death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for spouse image article_title education name occupation organization
23 april 2011 tokyo , japan numazu , shizuoka , japan japanese 29 january 1930 sony midori matsubara nohga.jpg norio ohga
 tokyo university of the arts national university of fine arts and music berlin norio ohga businessperson , singer -lrb- baritone -rrb- , conductor sony tokyo philharmonic orchestra
norio ohga

, otherwise spelled `` norio oga '' -lrb- january 29 , 1930 -- april 23 , 2011 -rrb- , was the former president and chairman of sony corporation , credited with spurring the development of the compact disc as a commercially viable audio format .
