Nobutoshi Kihara (木原 信敏 Kihara Nobutoshi, 14 October 1926 – 13 February 2011) was an engineer at Sony, best known for his work on the original Walkman cassette-tape player in the 1970s and was commonly called Mr. Walkman in the press.
In 1964, a team led by Kihara developed the CV-2000, the world's first VTR intended for home usage.
He also was instrumental in creating cassette versions of the VTR (Video Tape Recorder),established the basis for the U-matic system.
His tutoring methods were dubbed the "Kihara School", and turned out many of Sony's future engineers.
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