Ryo Mizuno (pioneer)

Ryo Mizuno
水野 龍
Ryo Mizuno portrait
Born(1859-12-04)4 December 1859
Died20 August 1951(1951-08-20) (aged 91)
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
TitlePresident of Koukoku Shokumin Gaisha

Ryo Mizuno (水野 龍, Mizuno Ryo, December 4, 1859 – August 20, 1951), was a Japanese entrepreneur, politician and pioneer.[1] He was president of Koukoku Shokumin Gaisha ("Imperial Emigration Company"), which transported the first Japanese immigrants to Brazil in 1908, aboard the Kasato Maru.

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