9 Notable alumni of Tokyo University of Science
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Tokyo University of Science is ranked #515 in the world and #17 in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 9 notable alumni from Tokyo University of Science sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Tokyo University of Science won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Terumi Tanaka
1932-. (aged 94)
anti–nuclear weapons activist
materials scientist
Terumi Tanaka is a Japanese anti-nuclear and anti-war activist and former professor. He is a hibakusha, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and is the secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japan-wide organisation of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers. He lives in Niiza, Saitama. On October 11, 2024, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon...
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2. Kinnosuke Ogura
1885-1962 (aged 77)
historian of mathematics
mathematician
Kinnosuke Ogura was a Japanese mathematician and historian of mathematics.
3. Shogo Fukuda
1984-. (aged 42)
basketball coach
coach
Shogo Fukuda is a Japanese basketball coach and a former player. He was college basketball coach of National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Westmont College, and St. John's University.
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4. Philip M. Condit
1941-. (aged 85)
businessperson
Philip Murray Condit is an American engineer and businessman who was Chair and Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Boeing company from 1996 to 2003. He dramatically reshaped the company by its merger with McDonnell Douglas and relocating Boeing's headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. He resigned to take symbolic responsibility for a military procurement scandal, although he was not accused...
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5. Keitaro Ohno
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Keitarō Ohno is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is currently serving as Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. He has served as State Minister of Cabinet Office in charge of Economic Security, Disaster Management, Space Policy, Science and Technology, etc, from 2021 to 2022, Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense from 2017 to 2018,...
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6. Wang Guowei
1877-1927 (aged 50)
poet
historian
Wang Guowei or Wang Kuo-wei, courtesy name Jing'an (靜安) or Boyu (伯隅), was a Chinese historian and poet. A versatile scholar, he made important contributions to the studies of ancient history, epigraphy, philology, vernacular literature and literary theory.
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7. Atsutoshi Nishida
1943-2017 (aged 74)
entrepreneur
Atsutoshi Nishida was a Japanese business executive.
8. Hirokazu Yasuhara
1965-. (aged 61)
video game director
game designer
Hirokazu Yasuhara, also credited as Carol Yas, is a Japanese video game designer. He is best known for designing the gameplay and stages of the initial Sonic the Hedgehog video games for Sega Genesis in the 1990s, based on technical demos and engines programmed by Yuji Naka. Yasuhara stayed with Sega until 1999. He then worked for Naughty Dog from...
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9. Satoshi Ōmura
1935-. (aged 91)
chemist
university teacher
biochemist
school teacher
microbiologist
Satoshi Ōmura is a Japanese biochemist. He is known for the discovery and development of hundreds of pharmaceuticals originally occurring in microorganisms. In 2015 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William C. Campbell for their role in the discovery of the world's first endectocide, ivermectin, a safe and highly effective microfilaricide. It is believed that the...
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