# Japan's ten great inventors (chosen by the Japan Patent Office in 1985)

To mark 100 years of Japan's industrial property system, ten great Japanese inventors were chosen on Invention Day, 18 April 1985: from Sakichi Toyoda's wooden hand loom to Kōkichi Mikimoto's cultured pearls, Kikunae Ikeda's umami seasoning and Hidetsugu Yagi's antenna, in order of patent number.

- 81 votes · 10 items
- May 4, 2021 · Kenichi Hasegawa
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## Top 10

1. **Sakichi Toyoda** (13 · ▲13 ▼0) — Wooden hand loom (Japanese patent no. 1195).
2. **Jōkichi Takamine** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Adrenaline (Japanese patent no. 4785).
3. **Kyōta Sugimoto** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Japanese typewriter (Japanese patent no. 27877).
4. **Kōkichi Mikimoto** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Cultured pearls (Japanese patent no. 2670).
5. **Umetarō Suzuki** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Vitamin B1 (Japanese patent no. 20785).
6. **Yasujirō Niwa** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Phototelegraphy (fax) system (Japanese patent no. 84722).
7. **Kikunae Ikeda** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Monosodium glutamate (umami seasoning) (Japanese patent no. 14805).
8. **Tokushichi Mishima** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — MK magnet steel (Japanese patent no. 96371).
9. **Kōtarō Honda** (1 · ▲5 ▼4) — KS magnet steel (Japanese patent no. 32234).
10. **Hidetsugu Yagi** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — Yagi antenna (Japanese patent no. 69115).

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