Takahiko Yamanouchi

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Takahiko Yamanouchi (July 2, 1902 – October 14, 1986) was a Japanese theoretical physicist known for bringing group theory into quantum mechanics in Japan. He was born in Kanagawa and earned his physics degree from the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1926. He worked at the University of Tokyo throughout his career: research associate at the Imperial University of Tokyo (1926–27), professor at the Tokyo Higher School (1927–1931), and he joined the Imperial University of Tokyo as a lecturer in engineering in 1929, becoming a full professor in 1942. He served as a physics professor at the University of Tokyo from 1949 until his retirement in 1963, and was dean of the faculty of science from 1959 to 1961.

In 1956 he won the Japan Academy Prize for the application of group theory to the theory of atomic spectra. He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star for his contributions to science. He studied under Kwan-ichi Terazawa. His students include Hironari Miyazawa and Masatoshi Koshiba.