Founded 1877 as Tokyo University, name changed to Imperial University in 1886, Tokyo Imperial University in 1887, and back to Tokyo University in 1947.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Teruaki Aoki |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Senior EVP at Sony, 2000-05 |
| Leo Esaki |
Physicist |
12-Mar-1925 |
|
Electron tunneling |
| Takeo Fukuda |
Head of State |
14-Jan-1905 |
5-Jul-1995 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1976-78 |
| Toshihiko Fukui |
Government |
7-Sep-1935 |
|
Governor of the Bank of Japan |
| James E. Hansen |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1941 |
|
Greenhouse effect and global warming |
| Yukio Hatoyama |
Politician |
11-Feb-1947 |
|
Prime Minister of Japan, 2009-10 |
| Chushiro Hayashi |
Astronomer |
25-Jul-1920 |
28-Feb-2010 |
Big Bang astrophysicist |
| Prince Hitachi |
Royalty |
28-Nov-1935 |
|
Brother of Emperor Akihito |
| Kiyoshi Ito |
Mathematician |
7-Sep-1915 |
10-Nov-2008 |
Ito Calculus |
| Jigoro Kano |
Sports Figure |
28-Oct-1860 |
4-May-1938 |
Founder of Judo |
| Yasunari Kawabata |
Author |
11-Jun-1899 |
16-Apr-1972 |
The Masters of Go |
| Masatoshi Koshiba |
Physicist |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Detected cosmic neutrinos |
| Yasuzo Masumura |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1924 |
23-Nov-1986 |
Blind Beast |
| Yukio Mishima |
Author |
14-Jan-1925 |
25-Nov-1970 |
The Sea of Fertility |
| Kiichi Miyazawa |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1919 |
28-Jun-2007 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1991-93 |
| Yasuhiro Nakasone |
Head of State |
27-May-1918 |
|
Prime Minister of Japan, 1982-87 |
| Yoichiro Nambu |
Physicist |
18-Jan-1921 |
5-Jul-2015 |
Spontaneous broken symmetry |
| Ei-ichi Negishi |
Chemist |
14-Jul-1935 |
|
Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings |
| Hamaguchi Osachi |
Head of State |
1-Apr-1870 |
26-Aug-1931 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31 |
| Nam June Paik |
Artist |
20-Jul-1932 |
29-Jan-2006 |
Korean-American video artist |
| Charles Richter |
Scientist |
26-Apr-1900 |
30-Sep-1985 |
Groundbreaking seismologist |
| Eisaku Sato |
Politician |
27-Mar-1901 |
3-Jun-1975 |
Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72 |
| Isao Takahata |
Film Director |
29-Oct-1935 |
|
Grave of the Fireflies |
| Kenzo Tange |
Architect |
4-Sep-1913 |
22-Mar-2005 |
Designed Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima |
| Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1906 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Kiichiro Toyoda |
Business |
11-Jun-1894 |
27-Mar-1952 |
Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Shigeru Yoshida |
Head of State |
22-Sep-1878 |
20-Oct-1967 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1948-54 |
