Kenjiro Takayanagi was the first scientist to successfully transmit and receive an image on a cathode ray tube. He developed the all-electronic television in 1935. A teacher at Hamamatsu Technical High School in Japan, Takayanagi began his experiments during the late Taisho Era and conducted a successful public demonstration using the Braun tube system at a television conference at the Tokyo branch of the Electrical Academy in 1928. Aside from his inventions, Takayanagi contributed to the success of JVC by serving as one of its top electronics advisors. In 1959, he developed the first two-headed VTR and worked on the development of the VHS videocassette system. He received Japan’s national Order of Cultural Merit in 1981 for his achievements in electronics engineering research.