Kozo Iizuka

Kouzou Iizuka (, いいづかこうぞう "Iizuka Kouzou"; born 1931) is a Japanese engineer, Top of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chairman of International Measurement Confederation, Chairman of Human Frontier Science Program, and Kubota CEO.
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]）.