Kikunae Ikeda died in 1936.

Kikunae Ikeda was born in 1864.

Kikunae Ikeda was a Japanese chemist and was a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University, he also named the chemical root taste called Umami.

Monosodium Glutamate also known as Sodium Glutamate, was made out of see weed in 1908 by Kikunae Ikeda who went to the Tokyo Imperial University.

The taste term umami was first coined by Dr. Kikunae Ikeda in 1908. At the time he was working for Tokyo Imperial University.