2007 Tokyo Concours d'Elegance
Chief of Judges
Shotaro Kobayashi
Former Editor in Chief of "Car Graphic" magazine, he is renowned as the man who established car journalism in Japan. A classic car lover himself, he has ten years experience serving as a judge at Italy's Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza as well as numerous Japanese and other foreign events.
Judges
Kaoru Kanetaka
Chairperson of the Japan Travel Writers Association, she played a prominent role as a reporter, narrator and producer of the TV programme "Kaoru Kanetaka's worldwide travels" which ran for more than 30 years between 1959 and 1990, visiting more than 150 countries. She received the prestigious award "Shijuhousho" from the Japanese government in 1991 for contributions to social actiyities in Japan.
Hideyuki Kataoka
Financial Consultant to the CCCJ (Classic Car CIub of Japan) he is one of the founders of this first club for classic car enthusiasts, founded in l956. He is a seasoned enthusiast with abundant knowledge and insight of classic cars.
Aritsune Tokudaiji
A well-known car critic for the past 30 years having started publishing acclaimed books from 1976 entitled "Car choices filled with mistakes". He is considered one of Japan's highest authorities on car culture.
Kenji Sasamoto
CEO of Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. and Editor in Chief of Car Magazine he has created many highly successful classic car events and made the general public aware of the pleasures of car related hobbies. He is a highly experienced judge at numerous car events.
Masafumi Suzuki
Editor in Chief of "ENGINE" magazine and previously Editor in Chief of "NAVI" magazine from Nigensha Company, he has fused cars, fashion and lifestyle in his current magazine. He advocates a new outlook on car culture by criticizing established social and cultural values.
Yoshihiro Kimura
Motor Journalist living in Germany together with his collection of classic cars. He is well known for reporting back to Japan about the latest automotive news from Europe. He has been a judge at the prestigious Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza in Italy since 2005.
Shiro Nakamura
A truly modern Japanese car designer, responsible for the design renaissance at Nissan Motor Co. when he took over as Chief of Nissan's design department assisting Carlos Ghosn, CEO, succeed with the Nissan V recoyery project. In 2003 he was voted "Best Dresser" in Japan.
Peter Pfeiffer
Senior Vice President of design at Daimler AG, he has overall responsibility for the designs of the Current Mercedes-Benz models throughout the group. He is considered to be an excellent designer leading Mercedes-Benz with progressive modern designs.
Patrick Le Quement
Senior Vice President of Quality and Corporate Design of Renault Group. He is also the head of the Joint Design Policy Group formed by Renault-Nissan. ln 2002 he won the Lucky Strike Designer Award and sits on the board of the EuropaAcademy for Automotive Excellence. He brings great experience to the team of judges having been a jury member at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este on a number of occasions.
Shotaro Kobayashi
Former Editor in Chief of "Car Graphic" magazine, he is renowned as the man who established car journalism in Japan. A classic car lover himself, he has ten years experience serving as a judge at Italy's Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza as well as numerous Japanese and other foreign events.
Judges
Kaoru Kanetaka
Chairperson of the Japan Travel Writers Association, she played a prominent role as a reporter, narrator and producer of the TV programme "Kaoru Kanetaka's worldwide travels" which ran for more than 30 years between 1959 and 1990, visiting more than 150 countries. She received the prestigious award "Shijuhousho" from the Japanese government in 1991 for contributions to social actiyities in Japan.
Hideyuki Kataoka
Financial Consultant to the CCCJ (Classic Car CIub of Japan) he is one of the founders of this first club for classic car enthusiasts, founded in l956. He is a seasoned enthusiast with abundant knowledge and insight of classic cars.
Aritsune Tokudaiji
A well-known car critic for the past 30 years having started publishing acclaimed books from 1976 entitled "Car choices filled with mistakes". He is considered one of Japan's highest authorities on car culture.
Kenji Sasamoto
CEO of Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. and Editor in Chief of Car Magazine he has created many highly successful classic car events and made the general public aware of the pleasures of car related hobbies. He is a highly experienced judge at numerous car events.
Masafumi Suzuki
Editor in Chief of "ENGINE" magazine and previously Editor in Chief of "NAVI" magazine from Nigensha Company, he has fused cars, fashion and lifestyle in his current magazine. He advocates a new outlook on car culture by criticizing established social and cultural values.
Yoshihiro Kimura
Motor Journalist living in Germany together with his collection of classic cars. He is well known for reporting back to Japan about the latest automotive news from Europe. He has been a judge at the prestigious Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza in Italy since 2005.
Shiro Nakamura
A truly modern Japanese car designer, responsible for the design renaissance at Nissan Motor Co. when he took over as Chief of Nissan's design department assisting Carlos Ghosn, CEO, succeed with the Nissan V recoyery project. In 2003 he was voted "Best Dresser" in Japan.
Peter Pfeiffer
Senior Vice President of design at Daimler AG, he has overall responsibility for the designs of the Current Mercedes-Benz models throughout the group. He is considered to be an excellent designer leading Mercedes-Benz with progressive modern designs.
Patrick Le Quement
Senior Vice President of Quality and Corporate Design of Renault Group. He is also the head of the Joint Design Policy Group formed by Renault-Nissan. ln 2002 he won the Lucky Strike Designer Award and sits on the board of the EuropaAcademy for Automotive Excellence. He brings great experience to the team of judges having been a jury member at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este on a number of occasions.
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