Kyôtoku Fuji (藤徳 富士) (? – 1923) was a Japanese physicist at Imperial University, Tokyo, known for research with Shoji Nishikawa on high-voltage electrical equipment and constant high potentials.
Biography Kyôtoku Fuji was born in Osaka Prefecture. He became a lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University's College of Science in 1908. Fuji published primarily on experimental physics instrumentation and mathematical physics, and was known for his high-voltage electrical equipment, radioactivity in petroleum, and early X-ray instrumentation. His most widely referenced paper covers the design of high-voltage electrical equipment for early atomic and X-ray physics research. Kyôtoku Fuji also documented clairvoyance experiments known as "The Seringan Affair" (Senrigan Jikken). Fuji participated in experiments in Marugame, and was quoted as a skeptic: "Even before I went to Marugame to conduct the experiment, I had doubts about Mrs. Ikuko's so-called thoughtography... In short, from what I have investigated, there are many questionable points about Mrs. Ikuko's thoughtography, and there is plenty of reason to suspect that she is using magic tricks." Kyôtoku Fuji was named a 1921 fellow of the American Physical Society. Fuji was promoted to professor in March 1923, shortly before his death later that month.
Publications Kyôtoku Fuji (1914). "Researches on the Electric Discharge of the Isolated Electric Organ of Astrape (Japanese Electric Ray) by Means of an Oscillograph". Tokyo Sugaku-Buturigakkwai Kizi Dai 2 Ki. 7 (20): 369–397_3. doi:10.11429/ptmps1907.7.20_369. Kyôtoku Fuji (1915). "Radium Emanation in Petroleum from Nisiyama Oil Field in the Province of Etigo". Proceedings of the Tokyo Mathematico-Physical Society. 2nd Series. 8 (1): 13–14. doi:10.11429/ptmps1907.8.1_13. Kyôtoku Fuji; Shoji Nishikawa (1916). "Outfits for Constant High Potentials to be installed in The Physical Institute, University of Tôkyô". Tokyo Sugaku-Buturigakkwai Kizi Dai 2 Ki. 8 (17): 509–512. doi:10.11429/ptmps1907.8.17_509.
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