As per our current Database, Shuji Nakamura is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Shuji Nakamura is 70 years, 6 months and 2 days old. Shuji Nakamura will celebrate 71rd birthday on a Thursday 22nd of May 2025. Below we countdown to Shuji Nakamura upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Shuji Nakamura |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Age | 70 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 22, 1954 (Japan) |
| Birthday | May 22 |
| Town/City | Japan |
| Nationality | Japan |
Shuji Nakamura’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Shuji Nakamura was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Japanese scientist who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of blue light-emitting diodes, which are used in the creation of Blu-Ray discs. He has served as a professor in the Materials Department of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
He earned a Master of Engineering degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Tokushima.
He was awarded a bonus of around $9 million by the Nichia Corporation for his patents, which was the largest bonus ever paid by a Japanese company at the time.
He has children named Hitomi, Arisa and Fumie.
Like American Physicist Clifford Shull, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
