Kyota Sugimoto

Kyota Sugimoto (杉本 京太, Sugimoto Kyōta?, September 20, 1882 – December 26, 1972) was a Japanese inventor who developed the first practical Japanese typewriter. He received the Blue Ribbon Award and the Small Asahi Ribbon. Out of the thousands of kanji characters, Kyota's typewriter used 2,400 of them.

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