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Affiliation
Professor (Professor Emeritus), National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
The Japan Academy
Degree
Dr. Sci.

J-GLOBAL ID
200901022360864989
researchmap Member ID
0000004214

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Born in 1949. Got PhD from Univ.Tokyo on a theoretical study of the origin of spiral structure of galaxies. Initial member of the 8.2m Subaru Telescope project and the proposer of its active optics concept. Leader of the laser guide star adaptive optics of Subaru Telescope. Found the most distant galaxy IOK-1 at 12.88 billion light years away in 2006. Awards: Nishina prize, Toray Science & Technology prize, Medal with Blue Ribbon, and Japan Academy of Science Prize. Leading the TMT project in Japan to start its construction on Mauna Kea from 2014 as an international project.


Research Areas

  1

Papers

  270

Misc.

  91

Books and Other Publications

  9

Research Projects

  44