Most Famous Japanese Scientists & Academics

50 Japanese Scientists & Academics in view out of 89

Science 89
Japan 2,162
Hideki Yukawa
Hideki Yukawa Japanese Physicist 1907 – 1981
#5,586
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi Japanese Physician 1876 – 1928
#7,805
Satoshi Ōmura
Satoshi Ōmura Japanese Biochemist Born 1935
#10,007
Shinya Yamanaka
Shinya Yamanaka Japanese Biologist Born 1962
#12,494
RN
Ryōji Noyori Japanese Chemist Born 1938
#13,252
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka Japanese Chemist Born 1959
#13,992
Osamu Shimomura
Osamu Shimomura Japanese Chemist 1928 – 2018
#14,298
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Kitasato Shibasaburō Japanese Biologist 1853 – 1931
#15,127
Ei-ichi Negishi
Ei-ichi Negishi Japanese Chemist Born 1935
#18,468
Kenichi Fukui
Kenichi Fukui Japanese Chemist 1918 – 1998
#20,650
HH
Heisuke Hironaka Japanese Mathematician Born 1931
#23,586
Kiyosi Itô
Kiyosi Itô Japanese Mathematician 1915 – 2008
#23,630
Hirotugu Akaike
Hirotugu Akaike Japanese Mathematician 1927 – 2009
#23,785
ST
Seki Takakazu Japanese Mathematician 1642 – 1708
#24,206
Takaaki Kajita
Takaaki Kajita Japanese Physicist Born 1959
#24,248
Akira Suzuki (chemist)
Akira Suzuki (chemist) Japanese Chemist Born 1930
#26,022
Isamu Akasaki
Isamu Akasaki Japanese Physicist Born 1929
#28,442
YT
Yutaka Taniyama Japanese Mathematician 1927 – 1958
#37,716
Yoshio Nishina
Yoshio Nishina Japanese Physicist 1890 – 1951
#38,552
Sakuma Shōzan
Sakuma Shōzan Japanese Physicist 1811 – 1864
#41,242
Hantaro Nagaoka
Hantaro Nagaoka Japanese Physicist 1865 – 1950
#44,085
Shirō Ishii
Shirō Ishii Japanese Physician 1892 – 1959
#45,042
Hiraga Gennai
Hiraga Gennai Japanese Pharmacologist 1728 – 1780
#45,462
Genichi Taguchi
Genichi Taguchi Japanese Engineer 1924 – 2012
#46,511
Kusumoto Ine
Kusumoto Ine Japanese Physician 1827 – 1903
#48,201
HU
Hirofumi Uzawa Japanese Economist 1928 – 2014
#50,711
Teiji Takagi
Teiji Takagi Japanese Mathematician 1875 – 1960
#62,085
Koichi Wakata
Koichi Wakata Japanese Astronaut Born 1963
#77,167
Ukichiro Nakaya
Ukichiro Nakaya Japanese Physicist 1900 – 1962
#78,022
Masaki Kashiwara
Masaki Kashiwara Japanese Mathematician Born 1947
#89,195
TR
Torii Ryūzō Japanese Anthropologist 1870 – 1953
#89,913
SH
Sahachiro Hata Japanese Chemist 1873 – 1938
#92,192
TN
Tachū Naitō Japanese Academic 1886 – 1970
#99,443
Tomoko Ohta
Tomoko Ohta Japanese Biologist Born 1933
#105,754
Umetaro Suzuki
Umetaro Suzuki Japanese Chemist 1874 – 1943
#114,036
Ogata Kōan
Ogata Kōan Japanese Physician 1810 – 1863
#116,473
Hakaru Hashimoto
Hakaru Hashimoto Japanese Physician 1881 – 1934
#119,099
Akira Miyawaki
Akira Miyawaki Japanese Botanist Born 1928
#125,671
TJ
Takakusu Junjiro Japanese Academic 1866 – 1945
#141,415
Syukuro Manabe
Syukuro Manabe Japanese Meteorologist Born 1931
#141,838
MY
Masao Yamaguchi Japanese Anthropologist 1931 – 2013
#142,993
Yoshioka Yayoi
Yoshioka Yayoi Japanese Physician 1871 – 1959
#154,597
Sakuhei Fujiwhara
Sakuhei Fujiwhara Japanese Meteorologist 1884 – 1950
#155,687
AG
Asada Goryu Japanese Astronomer 1734 – 1799
#164,034
Richard Henry Brunton
Richard Henry Brunton Japanese Engineer 1841 – 1901
#169,264
Nagai Nagayoshi
Nagai Nagayoshi Japanese Chemist 1844 – 1929
#182,144
Rikitaro Fujisawa
Rikitaro Fujisawa Japanese Academic 1861 – 1933
#197,812
Tadahiro Aizawa
Tadahiro Aizawa Japanese Anthropologist 1926 – 1989
#202,298
Masatoshi Takeichi
Masatoshi Takeichi Japanese Biologist Born 1943
#203,505
HU
Hamao Umezawa Japanese Scientist 1914 – 1986
#208,005

By the numbers

Inside Japan Scientists & Academics

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Through the Decades

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Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Japan Scientists & Academics peaked in the 1920s with 12 people.

What Japan Scientists & Academics Are Known For

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Chemist are Japan Scientists & Academics's biggest group — 14% of all notables (12).

Japan Scientists & Academics over-index on chemist — 34.7× the global rate.

  1. Chemist12
  2. Physician9
  3. Mathematician8
  4. Physicist7
  5. Engineer6
  6. Astronomer5
  7. Biologist4
  8. Anthropologist4
  1. Chemist1234.7×
  2. Astronomer523.1×
  3. Physicist718.8×
  4. Mathematician814.4×
  5. Physician913.4×
  6. Engineer612.4×