Japanese Inventors
26 entries in the Japanese Inventors compendium.
Aki MaitaCo-creator of the Tamagotchi digital pet.Eiichi HosokawaInventor of the Micron mill and founder of Hosokawa Micron Corporation.Hanaoka SeishūFirst surgeon to perform surgery under general anesthesia.Masahiro HaraJapanese engineer who invented the QR code.Hino KumazōJapanese inventor of the Hino–Komuro pistol and early aviator.Hiraga GennaiEdo-period polymath, inventor of the Erekiteru and satirist.Sumio IijimaJapanese physicist who discovered carbon nanotubes in 1991.Daisuke InoueJapanese businessman who invented the karaoke machine.Tatsuo IzawaJapanese researcher who advanced fiber-optic communication.Shigetaka KuritaJapanese interface designer who created early emoji sets.Kokichi MikimotoCreator of the first cultured pearl and founder of Mikimoto.Fumiko MinamiHousewife whose research enabled the electric rice cooker.Murata TsuneyoshiSamurai, inventor of a bolt-action rifle, and Army officer.Nagai NagayoshiJapanese chemist who discovered ephedrine and synthesized methamphetamine.Yoshiro NakamatsuProlific Japanese inventor and perennial political candidate.Shigeichi NegishiJapanese engineer who invented the earliest karaoke machine prototype.Chūhachi NinomiyaJapanese aviation pioneer of early model aircraft.Tenrei ŌtaInventor of the Ōta ring and eugenic law co-sponsor.Jun RekimotoJapanese computer scientist and co-founder of Koozyt Inc.Ryōhei MoriJapanese inventor of eco-friendly batteries and biodegradable plastics.Sakuma ShōzanEdo-period scholar who built Japan's first telegraph and coined a modernization slogan.Tadashi Sasaki (engineer)Japanese engineer who spurred the Intel 4004 and LCD calculators.Masatoshi ShimaJapanese engineer who helped create the first microprocessor.Minoru ShirotaJapanese microbiologist who developed the first commercial probiotic.Umetaro SuzukiEarly vitamin researcher who isolated a beriberi-curing compound from rice bran.Nobukazu TeranishiJapanese engineer who invented the pinned photodiode for digital cameras.
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