Katsuhiko Ariga

There's something quietly compelling about Katsuhiko Ariga — a chemist and academic who came up from Matsudo in Chiba, ground through the rigors of Tokyo Institute of Technology, and planted himself in the world of serious science. Born in 1962, he's from that generation that grew up breathing the fumes of Japan's high-growth era, where the unspoken deal was: get good at something real, something you can build on, and keep your head down. And from what I can tell, that's exactly what he did. No flashy stage name, just decades of accumulated expertise in nanotechnology and self-assembly, now as a University of Tokyo professor and a NIMS researcher. That kind of person rarely makes headlines, but the weight of their work has a way of outlasting the noise.

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Katsuhiko Ariga is a Japanese chemist and academic born in 1962 in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. He studied at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he built his foundation in chemistry. He has pursued a career in academic research and university life. He is a professor at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences of the University of Tokyo and has worked at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) since 2004, specializing in nanotechnology and self-assembly.

Name (English)

Katsuhiko Ariga

Name (Japanese)

有賀克彦

Reading

ありが かつひこ

Born

1962

Origin

Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Chemist / Academic

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Tiger

University

Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%89%E8%B3%80%E5%85%8B%E5%BD%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62001594

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Chemist
• Academic

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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