Yoshio Masuda

{{Short description|Japanese scientist and naval officer}}

Yoshio Masuda (died 2009) was a Japanese naval commander regarded as the father of modern wave power technology.{{cite journal| title=Wave energy utilization: A review of the technologies | first=António F. de O. | last=Falcão | journal=Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | volume= 14| issue=3 | year=2009 | pages= 899–918|doi=10.1016/j.rser.2009.11.003 }} Among other devices, the now-used principle of oscillating water column is regarded as his invention.{{cite web|title=The Masuda Device |publisher=daedalus.gr |url=http://daedalus.gr/prdre1.html |access-date=2009-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330074956/http://www.daedalus.gr/prdre1.html |archive-date=March 30, 2010 }}{{cite web | title = Give us a wave! | publisher= www.unep.org | url = http://www.unep.org/ourplanet/imgversn/123/ross.html | access-date = 2009-12-21 }}{{cite book |title=Renewable energy: sustainable energy concepts for the future |year=2008 |publisher=Wiley-VCH |isbn=978-3-527-40804-7 |editor1-first=Roland |editor1-last=Wengenmayr |editor2-first=Thomas |editor2-last=Bührke |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/renewableenergys0000unse_w8e5 }} It was initially used for small-scale navigation buoys.