Shuji Nakamura

I couldn't achieve the American dream in Japan.

— Shuji Nakamura

You work to earn money. But in Japan, that idea has a bad image, and you're not supposed to say that.

— Shuji Nakamura

My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic.

— Shuji Nakamura

I wanted to quit Nichia. I didn't care about anything. It was OK for them to fire me. I was not afraid…

— Shuji Nakamura

If I had gone to a big company, it would have been very difficult for me to do research freely. At a…

— Shuji Nakamura

I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the…

— Shuji Nakamura

A small company like Nichia should do niche products.

— Shuji Nakamura

I have been very fortunate to be supported by many people in my career. I also appreciate my personal friends, business friends,…

— Shuji Nakamura

It's good to have high-quality competition. It helps drive research forward at a faster pace.

— Shuji Nakamura

The most important thing I learned at the University of Florida is that a Ph.D. and writing papers is very important in…

— Shuji Nakamura

The LED light bulb is more than ten times the efficiency of regular incandescent lighting, so it can save the world hundreds…

— Shuji Nakamura

I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue…

— Shuji Nakamura

Many researchers have joined the field and applied the LED to many new markets such as mobile phone screens, LED TV, and…

— Shuji Nakamura

The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into…

— Shuji Nakamura

The Japanese press likes me a lot, but the problem is the Japanese government. It's very bureaucratic.

— Shuji Nakamura

There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.

— Shuji Nakamura

I was so surprised because I'm not too sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize, you know, because basically, physics, it…

— Shuji Nakamura

For people who currently have to burn fossil fuels to produce meager, polluting light, LED lighting is a game changer.

— Shuji Nakamura

It is very satisfying to see that my dream of LED lighting has become a reality.

— Shuji Nakamura

If Japanese companies don't reform drastically and implement English as their daily business language, the economy will only continue to contract.

— Shuji Nakamura

When I started on my research, I never expected I could invent the LED and laser diode.

— Shuji Nakamura

Basically, I like research because research is like to solve the quiz, you know. Always there is a problem, and I have…

— Shuji Nakamura

I hope that energy-efficient LED light bulbs will help reduce energy use and lower the cost of lighting worldwide.

— Shuji Nakamura