Tomisaku Kawasaki

Japanese pediatrician (1925-2020)

  • Fame51.4
  • Momentum5.2
  • Wikipedia2.6K
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Lived 1925–2020, aged 95Japan
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    16 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1925–2020
    Aged 95
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-20

Tomisaku Kawasaki was a Japanese pediatrician who first described the condition now known as Kawasaki disease in the 1960s. Alongside rheumatic heart disease, Kawasaki disease is considered to be the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children worldwide.

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