# Tōru Takahashi

> Toru Takahashi was a Japanese computer network researcher and businessman. He was credited with contributing to the spread of the Internet into Japan and the rest of Asia in the 1990s and was a pivotal figure in the early commercial development of the Internet. For this reason, he was often called the "Father of the Internet" in Japan.

*Japanese computer network scientist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/toru-takahashi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1941-01-15
- **Died:** 2022-12-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Takahashi Tōru (Internet)](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_T%C5%8Dru_(Internet))
- [تورو تاكاهاشي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A)
- [Tōru Takahashi (Internetpionier)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takahashi_(Internetpionier))
- [Toru Takahashi (Internet)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Takahashi_(Internet))
- [Tōru Takahashi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takahashi)
- [高橋徹 (ネットワーク研究者)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E5%BE%B9_(%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E8%80%85))
- [Такахаси, Тору](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11671251)

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