What is Tomio Fukuoka?
{{Infobox person | name = Tomio Fukuoka | native_name = 福岡富雄 | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|01|01}} | birth_place = [[Kagawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Japanese | spouse = Kazuko Fukuoka | children = Soji Fukuoka<br/>Kenji Fukuoka | net_worth = | relatives = | awards = {{plainlist}} * '''[[Medals of Honor (Japan)|Medal with Blue Ribbon]]''' (1993) * '''Order of the Sacred Treasure''' (2008) {{endplainlist}} | known for = Founder of [[:ja:神戸電子専門学校|Kobe Institute of Computing (KIC)]] | occupation = [[Educator]], [[Academian]] | title = {{plainlist}} * Founder and [[Chairman]] of [[Kobe Institute of Computing]] * Founder and [[Chairman]] of [[:ja:神戸電子専門学校|Kobe Denshi]] {{endplainlist}} | signature = }} {{Nihongo|'''Tomio Fukuoka'''|福岡富雄}} (born January 1, 1936) is a Japanese [[educator]] and Academian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kobedenshi.ac.jp/info/history.html|title=神戸電子専門学校60年の歩み|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Kobe Denshi}}</ref> He is the founder/[[Chairman]] of [[:ja:神戸電子専門学校|Kobe Denshi]] and [[Kobe Institute of Computing|Graduate School of Information Technology (KIC)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afghanembassyjp.org/jp/consulate/?pn=1625|title=H.E. Ambassador Dr. Fatimie Observes Entrance Ceremony of Kobe Institute of Computing|date=2015-10-01|access-date=2021-05-25|website=The Embassy of Afghanistan in Tokyo, Japan|archive-date=2021-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209153623/http://www.afghanembassyjp.org/jp/consulate/?pn=1625|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Biography== Tomio Fukuoka was born in [[Kagawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. He founded '''[[:ja:学校法人コンピュータ総合学園|KIC]]''' in 1958 as a small Electronic school in the city of [[Kobe]], [[Japan]] was called ''Kobe Electronic School'', which received the recognition ''Institute of Advanced Vocational Education'' from the Japanese Ministry of Education in 1988 for its vital contribution to Japanese computing society. Now '''KIC''' i