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class="infobox-caption">Watanabe at the Prince & Skyline Museum in <a href="/wiki/Okaya,_Nagano" title="Okaya, Nagano">Okaya, Nagano</a> in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1942-09-24</span>) </span>24 September 1942<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 82)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka Prefecture</a>, Japan</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo University">Tokyo University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Engineer</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Engineering career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discipline</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Mechanical_engineering" title="Mechanical engineering">Mechanical engineering</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significant design</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#R33" title="Nissan Skyline">Nissan Skyline (R33)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#R34" title="Nissan Skyline">Nissan Skyline (R34)</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kozo Watanabe</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">渡邉衡三</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Watanabe Kōzō</i></span>, born 1942)</span> is a Japanese automotive engineer who was responsible for the development of the ninth generation <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#R33" title="Nissan Skyline">Nissan Skyline (R33)</a> and the tenth generation <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#R34" title="Nissan Skyline">Nissan Skyline (R34)</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_days">Early days</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early days"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a boy, he was a car enthusiast who loved motor sports. He saw the <a href="/wiki/Prince_Motor_Company" title="Prince Motor Company">Prince</a> cars being completely defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Grand_Prix#Origins" title="Japanese Grand Prix">1st Japanese Grand Prix</a> held at <a href="/wiki/Suzuka_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Suzuka Circuit">Suzuka Circuit</a> in 1963. </p><p>In March 1967, one month before he joined <a href="/wiki/Nissan" title="Nissan">Nissan</a>, he went to Europe to watch a <a href="/wiki/Formula_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula 1">Formula 1</a> race.<sup id="cite_ref-seibi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seibi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He wanted to join <a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a> or another <a href="/wiki/F1" class="mw-redirect" title="F1">F1</a> car manufacturer. In Japan, he wanted to join the <a href="/wiki/Prince_Motor_Company" title="Prince Motor Company">Prince Motor Company</a> which produced the <a href="/wiki/Prince_R380" title="Prince R380">R380</a> racing car. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joining_Nissan">Joining Nissan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Joining Nissan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He joined <a href="/wiki/Nissan" title="Nissan">Nissan</a> in April 1967 and was assigned to the Prince Division, which had recently been merged into Nissan in August 1966, located in <a href="/wiki/Ogikubo,_Tokyo" title="Ogikubo, Tokyo">Ogikubo, Tokyo</a>, as he hoped.<sup id="cite_ref-nissan_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nissan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main building was the former <a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Aircraft_Company" title="Nakajima Aircraft Company">Nakajima Aircraft Company</a>'s Tokyo Plant facility. </p><p>He was assigned to Design Group No. 2 of the Design Department No. 1 headed by two managers. One of them was <a href="/wiki/Shinichiro_Sakurai" title="Shinichiro Sakurai">Shinichiro Sakurai</a>, the other was Ushio Fuyuki.<sup id="cite_ref-teki_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teki-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of Sakurai's subordinates <a href="/wiki/Naganori_Ito" title="Naganori Ito">Naganori Itō</a> held direct responsibility over Watanabe. Itō who would later take over Sakurai's responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-sakura_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sakura-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Itō instructed Watanabe and allowed him to design some parts of <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R#First_generation_(1969–1972)" title="Nissan Skyline GT-R">C10 Skyline GT-R</a>'s suspension. </p><p>One day, Watanabe said to <a href="/wiki/Shinichiro_Sakurai" title="Shinichiro Sakurai">Sakurai</a> that he would like to design a racing car.<br /> Sakurai said, "Come on. No way. You must learn about the <a href="/wiki/Production_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Production car">production cars</a> first. It's impossible for you to design a racing car now."<sup id="cite_ref-sakura_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sakura-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>But gradually, <a href="/wiki/Naganori_Ito" title="Naganori Ito">Itō</a> allowed him to design some parts of the suspension of the racing cars such as <a href="/wiki/Nissan_R381" title="Nissan R381">R381</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nissan_R382" title="Nissan R382">R382</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nissan_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nissan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collision_safety_(Experimental_Safety_Vehicle_Division)"><span id="Collision_safety_.28Experimental_Safety_Vehicle_Division.29"></span>Collision safety (Experimental Safety Vehicle Division)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Collision safety (Experimental Safety Vehicle Division)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1970, he was assigned to the ESV (<a href="/wiki/Experimental_Safety_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Experimental Safety Vehicle">Experimental Safety Vehicle</a>) Division in <a href="/wiki/Tsurumi-ku,_Yokohama" title="Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama">Tsurumi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a> to research collision safety.<sup id="cite_ref-seibi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seibi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sakura_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sakura-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Ogikubo">Return to Ogikubo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Return to Ogikubo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973, he was once again assigned to the Chassis Department in <a href="/wiki/Ogikubo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogikubo">Ogikubo</a>, a department to which Itō had been promoted to manager.<sup id="cite_ref-sakura_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sakura-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of many engineers being assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_emissions_control" title="Vehicle emissions control">vehicle emissions control</a> project, Itō and Watanabe were one of few people who designed or improved the chassis of the former <a href="/wiki/Prince_Motor_Company" title="Prince Motor Company">Prince</a> vehicles such as the later version of <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#C110" title="Nissan Skyline">Skyline C110</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Pulsar" title="Nissan Pulsar">Pulsar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Homer" title="Prince Homer">Nissan Prince Homer</a> truck.<sup id="cite_ref-seibi_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seibi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (On the other hand, genuine Nissan vehicles were designed at Nissan Tsurumi Design Center in <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a>.) </p><p>One thing he can never forget during his Ogikubo days is that he had a chance to repair the <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Prince_Royal" title="Nissan Prince Royal">Nissan Prince Royal</a> limousine. </p><p>After he repaired it and sent it back to the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Household_Agency" title="Imperial Household Agency">Imperial Household Agency</a>, he was presented a pack of <a href="/wiki/Onshino_Tabako" title="Onshino Tabako">Imperial Gift Cigarettes</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Chrysanthemum_Seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chrysanthemum Seal">Chrysanthemum Seal</a> printed on them.<sup id="cite_ref-nissan_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nissan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assigned_to_plan_the_strategies">Assigned to plan the strategies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Assigned to plan the strategies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1985, he was assigned to the Strategy Department of Nissan headquarters.<br /> At this time, he wrote the "screen play" for each of the Nissan cars. For example, the character and image of the cars. </p><p>He also discussed which cars should be exported and which cars should be sold domestically.<sup id="cite_ref-sakura_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sakura-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assigned_as_the_Chief_Experiment_Engineer_of_R32">Assigned as the Chief Experiment Engineer of R32</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Assigned as the Chief Experiment Engineer of R32"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1985, he was assigned to the Vehicle Experiment Department. He tested <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Pulsar#N13_(1986–1990)" title="Nissan Pulsar">N13 Pulsar</a>, and its variants Exa, Langley and Liberta Villa.<sup id="cite_ref-seibi_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seibi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, he was sent to Nissan Tochigi Plant in <a href="/wiki/Kaminokawa,_Tochigi" title="Kaminokawa, Tochigi">Kaminokawa, Tochigi</a> to test the <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#R32" title="Nissan Skyline">R32 Skyline</a> under the command of Itō, the chief engineer. He tested the R32 carefully and with insistence. He collected the data and provided them to Itō.<sup id="cite_ref-seibi_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seibi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He brought an R32 to the <a href="/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring" title="Nürburgring">Nürburgring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> with his test team. The event marked the completion of the R32, paving the way to its début. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_engineer_of_R33">Chief engineer of R33</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chief engineer of R33"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Just after the <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#R33" title="Nissan Skyline">R33 Skyline</a> project started, he was assigned as the chief engineer of R33. </p><p>Nissan headquarters told him to make the R33 wider and longer than the R32 to improve passenger comfort. Consequently, the R33 would be heavier than the R32, but Watanabe was aiming to produce a faster car having declared that "<a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R#Fourth_generation_(1995–1998)" title="Nissan Skyline GT-R">R33 GT-R</a> has to be faster than <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R#Third_generation_(1989–1994)" title="Nissan Skyline GT-R">R32 GT-R</a>". In particular, he carefully designed the suspension. When the a BCNR33 GT-R was taken to the Nürburgring to be tested, the lap time finally became twenty one seconds shorter than that of BCNR32 GT-R. Consequently, the slogan "Minus 21 Seconds Romanticism" was used for the television advertisements.<sup id="cite_ref-sakura_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sakura-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="R34_-_the_last_straight-6_Skyline">R34 - the last straight-6 Skyline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: R34 - the last straight-6 Skyline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was again assigned as the chief engineer of the next (tenth) generation <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#R34" title="Nissan Skyline">R34 Skyline</a>. </p><p>One of their long-time concerns was weight distribution. Watanabe once tried to abandon the heavy <a href="/wiki/Nissan_RB_engine" title="Nissan RB engine">RB engine</a> and tried to use a lighter <a href="/wiki/V6_engine" title="V6 engine">V6 engine</a>. </p><p>However, it was cancelled, because it would cost too much to change the layout of the vehicle. So, he continued to use a <a href="/wiki/Straight-six_engine" title="Straight-six engine">straight-six engine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nissan_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nissan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although in late 1990s and early 2000s, the <a href="/wiki/GT_car" class="mw-redirect" title="GT car">GT car</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sports_car" title="Sports car">sports car</a> were not popular in Japan, Watanabe and his team completed the R34 as the ultimate Skyline.<sup id="cite_ref-nissan_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nissan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Furthermore, the <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R#Fifth_generation_(1999–2002)" title="Nissan Skyline GT-R">BNR34 GT-R</a> is the last "Skyline GT-R" so far. (Nissan separated the <a href="/wiki/Nissan_GT-R" title="Nissan GT-R">GT-R</a> from the Skyline line-up.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_years">Recent years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Recent years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, he was promoted to the Executive Director of <a href="/wiki/NISMO" class="mw-redirect" title="NISMO">NISMO</a> and supervised the entire Nissan motor sports project.<sup id="cite_ref-nissan_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nissan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whenever NISMO sold the <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R#Z-Tune" title="Nissan Skyline GT-R">Z-tune</a> R34 Skylines to the customers at the NISMO headquarters, Watanabe was present to congratulate the new owners.<sup id="cite_ref-nismo_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nismo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He retired from NISMO in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-nissan_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nissan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is currently the advisor of the Prince & Skyline Museum in <a href="/wiki/Okaya,_Nagano" title="Okaya, Nagano">Okaya, Nagano</a>. He often appears at the Skyline festivals or the Skyline talk shows with Itō.<sup id="cite_ref-ps_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ps-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Incidentally, the fifth generation <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline#C210" title="Nissan Skyline">C210 Skyline</a> is the only Skyline which he was not involved in until he being assigned as the Executive Director of NISMO in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-seibi_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seibi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nissan" title="Nissan">Nissan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NISMO" class="mw-redirect" title="NISMO">NISMO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline" title="Nissan Skyline">Nissan Skyline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R" title="Nissan Skyline GT-R">Nissan Skyline GT-R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinichiro_Sakurai" title="Shinichiro Sakurai">Shinichiro Sakurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naganori_Ito" title="Naganori Ito">Naganori Ito</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozo_Watanabe_(engineer)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-seibi-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-seibi_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-seibi_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-seibi_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-seibi_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-seibi_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-seibi_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">SEIBIDO MOOK "Japan's Memorable Car - Skyline GT-R, from PGC10 to R33" July 10, 1997, SEIBIDO SHUPPAN CO., LTD. (Japanese) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/4-415-09239-X" title="Special:BookSources/4-415-09239-X">4-415-09239-X</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nissan-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nissan_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nissan_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nissan_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nissan_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nissan_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nissan_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nissan_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nissan.co.jp/SKYLINE/BLOG/DEVELOPER/HISTORY_03/">The Designer's Emotion Over the Skyline - Kozo Watanabe Interview</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130808165705/http://www.nissan.co.jp/SKYLINE/BLOG/DEVELOPER/HISTORY_03/">Archived</a> 2013-08-08 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a> Nissan Official Website (Japanese)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-teki-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-teki_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">『「プリンス」荻窪の思い出 II』荻友会編私家版 1997年11月16日 "Prince - Memories of Ogikubo" Private press by Tekiyukai (former Prince engineers)Association, Nov. 16, 1997 (Japanese)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sakura-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sakura_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sakura_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sakura_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sakura_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sakura_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sakura_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sakura Mook 21 "The Legend of the Mighty Skyline GT-R" July 10, 1997, KASAKURA PUBLISHING Co., Ltd. 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