How tall is Hiro Matsushita?

Hiro Matsushita's listed height is 175 cm (5'9"). He is taller than about 80% of men in Japan.

Where 175 cm sits among men in Japan

Taller than about 80% of men in Japan born in 1961 (average 170.2 cm).

About Hiro Matsushita

Hiro Matsushita, whose full name is Hiroyuki Matsushita, is a Japanese businessman and former racing driver. He was born on 14 March 1961 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, the youngest son of Masaharu Matsushita, the second president of Panasonic. He is the grandson of Kōnosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic, and graduated from Konan University.

Matsushita refused to be labelled as a rich kid who could buy his way into anything and worked his way up from the bottom. He raced motorcycles in Japan between 1977 and 1980, retiring from motocross as Kansai region champion in 1980 at 19, and then moved to four wheels. In 1987 he started racing Formula Fords. In 1989 he won the Toyota Atlantic Championship (Pacific), becoming the first and only Japanese driver to do so. He was also the first Japanese driver to race in the Indy 500.

His listed height is 175 cm (5'9"). His elder brother, Masayuki Matsushita, served as a vice chairman of Panasonic for over a decade.

Frequently asked

How tall is Hiro Matsushita in feet and inches? Hiro Matsushita is 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is Hiro Matsushita tall for men in Japan? At 175 cm he is taller than about 80% of men in Japan born in 1961, whose average height is 170.2 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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