Yoshiaki Arata

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|6|5|1924|5|22|df=y}}

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| nationality = Japanese

| fields = Cold fusion

| workplaces = Osaka University

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| awards = Order of Culture of Japan

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{{nihongo|Yoshiaki Arata|荒田 吉明|Arata Yoshiaki|22 May 1924{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/aratacenter/Arata.html|title = サービス終了のお知らせ}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sponky.net/?p=1922|title=5月22日生まれの性格・相性・有名人・誕生石・誕生花｜365日誕生日占い}} – 5 June 2018}}{{cite web| url = https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180607/k00/00m/060/072000c| title = 訃報：荒田吉明さん９４歳＝大阪大名誉教授 {{!}} 毎日新聞}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO3144586006062018AC8000/|title=荒田吉明氏が死去 大阪大名誉教授|date=6 June 2018}}{{cite news|title=La rivincita del Samurai|language=Italian|publisher=Il Sole 24 Ore|date=22 May 2008|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/2008/05/samurai-caravita.shtml?uuid=1af305be-2804-11dd-9bec-00000e25108c&DocRulesView=Libero}} was a Japanese physicist. Arata was one of the pioneering researchers into nuclear fusion in Japan and a former professor at Osaka University.{{cite news|title=Nucleare, la fusione fredda funziona|language=Italian|author=Ludovica Manusardi Carlesi|publisher=Il Sole 24 Ore|date=22 May 2008|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/2008/05/nucleare-fusione-fredda.shtml?uuid=d215abee-2803-11dd-9bec-00000e25108c}} He was reported to be a strong nationalist, speaking only Japanese in public. He received the Order of Culture in 2006.[http://www.iscmns.org/news.htm Arata receives award from Emperor of Japan]

Arata started researching and publishing in the field of cold fusion around 1998, together with his colleague Yue Chang Zhang.{{cite news | title = Cold fusion success in Japan gets warm reception in India | date = 2008-05-27 | work = Thaindian News | url = http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/cold-fusion-success-in-japan-gets-warm-reception-in-india_10053182.html }}