User:Jrubio1002/Masahiko "Jack" Kobayashi

Masahiko "Jack" Kobayashi was a former Director of Global Advanced Design for Subaru. During his 20 years at Subaru, he was known as the "Hit Maker" due to him being responsible for 12 production vehicles. His works consist of the original Outback, Legacy GT, several STis, Foresters, Levorg, and the Crosstrek.

Biography
Masahiko "Jack" Kobayashi was originally a fashion designer back in Tokyo, Japan. After a few years in the industry, he decided to quit as a fashion designer and move to California to design automobiles. According to Kobayashi, "Drawing a car from scratch is difficult. Everything is limited, with no freestyle sketches. Engine, fuel tank, battery… and people have to get in and get out. Same as clothes, you need to have an opening, you need a zipper. Designing cars seems to be a dream job, but actually, every day you’re fighting with engineers, and thinking of safety and visibility."

{Hi Jesse: Here are some elements to flesh out your wikipedia page:}


 * 1) More biographical detail. Where was he born and raised; how old is he; where did he go to school; what was his original training; why did he make the transition from fashion design to automobiles (and how did he convince Subaru -- or whoever he started with after his fashion design life -- to take him on with a fashion design background?).
 * 2) More details about his role with each of the cars he worked on at Subaru. Those will take up a substantial amount of the remainder of the assignment to get it into a fully-formed article. Onward! - DL