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Famous People from Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture: 43 people

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Kazuki Fujitaka

藤高和輝
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Kazuki Fujitaka (藤高 和輝, Fujitaka Kazuki; born 1986) is a Japanese philosopher and an associate professor in the Faculty…

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Takehiro Kashima (鹿島 丈博, Kashima Takehiro; born July 16, 1980 in Osaka) is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and…

Shimpei Cole Ota (太田 心平; born 1975) is a sociocultural anthropologist, sociocultural historian, researcher of Northeast…

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Yasunobu Nakamura

中村泰信
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Yasunobu Nakamura (中村 泰信 Nakamura Yasunobu) is a Japanese physicist. He is a professor at the University of Tokyo's…

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Yasushi Okada

岡田康志
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Yasuji Okada (born 1968) is a Japanese molecular biologist and physician. He is a professor at the University of Tokyo.…

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Kan Kimura (Japanese: 木村 幹, Kimura Kan; born 7 April 1966) is a Japanese political scientist specializing in South…

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Atsuko Miyaji

宮地充子
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Atsuko Miyaji (Japanese: 宮地充子, born 1965) is a Japanese cryptographer and number theorist known for her research on…

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Kyoko Nozaki (野崎 京子, Nozaki Kyōko; born 9 February 1964) is a Japanese chemist and Professor of Chemistry at University…

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Motoko Kotani

小谷元子
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Motoko Kotani (Japanese: 小谷 元子, born 1960) is a Japanese applied mathematician, specializing in discrete geometric…

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Yuki Konagaya

小長谷有紀
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Yuki Konagaya (小長谷 有紀, Konagaya Yuki; born November 7, 1957 in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a Japanese professor specializing in…

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Kōji Gushiken (具志堅 幸司, Gushiken Kōji) (born November 12, 1956, in Ōsaka) is an Olympic gymnast for Japan at the 1984…

Shizuo Akira (審良 静男, Akira Shizuo) (born January 27, 1953, in Higashiōsaka) is a professor at the Department of Host…

Yusuke Nakamura (中村 祐輔, Nakamura Yūsuke; born 8 December 1952) is a Japanese geneticist and cancer researcher best…

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Noboru Rokuda (六田登, Rokuda Noboru; born July 23, 1952 in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He…

Satoshi Kawata (河田 聡, Kawata Satoshi; born 1 October 1951), is a scientist based in Japan who is active in…

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Takashi Hikino

曳野孝
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Takashi Hikino (曳野 孝, Hikino Takashi; 18 October 1950 – 15 March 2022 in Osaka, Japan) is specially appointed professor…

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Yukihiro Ozaki

尾崎幸洋
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Yukihiro Ozaki (尾崎 幸洋, Ozaki Yukihiro; born October 19, 1949) is a Japanese scientist. Kwansei Gakuin University…

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Shinji Tanimura (谷村 新司, Tanimura Shinji; 11 December 1948 – 8 October 2023) was a Japanese singer-songwriter.

Machiko Satonaka (里中 満智子, Satonaka Machiko; born 24 January 1948) is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional…

Toshio Hirano (平野 俊夫, Hirano Toshio; born April 17, 1947 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese immunologist and academic, best…

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Akira Hosomi

細見彰
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Akira Hosomi (1943 – 9 September 2018) was a Japanese chemist. He was professor emeritus at Tsukuba University, a…

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Yoshiki Kuramoto (蔵本 由紀, Kuramoto Yoshiki) (born 1940) is a Japanese physicist in the Nonlinear Dynamics group at Kyoto…

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Hiroyuki Matsunami

松波弘之
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Hiroyuki Matsunami (松波弘之 born June 5, 1939) is a Japanese engineer, researcher and educator. He was awarded the IEEE…

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Tadamitsu Kishimoto (岸本 忠三, Kishimoto Tadamitsu; born May 7, 1939 in Tondabayashi, Osaka) is a Japanese immunologist…

Fumiko Yonezawa (Japanese: 米沢 富美子; 19 October 1938 – 17 January 2019) was a Japanese theoretical physicist. She was the…

Mitsuru Hotta (堀田 満, Hotta Mitsuru) (23 July 1935 – 8 July 2015) was a Japanese botanist best known for his research on…

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Ikuo Kushiro MJA (久城 育夫, Kushiro Ikuo, born March 30, 1934, in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese petrologist, known for…

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Akito Arima, KBE (有馬 朗人, Arima Akito; 13 September 1930 – 7 December 2020) was a Japanese nuclear physicist…

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Sanshiro Kume

久米三四郎
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Sanshiro Kume (久米 三四郎, Kume Sanshirō; March 22, 1926 – August 31, 2009) was a radiochemist who lectured at Osaka…

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Leo Esaki (江崎 玲於奈, Esaki Reona; born March 12, 1925) is a Japanese physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics…

Takeo Matsubara (松原武生, Takeo Matsubara; April 3, 1921 - December 15, 2014) was a Japanese physicist. Matsubara proposed…

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Heiichi Sugiyama

杉山平一
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Heiichi Sugiyama (Japanese: 杉山 平一, Hepburn: Sugiyama Heiichi; 2 November 1914 – 19 May 2012) was a Japanese poet, film…

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Ryōichi Kuroda (黒田了一, Kuroda Ryōichi; 16 March 1911 – 24 July 2003) was a Japanese jurist and politician from Suita…

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Takuma Yasui

安井琢磨
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Takuma Yasui (安井 琢磨, Yasui Takuma; April 1, 1909 – December 17, 1995) was a Japanese economist known for his…

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Shojiro Sugimura (杉村 正二郎, Sugimura Shojiro; April 4, 1905 – January 15, 1975) was a Japanese football player. He played…

Ishida Eiichirō (石田 英一郞; 13 June 1903 – 9 November 1968) was a Japanese scholar of folklore.

Masahiro Yasuoka (安岡正篤, Yasuoka Masahiro; February 13, 1898 – December 13, 1983) was a Japanese scholar of yangmingism…

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Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, 29 December 1887 – 1 August 1965) was a Japanese composer, teacher and cellist.

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Shinobu Orikuchi (折口 信夫, Orikuchi Shinobu; 11 February 1887–3 September 1953), also known as Chōkū Shaku (釋 迢空, Shaku…

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Madoka Sasaki

佐々木望 (動物学者)
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Madoka Sasaki (佐々木 望, Sasaki Madoka; 1883–1927) was a Japanese zoologist, who is known for his work on the cephalopods…

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Uchimura Kanzō (内村 鑑三; 26 March 1861 – 28 March 1930) was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of…

Nagao Ariga also spelled Nagao Aruga (有賀 長雄; 13 November 1860 – 17 June 1921) was a Japanese legal expert during the…