Architect, honorary-professor of the University of Tokyo, born in Osaka, study architecture by himself, set up Tadao Ando Architecture Research Institute in 1969, focus on the proposal of new architectural plans harmonious with the environment, got many awards such as the pritzker Prize, visiting professor of American Yale University, Columbia University and Harvard University, and the University of Tokyo since 1997 and now the honorary professor, titled as "Outstanding Contributors to the Japanese Culture", published books such as "On Architecture" and "Fail in Every Fight" etc., devoted to the reconstruction work of the disaster area as the executive director of the "Reconstruction Support Committee" after the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

Name : Tadao Ando Post: Chairperson of Osaka Brand Committee Title : Architect, Honorary Professor of the University of Tokyo