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 - the 94th Prime Minister of Japan (2010-2011)
- Yukio Hatoyama - former Assistant Professor, the 93rd Prime Minister of Japan (2009–2010)
Sciences
- Hideki Shirakawa (BSc 1961, PhD 1966) - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 2000)[1]
- Toshikazu Sunada - mathematician who contributed to various fields in geometry (see Spectral geometry, Reinhardt domain, Ihara zeta function, Periodic graph (geometry))
Engineering
- Toshitada Doi - robot Aibo pioneer, co-inventor Compact Disc
- Nobutaro Hara, model railway builder whose collection is displayed at the Hara Model Railway Museum[2]
- Shigeo Hirose - pioneer of robotics technology
- Satoru Iwata - former game developer at HAL Laboratories; present CEO of Nintendo
- Junichi Iijima - Professor of the Department of Industrial Management and Engineering
- Hiroshi Takahashi - architect
- Jiro Tanaka - aircraft and automotive engineer.[3][4][5]
Business
- Shoji Hamada - potter, Living National Treasure of Japan
- Kanjiro Kawai - potter, refused Living National Treasure designation
- Akitoshi Kawazu - game producer, creator of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
- Kenichi Ohmae - business and corporate strategist
- Kazuo Shinohara - architect, former professor
- Takaaki Yoshimoto - poet, literary critic, philosopher
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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.
- ↑ 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)