Chemist
Susumu Kitagawa
Porous coordination polymers, and gases stored inside crystals.
Susumu Kitagawa is a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist specializing in coordination chemistry, with a focus on organic-inorganic hybrid compounds and the chemical and physical properties of porous coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks. He is Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), which he co-founded. In 2025, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi.
- Born
- 1951-07-04, Kyoto, JapanA Wednesday
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1951-07-04, Kyoto, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
Asia/TokyoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 11°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 8°40′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 21°13′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 26°26′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 0°03′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 12°37′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 26°36′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 9°47′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 16°45′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 18°19′ | Direct |
Susumu Kitagawa is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Susumu Kitagawa was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.