Hidesaburō Ueno (上野 英三郎 Ueno Hidesaburō, May 1871 - May 21, 1925), sometimes written as Ueno Hidesaburō[1] was an agricultural scientist, famous in Japan as the guardian of Hachikō, a devoted dog.
He was born in Hisai-shi (present-day Tsu), Mie Prefecture. In 1895, he graduated from Imperial University agriculture department, and in the same year entered graduate school to study agricultural engineering and farm implement research. He finished his graduate work on July 10, 1900, and began teaching at the Tokyo Imperial University as an assistant professor. In 1902, he became an associate professor in the agricultural university.
He made efforts toward the education of arable land readjustment technical experts at the same time studying drainage and reclamation engineering. The technology of the arable land readjustment was utilized for the imperial capital revival business after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. In 1916, he became Professor of Imperial University agriculture university agriculture department, and took charge of the agricultural engineering lecture. He provided agricultural engineering learning specialization in the agriculture department. Ueno died of cerebral hemorrhage in May 1925 while giving a lecture.
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His dog, Hachi, known as "Hachiko" became famous for continually waiting for him every day at the train station until he himself died 9 years later. A bronze statue commemorating the dog was set up in front of the Shibuya Station after his death. His story has been subject of numerous books and films.