List of Tokyo Institute of Technology people
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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]
Sciences
- Yoshinori Ohsumi - Nobel laureate (Medicine, 2016)
- Hideki Shirakawa (BSc 1961, PhD 1966) - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 2000)[1]
- 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[citation needed]
- Nobutaro Hara - model railway builder whose collection is displayed at the Hara Model Railway Museum[2]
- 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[3]
- Hiroshi Takahashi - architect[citation needed]
- Jiro Tanaka - aircraft and automotive engineer[4][5][6]
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]
- Kazuo Shinohara - architect, former professor[citation needed]
- Takaaki Yoshimoto - poet, literary critic, philosopher[citation needed]
References
- ^ Hideki Shirakawa - Biographical The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000, Nobelprize.org
- ^ Orii, Yuka (24 July 2012). "Full steam ahead for 93-year-old model train builder". Asia & Japan Watch. Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ Oi, Mariko (13 July 2015). "Nintendo's Satoru Iwata dies at 55". BBC News. Japan. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ 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) (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)