With the backing of Mr. Yoshitaro Murakami, Mr. Koichi Yano was the man behind Japan’s oldest automobile brand, the ‘Arrow’. Working hard to develop and fabricate parts, he succeeded in making a series of vehicles, with his engineering techniques conveyed to others as a principle for automotive production, especially in the creation of special purpose vehicles. In recognition of these great achievements, the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame is honored to induct Mr. Koichi Yano into the Hall of Fame.

Yano servicing a petrol-engined model aeroplane in 1911.

Murakami with his two-seater convertible based on the De Dion-Bouton, pictured in 1912.

Yano (right) and Murakami with the first Arrow chassis, 1915.

The completed Arrow car, 1916.

Yano at work creating small components.

The Yano dump truck, 1920.

The Arrow in the Fukuoka City Museum.