Famous People with Name Hiroaki

Hiroaki Mitsuya            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroaki Mitsuya: a Japanese virologist famous for his role in discovery of the anti-HIV drug zidovudine (AZT) as well as other anti-AIDS drugs including didanosine (ddI) and zalcitabine (ddC). Mitsuya obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. at Kumamoto University in Japan. He joined the American National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1982, working initially on human T cell leukemia virus type 1, before switching his attention to HIV. His identification of AZT as an anti-HIV drug, as well as the anti-HIV properties of ddI and ddC, was made in 1985. In December, 2006, he was awarded the first NIH World AIDS Day Award for his work in developing drugs for AIDS. Mitsuya has been chief of the NCI's Experimental Retrovirology Section since 1991.

Hiroaki Namba            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroaki Namba: is a Japanese football player currently playing for Yokohama FC.

Hiroaki Sato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroaki Sato: is a former Japanese football player and manager. He was part of the Japan national team for the 1956 Summer Olympics football competition in Melbourne.

Hiroaki Doi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroaki Doi: is a Japanese hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 74.08 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Inba.

Hiroaki Hamada            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroaki Hamada: is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. He has wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, Michinoku Pro, and All Japan Pro Wrestling, and was the founder of Universal