Hiroshi Amano
Japanese materials scientist
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Who is Hiroshi Amano?
Hiroshi Amano (天野 浩, Amano Hiroshi; born September 11, 1960) is a Japanese materials scientist specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. Hiroshi Amano was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, the son of father Tatsuji and mother Yoshiko. During elementary school days, Amano played soccer as a goalkeeper and softball as a catcher. Upon entering high school, he began taking his studies seriously and became a top student by studying every day late into the night. In 1979, Amano entered Nagoya University, where he graduated from the School of Engineering in 1983. He then completed a master's course in the Graduate School of Engineering in 1985, and received his D.Eng. In 1988, Amano became a research associate in the School of Engineering at Nagoya University. He was also passionate about amateur radio and despite hating studying, he was good at mathematics.
Historical significance
He is a co-inventor of the blue LED, for which he was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura.
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“Hiroshi Amano.” thisDay, thisday.info/people/hiroshi-amano/. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.
Hiroshi Amano. (n.d.). thisDay. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://thisday.info/people/hiroshi-amano/
“Hiroshi Amano.” thisDay. Accessed October 26, 2026. https://thisday.info/people/hiroshi-amano/.