is a Japanese pediatrician

Pediatrics

Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...

.

Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease , also known as Kawasaki syndrome, lymph node syndrome and mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is an autoimmune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It is largely seen in children under five years of age...

 is named for him. He published a description in Japanese in 1967, and a description in English in 1974.

He first observed the condition in 1961.

He studied at Chiba University

Chiba University

is a national university in the city of Chiba, Japan. It offers Doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University.-Faculties:*Letters*Education*Law and Economics*Science...

. In Japan, there were several activities of etiology research groups, but there has been no established theory. He has been active in this field, and established "Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center" in 1990 and later a non-profit organization "Japan Disease Research Center".From "Clinicians' Battles, Doctors whose names are found in the disease, (2000), edit. Itakura E. Medical Sense, Tokyo, in Japanese.