Soichiro Honda (1906-1991) was the founder of Honda Motor Company. He progressed from being a mechanic to establishing Honda, which gained global fame by producing successful motorcycles and cars like the Honda Cub and Civic. His innovations and management made Honda a leading brand.

Despite the destruction of the company in the Second World War, but after the war, it was revived again in such a way that the Honda company turned from a wooden hut in which it produced motorized bicycles into a multinational company producing cars and motorcycles.