioka
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Ichisuke Fujioka?
Ichisuke Fujioka is a founder of Toshiba Corporation, which was founded in 1875 with Hisashige Tanaka.
- Company founded
- Toshiba Corporation
- Founded
- 1875
- Co-founders
- Hisashige Tanaka
Background
Ichisuke Fujioka was an electrical engineer who taught at the Imperial College of Engineering and promoted electric lighting in Meiji Japan.
Founding Story
Ichisuke Fujioka co-founded Hakunetsusha in 1890 to make incandescent lamps in Japan. The company later became Tokyo Electric and partnered with General Electric. In 1939 it merged with Shibaura Seisakusho to form Tokyo Shibaura Electric, which was renamed Toshiba Corporation in 1984. Ichisuke Fujioka was born in 1857.
Sources
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- Toshiba FY2025 business results (Toshiba Corporation)
- Toshiba corporate data (Toshiba Corporation)