Kenkichi Sonogashira (薗頭 健吉, Sonogashira Kenkichi, born 25 October 1931) is a Japanese chemist and was a professor of chemistry at Osaka University in Japan.

He discovered the Sonogashira coupling in 1975.

Sonogashira was later a professor at Osaka City University and retired in 2004.

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