International Women's Day - Women who are in the driver's seat of auto industry
Yumi Takechi
March 07, 2016, 18:13 ISTThe 28-year old Yumi Takechi is the one and only master craftswoman behind Nissan Motors's costliest supercar GT-R. Part of the clean room at Nissan's Yokohama plant in Japan, building the engine of the car is essentially the responsibility of a Takumi, or master craftsman.
Takechi is not yet a Takumi - she is an associate - but is on track to become one. She is the first woman who has cleared seven levels of tough tests to qualify to be one of the master craftspeople, a position that commands great honour at the company.
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