Company, Japan
Hitachi
Includes Hitachi Europe and Hitachi Medical Corporation.
Statistics
- People here now
- 0
- People ever
- 8
- Full moves in and out
- 3 in, 7 out
Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.
We estimate that 8 people shaping AI have worked at Hitachi, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. Its 2 tracked sub-organizations are led by Hitachi Europe (1 ever, 0 now) and Hitachi Medical Corporation (1 ever, 0 now). By all-time headcount, Hitachi is tied for 76th among 3,344 companies (tied for 656th of 8,827 organizations overall). Computer vision leads 4 areas of expertise (5 of 8 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 4 people in 1977–1981, 1996–1997 and 1999–2001, with the last dated stint ending in 2011. Across dated career transitions, we record 3 full moves in and 7 out, led by departures to Waseda University (2).
A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Hitachi from 1973 to 2011. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.
Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Year | Other | People |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 3 | 3 |
| 1974 | 3 | 3 |
| 1975 | 3 | 3 |
| 1976 | 3 | 3 |
| 1977 | 4 | 4 |
| 1978 | 4 | 4 |
| 1979 | 4 | 4 |
| 1980 | 4 | 4 |
| 1981 | 4 | 4 |
| 1982 | 2 | 2 |
| 1983 | 2 | 2 |
| 1984 | 2 | 2 |
| 1985 | 2 | 2 |
| 1986 | 2 | 2 |
| 1987 | 2 | 2 |
| 1988 | 2 | 2 |
| 1989 | 2 | 2 |
| 1990 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2 | 2 |
| 1993 | 3 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 | 3 |
| 1995 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 4 | 4 |
| 1997 | 4 | 4 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
A three-column flow diagram. People came from organizations on the left, Hitachi is in the middle, and destinations are on the right. It shows 3 incoming and 7 outgoing full moves.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records with full moves only, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Direction | Organization | Full moves |
|---|---|---|
| From | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| From | Robotics Society of Japan | 1 |
| From | University of Tokyo | 1 |
| Center | Hitachi | 3 in, 7 out |
| To | Waseda University | 2 |
| To | Aichi Prefectural University | 1 |
| To | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| To | International Association for Pattern Recognition | 1 |
| To | Shinshu University | 1 |
| To | Trans-disciplinary Federation of Science and Technology | 1 |
A ranked bar chart of the 5 organizations that currently employ the most people formerly at Hitachi, led by Waseda University (2).
Source: People of Superintelligence current and former career records, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Current organization | Former people here now | Share of former people with a current role |
|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | 2 | 40.0% |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 1 | 20.0% |
| Institute of Science Tokyo | 1 | 20.0% |
| University College Dublin | 1 | 20.0% |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 1 | 20.0% |
Across work histories (excluding degrees), 7 of the 8 people who have worked at Hitachi (88%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Hitachi to 26 peer institutions.
People here now
We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2011. All 8 people associated with Hitachi appear under former affiliations below.
People with former affiliations
We record 8 people who formerly worked at Hitachi. 5 of the 8 have a recorded current role at another organization, led by Waseda University (2). Across the 4 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 41,513 (median h-index 40).
- Cheng-Lin LiuNow at Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hiromichi FujisawaNow at Waseda University
- Hiroshi Sako
- Kenji SuzukiNow at Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo
- Masakatsu FujieNow at Waseda University
- Masakazu Ejiri
- Pádraig CunninghamNow at University College Dublin
- Yasuaki Nakano
Posts that include Hitachi
Hitachi appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.