Engineers from Japan

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Japanese Engineers of all time. This list of famous Japanese Engineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. #1

   

   Tsutomu Yamaguchi

   1916 - 2010

   HPI 71.1643 langs

   Tsutomu Yamaguchi was most famous for being the only person to survive the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

2. #2

   

   Jiro Horikoshi

   1903 - 1982

   HPI 69.8826 langs

   Jiro Horikoshi is most famous for designing the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane.

3. #3

   

   Masaru Ibuka

   1908 - 1997

   HPI 66.6331 langs

   Masaru Ibuka is most famous for co-founding Sony Corporation with Akio Morita.

4. #4

   

   Hidesaburō Ueno

   1872 - 1925

   HPI 66.1716 langs

   Japanese agricultural scientist (1872-1925)

5. #5

   

   Genichi Taguchi

   1924 - 2012

   HPI 59.7116 langs

   Japanese engineer and statistician

6. #6

   

   Hidetsugu Yagi

   1886 - 1976

   HPI 58.0817 langs

   Japanese electrical engineer (1886–1976)

7. #7

   

   Naoki Hattori

   b. 1966

   HPI 48.1620 langs

   Japanese racing driver