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Shuji Nakamura
Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
Kōnosuke Matsushita
Founder of Panasonic (1894-1989)
Masayoshi Son
Japanese businessman
Gunpei Yokoi
Japanese video game designer (1941–1997)
Yoshiro Nakamatsu
Japanese inventor
Sakuma Shōzan
Japanese politician (1811-1864)
Sumio Iijima
Japanese physicist, chemist, and nanotechnologist (born 1939)
Hiraga Gennai
Japanese pharmacologist and writer (1728-1780)
Mikimoto Kōkichi
Japanese businessman (1858–1954)
Tanaka Hisashige
Japanese engineer (1799–1881)
Masatoshi Shima
Japanese computer pioneer
Hanaoka Seishū
Japanese surgeon of the Edo period
Daisuke Inoue
Japanese businessman
Shigetaka Kurita
Japanese interface designer and inventor of the emoji from NTT Docomo (born 1972)
Umetarō Suzuki
Japanese agricultural chemist (1874-1943)
Masahiro Hara
engineer in Japan
Minoru Shirota
inventor
Shunpei Yamazaki
Japanese inventor
Ikutaro Kakehashi
Japanese businessman
Nagai Nagayoshi
Japanese pharmacologist
Kunitomo Ikkansai
gunsmith
Chūhachi Ninomiya
Japanese aviation pioneer (1866–1936)
Hamao Umezawa
Japanese microbiologist (1914–1986)
Murata Tsuneyoshi
Japanese military personnel
Hino Kumazo
Japanese general
Shigeichi Negishi
Japanese inventor (1923–2024)
Takizō Iwasaki
Japanese businessperson (1895-1965)
Shigeo Hirose
Japanese academic
Ōno Benkichi
Japanese photographer
Sakizō Yai
Japanese businessman and inventor
Toshitada Doi
Japanese engineer
Ten Japanese Great Inventors
distinguished Japanese inventors recognised by the government
Hiroshi Yasuda
Japanese engineer
Ryōichi Yazu
Japanese inventor (1878-1908)
Nobukazu Teranishi
Japanese engineer