Kozo Iizuka

In 1931, he was born in Nakano, Tokyo. He was enrolled in Fourth municipal high school (Now Toyama municipal high school) , Urawa high school (old), and graduated at Tokyo University Graduate School of Engineering.In 1972, he became Doctor of Engineering(Tokyo Univ.).

In 2015, he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure.

In 2019, he caused a traffic accident at Ikebukuro, Tokyo. A 3-year-old girl and her mother were killed by the accident, and nine others were injured. He caused a fatal accident, but not arrested. So he was criticized on the Internet（[東池袋自動車暴走死傷事故]）.

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Category:Japanese engineers
Category:2024 deaths
Category:1931 births
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