List of Tokyo Institute of Technology people
This is a list of notable graduates and faculty members of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan.
Politics
- Naoto Kan – 94th Prime Minister of Japan (2010-2011)[citation needed]
- Yukio Hatoyama – former Assistant Professor; 93rd Prime Minister of Japan (2009–2010)[citation needed]
- Tadamichi Yamamoto - UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan
Sciences
- Yoshinori Ohsumi – Nobel laureate (Medicine, 2016)
- Hideki Shirakawa (BSc 1961, PhD 1966) – Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 2000)[1]
- Pailin Chuchottaworn – former CEO and president of PTT, founder and chairman of Kamnoetvidya Science Academy[2][3][4]
- Toshikazu Sunada – mathematician who contributed to various fields in geometry, including spectral geometry, Reinhardt domain, Ihara zeta function, and periodic graph)[citation needed]
Engineering
- Toshitada Doi – robot Aibo pioneer, co-inventor of compact disc
- Nobutaro Hara – model railway builder whose collection is displayed at the Hara Model Railway Museum[5]
- Shōji Hayashi – architect, chairman of Japan Institute of Architects[6]
- Shigeo Hirose – pioneer of robotics technology[citation needed]
- Junichi Iijima – Professor of the Department of Industrial Management and Engineering
- Satoru Iwata – former game developer at HAL Laboratories; former CEO of Nintendo[7]
- Heitaro Nakajima – digital audio pioneer
- Hiroshi Takahashi – architect[8]
- Jiro Tanaka – aircraft and automotive engineer[9][10][11]
Architecture
- Kiyoshi Seike
- Kazuo Shinohara
- Kazunari Sakamoto
- Yoshiharu Tsukamoto
Business
- Shoji Hamada – potter, Living National Treasure of Japan[citation needed]
- Kanjiro Kawai – potter, refused Living National Treasure designation[citation needed]
- Akitoshi Kawazu – game producer, creator of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles[citation needed]
- Kenichi Ohmae – business and corporate strategist[citation needed]
- Takaaki Yoshimoto – poet, literary critic, philosopher[citation needed]
References
- ^ Hideki Shirakawa – Biographical The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000, Nobelprize.org
- ^ "Profile: Pailin Chuchottaworn". 16th Nikkei Global Management Forum. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Executive Profile* Pailin Chuchottaworn". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Chairman of the Board of Governors". KVIS. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Orii, Yuka (24 July 2012). "Full steam ahead for 93-year-old model train builder". Asia & Japan Watch. Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "Hayashi Shōji" 林 昌二 (in Japanese). Japan Institute of Architects. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ Oi, Mariko (13 July 2015). "Nintendo's Satoru Iwata dies at 55". BBC News. Japan. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Hiroshi + Akiko Takahashi/Workstation". Architecture Trend Press. 2001. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13.
- ^ Carmakers owe success to warplanes – Military's brightest aircraft designers created Japan's automotive powers The Japan Times, Aug. 13, 2005
- ^ The History and the Biography of Jiro Tanaka (Detailed PDF document attached) Archived 2015-01-09 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese) – Japan Automotive Hall of Fame
- ^ From the Ki-74 to the Tama Electric Vehicles and the Prince Vehicles – Interview of Jiro Tanaka on Nov. 22, 1996 (Japanese) – The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE)
