75 Notable alumni of
Osaka University

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Osaka University is 122nd in the world, 19th in Asia, and 12th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 75 notable alumni from Osaka University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Osamu Tezuka

    Osamu Tezuka
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1928-1989 (aged 61)
    Enrolled in Osaka University
    Studied medicine
    Occupations
    television producerillustratorfilm directorfilm produceranimator
    Biography

    Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the Father of Manga" (マンガの父, Manga no Chichi), "the Godfather of Manga" (マンガの教父, Manga no Kyōfu) and "the God of Manga" (マンガの神様, Manga no Kami-sama). Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years. Though this phrase praises the quality of his early manga works for children and animations, it also blurs the significant influence of his later, more literary, gekiga works.

  2. Hiroki Hasegawa

    Hiroki Hasegawa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Hiroki Hasegawa, nicknamed Hasehiro-sama (ハセヒロ様), (born March 7, 1977 in Tokyo) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. Trained as a stage actor at the Bungaku-za after graduating from Chuo University, he first began to appear on Japanese TV in small roles in 2008, and then in films in 2011.

  3. Heizō Takenaka

    Heizō Takenaka
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    economistinternational forum participantpoliticianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Heizō Takenaka is a Japanese economist, retired politician, and political activist last serving as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. As of July 2007, he is a professor at Keio University and an advisor for other academic institutions and companies.

  4. Akio Morita

    Akio Morita
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1921-1999 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    physicistbusinesspersonengineer
    Biography

    Akio Morita was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.

  5. Daniel Schmidt

    Daniel Schmidt
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Daniel Schmidt is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Belgian Pro League club Gent. Born in the United States, he represents the Japan national team.

  6. Hideki Yukawa

    Hideki Yukawa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1907-1981 (aged 74)
    Enrolled in Osaka University
    Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    physicisttheoretical physicistnuclear physicistprofessor
    Biography

    Hideki Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate for his prediction of the pi meson, or pion.

  7. Seishi Yokomizo

    Seishi Yokomizo
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1902-1981 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    novelist
    Biography

    Seishi Yokomizo was a Japanese mystery novelist, known for creating the fictional detective Kosuke Kindaichi.

  8. Akira Yoshino

    Akira Yoshino
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Enrolled in Osaka University
    In 2005 graduated with Doctor in Engineering
    Occupations
    inventorengineerresearcherchemist
    Biography

    Akira Yoshino is a Japanese chemist. He is a fellow of Asahi Kasei Corporation and a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya. He created the first safe, production-viable lithium-ion battery, which became used widely in cellular phones and notebook computers. Yoshino was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 alongside M. Stanley Whittingham and John B. Goodenough.

  9. Masaru Wakasa

    Masaru Wakasa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    prosecutorpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Masaru Wakasa is a Japanese lawyer, politician and former member of the House of Representatives in Japan.

  10. Suzuki Osamu

    Suzuki Osamu
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1930-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    chief executive officerentrepreneurbusinessperson
    Biography

    Osamu Suzuki is a Japanese businessman and the current Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation. He has been either president, chairman or CEO of the company since 1978. In February 2021, the company announced that Suzuki will retire in June 2021 and become an adviser.

  11. Tetsurō Itodani

    Tetsurō Itodani
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    professional shogi player
    Biography

    Tetsurō Itodani is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan and former Ryūō title holder.

  12. Keizo Saji

    Keizo Saji
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1919-1999 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Keizō Saji was a Japanese businessman and art patron. He was the 10th richest man in the world in 1987 according to Forbes, with a net worth of 4.0 billion dollars.

  13. Hiroshi Ishiguro

    Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    university teacherroboticistscientist
    Biography

    Hiroshi Ishiguro is a Japanese engineer and director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, part of the Department of Systems Innovation in the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University, Japan. A notable development of the laboratory is the Actroid, a humanoid robot with lifelike appearance and visible behaviour such as facial movements.

  14. Shinji Tarutoko

    Shinji Tarutoko
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Shinji Tarutoko is a Japanese politician and former member of the House of Representatives.

  15. Mitoji Yabunaka

    Mitoji Yabunaka
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Mitoji Yabunaka is the current Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs in charge of administration. Prior to his current position, Yabunaka served as Ministry of Foreign Affair's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director-General. He has been a diplomat for nearly forty years.

  16. Chin Shunshin

    Chin Shunshin
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1924-2015 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    novelisttranslatorliterary critic
    Biography

    Chin Shunshin or Chen Shunchen was a Taiwanese and Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic. He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels based on Chinese and Asian history, including First Opium War, Chinese History, Ryukyu Wind. He won numerous literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and the Naoki Prize.

  17. Hisashi Shinma

    Hisashi Shinma
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1935-.. (age 89)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Hisashi Shinma is a Japanese booker and promoter. Shinma is noted for being an on-screen authority at the World Wrestling Federation, from 1978 to 1984, billed as the President of the promotion. He was succeeded by Jack Tunney.

  18. Ryota Nagaki

    Ryota Nagaki
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Ryota Nagaki is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Shonan Bellmare.

  19. Mitsunari Musaka

    Mitsunari Musaka
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Mitsunari Musaka is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Japanese club Giravanz Kitakyushu.

  20. Milojko Spajić

    Milojko Spajić
    Born in
    Montenegro Flag Montenegro
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Milojko "Mickey" Spajić is a Montenegrin politician and financial engineer serving as Prime Minister of Montenegro since October 2023. He also served as the Minister of Finance and Social Welfare in the Government of Montenegro and the cabinet of Zdravko Krivokapić from 2020 to 2022.

  21. Yoshio Mochizuki

    Yoshio Mochizuki
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1947-2019 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Yoshio Mochizuki was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature), and a Minister of the Environment. A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the first of his four terms in the city assembly of Shimizu in 1975 and to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as an independent. He was affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.

  22. Shizuo Kakutani

    Shizuo Kakutani
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1911-2004 (aged 93)
    Enrolled in Osaka University
    Studied in 1941-1941
    Occupations
    university teachermathematician
    Biography

    Shizuo Kakutani was a Japanese-American mathematician, best known for his eponymous fixed-point theorem.

  23. Rachmat Gobel

    Rachmat Gobel
    Born in
    Indonesia Flag Indonesia
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Rachmad Gobel is an Indonesian businessman and politician from Gorontalo. His family controls the company, Gobel Group which is now called PT. Panasonic Gobel Indonesia, an Indonesian division of Panasonic. He is also the former Minister of Trade and the Indonesian President's Special Envoy to Japan. Currently, he is the Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council.

  24. Shizuo Akira

    Shizuo Akira
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicianimmunologist
    Biography

    Shizuo Akira is a professor at the Department of Host Defense, Osaka University, Japan. He has made ground-breaking discoveries in the field of immunology, most significantly in the area of innate host defense mechanisms.

  25. Yūsuke Nakamura

    Yūsuke Nakamura
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    biologistsurgeonmedical researcherbiochemistgeneticist
    Biography

    Yusuke Nakamura is a Japanese prominent geneticist and cancer researcher best known for developing Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS). He is one of the world's pioneers in applying genetic variations (Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers) and whole genome sequencing, leading the research field of personalized medicine.

  26. Tadamitsu Kishimoto

    Tadamitsu Kishimoto
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicianimmunologist
    Biography

    Tadamitsu Kishimoto is a Japanese immunologist known for research on IgM and cytokines, most famously, interleukin 6.

  27. Shoichi Sakata

    Shoichi Sakata
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1911-1970 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicist
    Biography

    Shoichi Sakata was a Japanese physicist and Marxist who was internationally known for theoretical work on the subatomic particles. He proposed the two meson theory, the Sakata model (an early precursor to the quark model), and the Pontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata neutrino mixing matrix.

  28. Li Siguang

    Li Siguang
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1889-1971 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    politiciangeologist
    Biography

    Li Siguang, also known as J. S. Lee, was a Chinese geologist and politician. He was the founder of China's geomechanics. He was an ethnic Mongol. He made outstanding contributions, which changed the situation of "oil deficiency" in the country, enabling the large-scale development of oil fields to raise the country to the ranks of the world's major oil producers.

  29. Hori Shigeru

    Hori Shigeru
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1901-1979 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Shigeru Hori was a prominent Japanese politician who served in various cabinet positions, including Chief Cabinet Secretary, and was also Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan. He was also the founder of the Liberal Party, and later served in senior positions in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.

  30. Norihiko Hibino

    Norihiko Hibino
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    jazz musiciancomposer
    Biography

    Norihiko Hibino is a Japanese video game composer and saxophonist.

  31. Pratiwi Sudarmono

    Pratiwi Sudarmono
    Born in
    Indonesia Flag Indonesia
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    biologistastronautcivil servant
    Biography

    Pratiwi Pujilestari Sudarmono is an Indonesian scientist. She is currently a professor of microbiology at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta.

  32. Satoshi Umemura

    Satoshi Umemura
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    politicianinternist
    Biography

    Satoshi Umemura is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sakai, Osaka and graduate of Osaka University, he was elected for the first time in 2007.

  33. Osamu Hayaishi

    Osamu Hayaishi
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1920-2015 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicianbiochemistphysiologistchemist
    Biography

    Osamu Hayaishi MJA, was a Japanese biochemist, physiologist, and military physician. He discovered Oxygenases at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health in 1955.

  34. Sadao Yamahana

    Sadao Yamahana
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1936-1999 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Sadao Yamahana was Japanese politician who served as chairman of the Japan Socialist Party from January 1993 to September 1993.

  35. Yoshio Kimura

    Yoshio Kimura
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Yoshio Kimura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

  36. Hiroshi Imazu

    Hiroshi Imazu
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Hiroshi Imazu is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Asahikawa on Hokkaido and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the city assembly of Asahikawa in 1975, to the first of his two terms in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly in 1983 and finally to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. Imazu is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. After failing to win a seat in the 2017 Japanese general election he retired from politics. His son is Hirosuke Imazu, who became the mayor of Asahikawa in 2021.

  37. Ryūmo Ono

    Ryūmo Ono
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Ryumo Ono is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Shinshu Brave Warriors club of the B.League in Japan.

  38. Tanigawa Shūzen

    Tanigawa Shūzen
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1934-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Shuzen Tanigawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Amagasaki, Hyogo and graduate of Osaka University, he joined the government of Osaka Prefecture in 1957. After serving as deputy mayor of Osaka Prefecture, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995.

  39. Toshio Hirano

    Toshio Hirano
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicianimmunologist
    Biography

    Toshio Hirano is a Japanese immunologist and academic, best known for his discovery of interleukin-6. Since August 2011, he has served as the 17th President of Osaka University.

  40. Matsuji Nakaizumi

    Matsuji Nakaizumi
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Matsuji Nakaizumi is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party. As of 2014 he served as member of the House of Councillors for Akita At-large district.

  41. Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda

    Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda
    Years
    1926-2003 (aged 77)
    Enrolled in Osaka University
    Studied in 1948-1953
    Occupations
    professormathematician
    Biography

    Masatoşi Gündüz İkeda, was a Japanese-born Turkish mathematician known for his contributions to the field of algebraic number theory.

  42. Kohei Murakoso

    Kohei Murakoso
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1905-1998 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    athletics competitorlong-distance runner
    Biography

    Kohei Murakoso was a Japanese runner. He competed at the 1936 Olympics in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events and finished fourth on both occasions.

  43. Wakamatsu Kaneshige

    Wakamatsu Kaneshige
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politiciantax advisorcertified public accountantadministrative scrivener
    Biography

    Kaneshige Wakamatsu is a Japanese politician and accountant who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2013. He previously served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 1993 to 2003. He represents the National proportional representation block as a member of Komeito.

  44. Wataru Ito

    Wataru Ito
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Enrolled in Osaka University
    In 1994 studied graduate school
    Occupations
    politicianbus driver
    Biography

    Wataru Itō is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagoya, Aichi, he attended Osaka University as both undergraduate and graduate students. After working at JR Central from 1994 to 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

  45. Kaoru Ōta

    Kaoru Ōta
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1912-1998 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    activistpolitician
    Biography

    Kaoru Ōta was a Japanese trade union leader. He served as chairman of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (Sōhyō) from 1958 to 1966. Known for his cheerful demeanor and energetic activism, Ōta's many forceful statements in defense of the Japanese workers were affectionately known as the "Ōta Trumpet" (Ōta rappa).

  46. Kilnam Chon

    Kilnam Chon
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    teachercomputer scientist
    Biography

    Kilnam Chon is a South Korean computer scientist. As a result of his contributions, South Korea became the second country in the world to have the IPv4 network (the Internet), after the United States.<IEEE Communications Magazine, February 2013>

  47. Kōsaku Yosida

    Kōsaku Yosida
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1909-1990 (aged 81)
    Enrolled in Osaka University
    Studied in 1933-1939
    Occupations
    university teachermathematician
    Biography

    Kōsaku Yosida was a Japanese mathematician who worked in the field of functional analysis. He is known for the Hille-Yosida theorem concerning C0-semigroups. Yosida studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, and held posts at Osaka and Nagoya Universities. In 1955, Yosida returned to the University of Tokyo.

  48. Yohei Hayashi

    Yohei Hayashi
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Yohei Hayashi is a Japanese football player for Blaublitz Akita.

  49. Kazuaki Shimoji

    Kazuaki Shimoji
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Kazuaki Shimoji is the former Head coach of the Toyama Grouses in the Japanese Bj League.

  50. Motome Takisawa

    Motome Takisawa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Motome Takisawa is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party. He currently serves as member of the House of Councillors for Aomori at-large district.

  51. Yamato Inaba

    Yamato Inaba
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Yamato Inaba is a Japanese politician, who was a member of House of Representatives and Liberal Democratic Party.

  52. Mitsuo Mitani

    Mitsuo Mitani
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mitsuo Mitani is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kure, Hiroshima and graduate of Osaka University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005 after unsuccessful runs in 2003 and April 2005.

  53. Yoshiaki Arata

    Yoshiaki Arata
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1924-2018 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    metallurgistengineer
    Biography

    Yoshiaki Arata was a Japanese physicist. Arata was one of the pioneering researchers into nuclear fusion in Japan and a former professor at Osaka University. He was reported to be a strong nationalist, speaking only Japanese in public. He received the Order of Culture in 2006.

  54. Toshio Yanagida

    Toshio Yanagida
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    biophysicistbiochemistphysiologist
    Biography

    Toshio Yanagida is a Japanese biophysicist famous for his pioneer research in single molecule biology, and made important contributions to single molecule fluorescence microscopy.

  55. Hidesaburō Hanafusa

    Hidesaburō Hanafusa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1929-2009 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    geneticistuniversity teachermolecular biologistvirologist
    Biography

    Hidesaburo Hanafusa was a Japanese virologist. He shared the 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research with Harold E. Varmus and J. Michael Bishop for demonstrating how RNA tumor viruses cause cancer, and elucidating their role in combining, rescuing and maintaining oncogenes in the viral genome.

  56. Kenkichi Sonogashira

    Kenkichi Sonogashira
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1931-.. (age 93)
    Occupations
    chemistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Kenkichi Sonogashira is a Japanese chemist and was a professor of chemistry at Osaka University in Japan. He discovered the Sonogashira coupling in 1975. Sonogashira was later a professor at Osaka City University and retired in 2004.

  57. Mamoru Morimoto

    Mamoru Morimoto
    Years
    1939-2021 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    middle-distance runnertrack and field coachathletics competitor
    Biography

    Mamoru Morimoto was a Japanese middle distance runner who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. His daughter Tsuru Morimoto is a former footballer who played for the Japanese national team.

  58. Toshihiro Goto

    Toshihiro Goto
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Toshihiro Goto is the former Head coach of the Sendai 89ers in the Japanese B.League.

  59. Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed

    Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
    Born in
    Maldives Flag Maldives
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed is a Maldivian diplomat, and was the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. She was the first woman to hold this post since the organization's inception in 1985. She was appointed Secretary-General at the Thirty-third Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers in February 2011, and assumed office in Kathmandu on 1 March 2011. She succeeded India's Sheel Kant Sharma, whose term ended in February.

  60. Toshio Kojima

    Toshio Kojima
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Toshio Kojima is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kumagaya, Saitama and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the city assembly of Kumagaya for three terms since 1971 and in the assembly of Saitama Prefecture for four terms since 1983. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1999.

  61. Shōichi Watanabe

    Shōichi Watanabe
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1930-2000 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Shōichi Watanabe was a Japanese politician. He served in the House of Representatives of Japan as part of the multi-member constituency Hokkaido's 4th district alongside Yukio Hatoyama and Tadamasa Kodaira. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.

  62. Eikō Kaneta

    Eikō Kaneta
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1942-2022 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Eiko Kaneta was a Japanese politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005.

  63. Akira Hasegawa

    Akira Hasegawa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1934-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicist
    Biography

    Akira Hasegawa is a Japanese theoretical physicist and engineer who has worked in the U.S. and Japan. He is known for his work in the derivation of the Hasegawa–Mima equation, which describes fundamental plasma turbulence and the consequent generation of zonal flow that controls plasma diffusion. Hasegawa also made the discovery of optical solitons in glass fibers, a concept that is essential for high speed optical communications.

  64. Yasuo Tanaka

    Yasuo Tanaka
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1931-2018 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    astronomeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Yasuo Tanaka was a Japanese astrophysicist and a member of the Japan Academy. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) (part of JAXA) in Kanagawa, Japan and guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany.

  65. Seizō Wakaizumi

    Seizō Wakaizumi
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Seizō Wakaizumi is a Japanese politician. He attended Chuo University. He served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 2003 to 2005 and again from 2009 to 2012. He also served as mayor of Imatachi. In 2012, Wakaizumi was arranged as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Finance.

  66. Kōji Sekimizu

    Kōji Sekimizu
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    international forum participantdiplomat
    Biography

    Koji Sekimizu is a Japanese official who was Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization between 2012 and 2015, as well as Chancellor of the World Maritime University.

  67. Kazuo Katsuramoto

    Kazuo Katsuramoto
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1934-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    amateur wrestlerbaseball player
    Biography

    Kazuo Katsuramoto is a retired Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 1954 he won the −79 kg event at the Asian Games and finished third at the world championships. He shared fifth place at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

  68. Jun-iti Nagata

    Jun-iti Nagata
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1925-2007 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    university teachertopologistmathematician
    Biography

    Jun-iti Nagata was a Japanese mathematician specializing in topology.

  69. Sonia Antoranz Contera

    Sonia Antoranz Contera
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in Osaka University
    1997-2000 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicistnanotechnologist
    Biography

    Sonia Antoranz Contera is a Spanish physicist. She serves as Professor of Biological Physics at the University of Oxford, a senior fellow at the Oxford Martin School, and a senior research fellow at Green Templeton College.

  70. Kiyoshi Nagai

    Kiyoshi Nagai
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1949-2019 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    biologistbiochemist
    Biography

    Kiyoshi Nagai was a Japanese structural biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge, UK. He was known for his work on the mechanism of RNA splicing and structures of the spliceosome.

  71. Shigeo Satomura

    Shigeo Satomura
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1919-1960 (aged 41)
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Shigeo Satomura was a Japanese physicist credited with introducing the ultrasonic Doppler techniques to practical medical diagnostics in the 1950s. These techniques made possible non-invasive monitoring of blood flow in the human body.

  72. Noboru Uchiyama

    Noboru Uchiyama
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    boxer
    Biography

    Noboru Uchiyama is a retired Japanese amateur boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games and competed at the 1976 Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first bout.

  73. Kintarō Yokoyama

    Kintarō Yokoyama
    Years
    1868-1945 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Kintarō Yokoyama was mayor of Hiroshima from 1935 to 1939.

  74. Kinjirō Nagai

    Kinjirō Nagai
    Years
    1874-1927 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Kinjiro Nagai was Director of the Karafuto Agency (April 17, 1919 – June 11, 1924). He was also mayor of Otaru and Governor of Kōchi Prefecture (1913–1914).

  75. Wahid Shams Kolahi

    Wahid Shams Kolahi
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Wahid Shams-Kolahi is a scientist and an electrical engineer who is known for his research in photovoltaic-related technologies.