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Fuji Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha · FHI · Subaru Corporation (since 2017)

Rebuilt from the wreckage of Nakajima, the maker of the wartime Hayabusa, Fuji gave post-war Japan its first jet, the T-1 trainer, then became far better known for Subaru cars.

1953创立
合并到 斯巴鲁 in 2017地位
7记录在案的飞机
2空军驾驶其机型
Photo: 航空自衛隊 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
国家日本创立1953总部Tokyo地位合并到 斯巴鲁 in 2017
故事

Fuji Heavy Industries: the company and the aircraft that made its name

Out of Nakajima

Nakajima had been one of Japan’s great wartime aircraft makers, builder of the Ki-43 and Ki-84 fighters. The Allied occupation broke it up, and on 15 July 1953 five of the fragments, from Fuji Kogyo to Utsunomiya Sharyo, joined to form Fuji Heavy Industries. Aircraft manufacture had been legal again in Japan only since April 1952, and Fuji’s first product was a licence-built American trainer: 176 Beech T-34 Mentors.

Japan’s first jet

Fuji used the Mentor as a springboard. It stretched it into the four-seat LM-1 Nikko liaison aircraft and then the KM-2 and T-3 trainers. Its own T-1 Hatsutaka, first flown in January 1958, was Japan’s first jet trainer, first mass-produced jet and first swept-wing aircraft. Over 200 were planned, but the air force bought Lockheed T-33s instead and only 66 were completed. They served until March 2006. Fuji also built 275 FA-200 Aero Subaru four-seaters for private owners.

Trainers, helicopters and a new name

By the late 1980s 80 per cent of Fuji’s sales came from cars, but the aerospace division built helicopters for the Self-Defense Forces, target drones and the centre wings of the Boeing 777 and 787. The T-7 turboprop trainer won a JASDF competition in 1998, was thrown out when Fuji managers were arrested for bribing a politician, and won again in 2000. In April 2017 the company renamed itself after its best-known product: Subaru.

Rebuilt from the wreckage of Nakajima, the maker of the wartime Hayabusa, Fuji gave post-war Japan its first jet, the T-1 trainer, then became far better known for Subaru cars.Fuji Heavy Industries · verified 2026-10-03

一览

Fuji Heavy Industries in numbers

公司

简而言之
Founded 1953

  • Formed by five fragments of the wartime Nakajima company
  • Cars (Subaru), buses, rail cars and aircraft
  • 80% of sales from cars by the late 1980s
  • Renamed Subaru Corporation, 1 April 2017

生产

最出名的是
T-1 初高

  • Beech T-34 Mentor under licence (176)
  • T-1, Japan’s first jet trainer (66)
  • KM-2, T-3 and T-7 trainers
  • FA-200 Aero Subaru (275)
  • Centre wings for Boeing 777 and 787

今天

现在
Now Subaru Corporation

  • Aerospace division continues under the Subaru name
  • Subaru Bell UH-2 replacing the JGSDF’s UH-1Js

这些数字

销售量
US$4.3 billion1989
Share of sales from cars
80%late 1980s
T-34 Mentors built under licence
176

飞机

Every notable Fuji Heavy Industries aircraft

富士KM-2Primary trainer · first flight 1962 · 64 built富士T-7Turboprop primary trainer

Photos: Hunini / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); 航空自衛隊 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

飞机 角色 首航 建造 地位 笔记
Beech T-34 Mentor (licence) 主教练 176 已退休 Fuji’s first product
Fuji LM-1 Nikko 联络飞机 27 已退休 Four-seat development of the Mentor
Fuji T-1 Hatsutaka 喷气式教练机 1958 66 已退休 Japan’s first jet trainer; retired March 2006
富士KM-2 主教练 1962 64 已退休 62 for the JMSDF, 2 for the JGSDF as TL-1
Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru 四座轻型飞机 1965 275 已退休
Fuji T-3 (KM-2B) 主教练 1978 50 已退休 Tandem cockpit for the JASDF
富士T-7 Turboprop primary trainer 在服役 Allison 250 engine; first delivered September 2002

谁驾驶它们

Fuji Heavy Industries aircraft in the world’s air forces

2 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew Fuji Heavy Industries types. 其中两辆车目前还有一辆在服役。.

空军 在服役 以前飞过
日本航空自卫队 富士T-7
日本海上自卫队航空队 富士T-5 富士KM-2

地点、人物、记录

Where Fuji Heavy Industries built, who led it, what it achieved

工厂

  • Utsunomiya · Utsunomiya, Tochigi — Utsunomiya Sharyo was one of the five founding companies

纪录和第一

  • T-1: first post-war Japanese jet, first Japanese mass-produced jet and first Japanese swept-wing aircraft

时间线

Fuji Heavy Industries, year by year

1952

Ban on aircraft manufacture in Japan lifted

1953

Fuji Heavy Industries incorporated

1958

T-1 jet trainer first flight

1962

KM-2 first flight

1965

FA-200 Aero Subaru first flight

1978

KM-2B (T-3) first flight

1990

Loss of over US$500 million; Nissan executive takes charge

2000

T-7 wins restarted JASDF competition after bribery scandal

2006

Last T-1 retired

2014

Contract to build parts for the Boeing 777X

2017

Renamed Subaru Corporation



问答

Everything people ask about Fuji Heavy Industries

Is Fuji Heavy Industries the same as Subaru?
Yes. Fuji Heavy Industries renamed itself Subaru Corporation on 1 April 2017.
What was Japan’s first jet trainer?
The Fuji T-1 Hatsutaka, first flown in January 1958; 66 were built and the last retired in 2006.
Was Fuji related to Nakajima?
Yes. FHI was formed in 1953 from companies split off from the wartime Nakajima Aircraft Company.
What aircraft parts does Subaru make?
Among other things, the centre wing sections of the Boeing 777 and 787.