Background
Wakuri, Yutaro was born on July 7, 1928 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan.
Mechanical engineering educator
Wakuri, Yutaro was born on July 7, 1928 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan.
Bachelor of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 1952. Doctor of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 1962.
Research fellow laboratory Mitsubishi Ship Building and Engineering Company Ltd., Nagasaki, Japan, 1952-1963. Associate professor Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 1963-1970, professor, 1970-1992, Fukuoka University, 1992-1999, retired, 1999. Jury member Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 1990-1997, National Institution for Academy Degrees, Yokohama, Japan, 1991-1999.
Member Science Council of Japan, Tokyo, 1985-1994.
Member Society Automotive Engineers Japan (board directors 1976-1992, award for contribution to science research 1993), Japan Society Mechanical Engineers (board directors 1982-1984, vice president 1988-1989), Marine Engineering Society Japan (vice president 1991-1993, Doko prize 1989), Engineering Academy Japan.
Married Masako Yasumura, March 28, 1958. Children: Seiich, Satoko, Watanabe Yoshiko.