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El|pelonchas
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Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, created instant noodle (ramyeon), Nissin Chikin Ramen
Key facts
- Born
- Go Pek-hok ( 吳百福 ) , ( 1910-03-05 ) March 5, 1910, Chiayi, Japanese Taiwan , (now Puzi , Chiayi County , Taiwan )
- Died
- January 5, 2007 (2007-01-05) (aged 96), Ikeda , Osaka Prefecture , Japan
- Citizenship
- Japanese (Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule) (1910–1945), Republic of China (1945–1966), Japanese (1966–2007)
- Alma mater
- Ritsumeikan University
- Known for
- The invention of Nissin Chikin Ramens , Founder of the Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.
- Spouse
- Masako Ando
- Children
- 3, including Koki
- Traditional chinese
- 吳百福
- Simplified chinese
- 吴百福
- Hanyu pinyin
- Wú Bǎifú
- Romanization
- Ǹg Pak-fuk
- Hokkien poj
- Gô͘ Peh-hok
- T i l
- Gôo Pik-hok
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Puzi City
- Place of death
- Ikeda
- Occupation
- inventor
- Educated at
- Ritsumeikan University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Image
- 安藤百福肖像.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1910-03-05
- date of death
- 2007-01-05
- Commons category
- Momofuku Ando
- name in kana
- あんどう ももふく
- name in native language
- 吳百福
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- nickname
- Mr. Noodle
- birth name
- Gô Peh-Hok
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Japanese name Kanji安藤 百福 Hiraganaあんどう ももふく Katakanaアンドウ モモフク
Momofuku Ando (Japanese: 安藤 百福, Hepburn: Andō Momofuku; March 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007), born Go Pek-Hok (Chinese: 吳百福; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Pek-hok; Tâi-lô: Gôo Pik-hok), was a Taiwanese-born, ethnic Chinese, Japanese inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. He is known as the inventor of Nissin Chikin Ramen, the first brand of commercially available prepackaged instant noodles, and the creator of the brands Top Ramen and Cup Noodles.
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