Masataka Taketsuru (竹鶴 政孝, Taketsuru Masataka, 1894–1979) was a Japanese chemist and businessman. He is known as the founder of Japan's whisky industry...

Cowan, was a Scottish-Japanese businesswoman known as the wife of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka Whisky. She was born into a doctor's family...

Taketsuru (written: 竹鶴) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Masataka Taketsuru (竹鶴 政孝, 1894–1979), Japanese businessman Rita...

Takeshi Taketsuru (Japanese: 竹鶴威, 6 March 1924 – 17 December 2014) was a Japanese whisky distiller. He was the nephew of Masataka Taketsuru, from his...

Ben Nevis Distillery (acquired in 1989) in Scotland. The founder, Masataka Taketsuru, travelled to Scotland in 1918 to learn the process of distilling...

executive Masataka Sugimoto (杉本 昌隆, born 1968), Japanese shogi player Masataka Takayama (disambiguation), multiple people Masataka Taketsuru (竹鶴 政孝, 1894–1979)...

conscious effort to recreate the style of Scotch whisky. Pioneers like Masataka Taketsuru carefully studied the process of making Scotch whisky, and went to...

and Masataka Taketsuru of the Kotobukiya company, which was renamed Suntory in 1963 Yoichi Distillery, established in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru when...

jumping at the Taketsuru facility in his native Yoichi, which was built by the founder of Nikka Whisky Distilling Masataka Taketsuru. The facility was...

September 29, 2014, until March 28, 2015. Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, whom he met while...