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Top 100 Scientists in Japan

The most publicly visible scientists in Japan.

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The most famous scientists in Japan right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

JapanScientists230 peopleHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Hideki Yukawa	Japan	Scientists	65.3	2.1
#2	—	Yoshinori Ohsumi	Japan	Scientists	62.4	5.1
#3	—	Junko Tabei	Japan	Scientists	59.6	4.8
#4	—	Leo Esaki	Japan	Scientists	59.3	1.1
#5	—	Masatoshi Koshiba	Japan	Scientists	58.7	0.6
#6	—	Ryōji Noyori	Japan	Scientists	58.5	5.7
#7	—	Ken Kutaragi	Japan	Scientists	58.3	19.8
#8	—	Sakichi Toyoda	Japan	Scientists	57.6	3.5
#9	—	Isamu Akasaki	Japan	Scientists	57.3	0.0
#10	—	Hideki Shirakawa	Japan	Scientists	57.1	7.0
#11	—	Satoshi Ōmura	Japan	Scientists	56.9	3.0
#12	—	Takaaki Kajita	Japan	Scientists	56.9	0.0
#13	—	Osamu Shimomura	Japan	Scientists	56.9	2.0
#14	—	Akira Yoshino	Japan	Scientists	56.3	3.3
#15	—	Kenichi Fukui	Japan	Scientists	56.1	1.3
#16	—	Makoto Kobayashi	Japan	Scientists	55.8	0.0
#17	—	Akira Suzuki	Japan	Scientists	55.7	0.0
#18	—	Koichi Tanaka	Japan	Scientists	55.5	0.0
#19	—	Yoshiro Nakamatsu	Japan	Scientists	53.8	0.9
#20	—	Nobu Shirase	Japan	Scientists	53.7	1.7
#21	—	Katsuko Saruhashi	Japan	Scientists	53.6	3.5
#22	—	Mamiya Rinzō	Japan	Scientists	53.6	15.0
#23	—	Naomi Uemura	Japan	Scientists	53.5	0.4
#24	—	Ōtani Kōzui	Japan	Scientists	53.1	10.0
#25	—	Tomitaro Makino	Japan	Scientists	52.9	0.2
#26	—	Yoshiharu Sekino	Japan	Scientists	52.6	25.0
#27	—	Yoshio Nishina	Japan	Scientists	52.4	0.0
#28	—	Kikunae Ikeda	Japan	Scientists	52.3	0.0
#29	—	Gyōki	Japan	Scientists	52.2	2.3
#30	—	KI Kaoru Ishikawa	Japan	Scientists	52.2	0.0
#31	—	Akira Miyawaki	Japan	Scientists	51.6	2.1
#32	—	Nagaoka Hantarō	Japan	Scientists	51.4	0.0
#33	—	Kōtarō Honda	Japan	Scientists	50.8	3.5
#34	—	Takenoshin Nakai	Japan	Scientists	50.6	0.0
#35	—	Tsuneko Okazaki	Japan	Scientists	50.6	0.0
#36	—	Takamine Jōkichi	Japan	Scientists	50.6	0.0
#37	—	Chushiro Hayashi	Japan	Scientists	50.6	3.7
#38	—	TU Takeshi Urata	Japan	Scientists	50.5	1.3
#39	—	Shibukawa Shunkai	Japan	Scientists	50.3	5.2
#40	—	TK Takao Kobayashi	Japan	Scientists	50.2	0.7
#41	—	Hiroshi Ishiguro	Japan	Scientists	50.0	1.4
#42	—	Masatoshi Shima	Japan	Scientists	49.9	0.0
#43	—	RO Reiji Okazaki	Japan	Scientists	49.8	2.4
#44	—	Hidetsugu Yagi	Japan	Scientists	49.6	0.0
#45	—	MK Masaru Kitano	Japan	Scientists	49.5	2.4
#46	—	Jun-ichi Nishizawa	Japan	Scientists	49.5	0.2
#47	—	Kenjirō Takayanagi	Japan	Scientists	49.4	0.0
#48	—	Sumio Iijima	Japan	Scientists	49.4	0.0
#49	—	Ken Mogi	Japan	Scientists	49.3	0.0
#50	—	YH Yuji Hyakutake	Japan	Scientists	49.2	4.1
#51	—	Ukichiro Nakaya	Japan	Scientists	49.1	0.0
#52	—	Masato Sagawa	Japan	Scientists	49.0	3.9
#53	—	Bunzō Hayata	Japan	Scientists	48.7	4.9
#54	—	SU Seiji Ueda	Japan	Scientists	48.7	8.5
#55	—	OO Okuro Oikawa	Japan	Scientists	48.5	6.7
#56	—	Aikitu Tanakadate	Japan	Scientists	48.5	3.1
#57	—	Shiba Kōkan	Japan	Scientists	48.4	0.0
#58	—	Akira Fujishima	Japan	Scientists	48.4	4.9
#59	—	Yamakawa Kenjirō	Japan	Scientists	48.3	0.0
#60	—	J. J. Sakurai	Japan	Scientists	48.2	0.0
#61	—	Hisashi Kimura	Japan	Scientists	48.2	0.0
#62	—	Shoichi Sakata	Japan	Scientists	48.2	0.0
#63	—	Hidetoshi Katori	Japan	Scientists	48.1	15.0
#64	—	Yoji Totsuka	Japan	Scientists	48.1	3.4
#65	—	Akito Arima	Japan	Scientists	48.0	0.0
#66	—	Ekai Kawaguchi	Japan	Scientists	47.9	0.0
#67	—	Sahachiro Hata	Japan	Scientists	47.9	0.0
#68	—	YK Yoshiki Kuramoto	Japan	Scientists	47.9	14.8
#69	—	Chika Kuroda	Japan	Scientists	47.8	0.0
#70	—	Yoshito Kishi	Japan	Scientists	47.8	15.0
#71	—	Mogami Tokunai	Japan	Scientists	47.6	4.7
#72	—	TS Tanaka Shōsuke	Japan	Scientists	47.3	1.3
#73	—	Maki Kawai	Japan	Scientists	47.0	9.3
#74	—	Koji Nakanishi	Japan	Scientists	46.9	3.7
#75	—	Masatoshi Takeichi	Japan	Scientists	46.6	7.4
#76	—	Shintaro Uda	Japan	Scientists	46.6	0.0
#77	—	KH Kiyotsugu Hirayama	Japan	Scientists	46.6	0.0
#78	—	SY Shunpei Yamazaki	Japan	Scientists	46.6	0.0
#79	—	HK Hiroki Kosai	Japan	Scientists	46.5	0.0
#80	—	KN Kyoko Nozaki	Japan	Scientists	46.5	4.1
#81	—	Hideo Hosono	Japan	Scientists	46.5	2.6
#82	—	Akira Tonomura	Japan	Scientists	46.4	6.1
#83	—	TH Teruo Higa	Japan	Scientists	46.4	5.7
#84	—	Yoshinori Tokura	Japan	Scientists	46.2	2.7
#85	—	Seiji Kaya	Japan	Scientists	46.2	10.1
#86	—	Hayashi Shihei	Japan	Scientists	46.0	0.0
#87	—	Hisayoshi Takeda	Japan	Scientists	45.7	0.0
#88	—	Hideo Ōno	Japan	Scientists	45.7	0.0
#89	—	Yoshihide Kozai	Japan	Scientists	45.7	1.6
#90	—	Kosuke Morita	Japan	Scientists	45.4	3.7
#91	—	Itō Keisuke	Japan	Scientists	45.3	0.0
#92	—	HK Hiroshi Kaneda	Japan	Scientists	45.2	0.0
#93	—	Udagawa Yōan	Japan	Scientists	45.1	0.0
#94	—	Ryōkichi Yatabe	Japan	Scientists	44.9	7.1
#95	—	Jun Kondō	Japan	Scientists	44.9	0.0
#96	—	Keizo Miura	Japan	Scientists	44.6	0.2
#97	—	Hōei Nojiri	Japan	Scientists	44.5	0.0
#98	—	Tenjiku Tokubei	Japan	Scientists	44.4	0.0
#99	—	SO Susumu Ohno	Japan	Scientists	44.4	0.1
#100	—	Kunitomo Ikkansai	Japan	Scientists	44.4	0.0

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