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Akira Yoshino

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q11605748&amp;oldid=2562112715" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Medal with Purple Ribbon · dated 2004
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q720489&amp;oldid=2534550284" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asahi Kasei · from 1972
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q336264&amp;oldid=2564777157" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kyoto University · from 1966 · to 1970
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1063447&amp;oldid=2406433562" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charles Stark Draper Prize · dated 2014
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1188786&amp;oldid=2549962825" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kyushu University
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q336264&amp;oldid=2564777157" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kyoto University · from 1970 · to 1972

Wikidata describes Akira Yoshino as Japanese engineer and researcher (1948-), known as an inventor of lithium-ion battery.

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