Tohru Fukuyama

Tohru Fukuyama
Born	1948 Anjō, Aichi, Japan
Institutions	Harvard University, Rice University, University of Tokyo
Alma mater	Nagoya University, Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Yoshito Kishi
Known for	Fukuyama coupling

Tohru Fukuyama (福山 透, Fukuyama Tōru, born 9 August 1948) is a Japanese organic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at University of Tokyo in Japan. He discovered the Fukuyama coupling in 1998.

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner Satoshi Ōmura is his friend.

References

• Homepage of Tohru Fukuyama
• CV of Fukuyama