Naganori Ito (伊藤 修令, Itō Naganori, born 1937) is a Japanese automotive engineer, and was responsible for the development of the eighth generation R32 Nissan Skyline including the BNR32 Skyline GT-R. Ito was born in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture on March 7, 1937 as a son of a rice store owner.
1 student” Ito was suddenly assigned to complete the design of the seventh generation R31 Skyline which Sakurai was responsible for.
But the only thing Ito did about the R31 was preparing and submitting the model registration documents to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
After the debut of the R32 Skyline, he was appointed the executive director of Autech (Nissan’s subsidiary) and later the technical advisor of NISMO.
He is currently serving as adviser to Autech and the honorary director of the Prince & Skyline Museum in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture.