Masayuki Kikuchi

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Masayuki Kikuchi (Masayuki Kikuchi; January 19, 1948 - October 18, 2003) is a Japanese seismologist. He is famous for real-time seismology.

Kikuchi dropped out of the Graduate School of Sciences, Tokyo University, 1973. In the same year, he took an assistant professorship at Yokohama City University. In 1976, he earned his doctorate in science. He was promoted to associate professor in 1983 and to professor in 1988.

Kikuchi returned to Tokyo University in 1996 and became the Director of the seismic prognosis information center at the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo.

Kikuchi simulated the seismic rupture process using computers in the 1970s and 1980s. He invented the method for slip distribution on the fault plane by teleseismic waveform with Hiroo Kanamori. In addition, he analysed significant earthquakes just after occurrence and exhibited the results of analysis on the internet. These results were called Kikuchi Solutions.