Yoshiki Kuramoto (蔵本由記)
Yoshiki Kuramoto (蔵本由記) (born 1940) is a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in dynamical systems and collective synchronization. He is best known for developing the Kuramoto model, a mathematical framework that describes how a group of individual oscillators can spontaneously synchronize, even without a dominant external signal. This model has had a profound impact across disciplines, including neuroscience, network engineering, and systems biology. The elegance and wide applicability of his theory have made him a central figure in the understanding of emergent phenomena in complex systems.