Tsunao Hashimoto
{{Infobox person
| name = Tsunao Hashimoto
| native_name = 橋本 綱夫
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|11|11|mf=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and given age |2016|03|12|83}}
| occupation = Business executive
| employer = Sony Corporation
}}
{{nihongo|Tsunao Hashimoto|橋本 綱夫|Hashimoto Tsunao}}, (11 November 1932[https://www.scout.or.jp/member/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sajnews47-0324.pdf Tsunao Hashimoto News of death SAJ NEWS No. 47]{{in lang|ja}} - 12 March 2016), vice chairman and representative director of the Sony Corporation,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199805/98-036/|title=Press Release - Sony Announces Executive-Level Changes in Management|last=|first=|date=1998-05-07|website=Sony Global|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-03-fi-63572-story.html|title=Brain Surgery Blurs Future of Sony Chairman : Japan: Analysts speculate that his absence could trigger executive changes at giant electronic company.|last=Holley|first=David|date=1993-12-03|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8685143&capId=810173&previousCapId=810173&previousTitle=KIKKOMAN%20CORP|title=Tsunao Hashimoto: Executive Profile & Biography|last=|first=|date=|website=Bloomberg|access-date=2017-07-17}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XZ11jJPKQQC&q=Tsunao+Hashimoto&pg=PA296|title=Sony|last=Nathan|first=John|date=2001-03-08|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=0618126945|location=|pages=|language=en}} served as the 9th Chief Scout of the Scout Association of Japan, from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2010.
Background
In 1958, he graduated from University of Tokyo and joined Sony. In 1995, he became vice chairman of Sony. In 1998, he became chairman of Sony Life.
In 2010 he received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.{{Cite web |date=2014-05-23|script-title=ja:䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 |trans-title=Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan |url=http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811030258/http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf |archive-date=2020-08-11 |website=Reinanzaka Scout Club| language=ja}}
Hashimoto died of pneumonia on 12 March 2016 at the age of 83.{{Cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJ3Q5GJVJ3QULFA024.html|title=元ソニー副会長の橋本綱夫さん死去|date=2016-03-22|website=Asahi Shimbun Digital|trans-title=Former Sony vice president Tsunao Hashimoto has died|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322180839/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJ3Q5GJVJ3QULFA024.html|archive-date=2016-03-22|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
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