About
Japanese chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 for discovering conductive polymers. He worked as a professor at University of Tsukuba in Japan for many years.
Before Fame
He worked as an assistant at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Trivia
He is related to a member of the singing group Morning Musume.
Family Life
He is related to Naoko Takahashi, the women's marathon gold medalist of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Associated With
He won the Nobel Prize three years before Peter Agre did.
