Past winners
All the past winners
- Material
- Semiconductor and its applications to System, Information Technology, Electronics
- Measurement Science and Technology
- Biotechnology and Medical Science
Material
| Award year | Winner | Affiliation | Title |
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| 2020 | Tsutomu Miyasaka | Specially Appointed Professor, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Toin University of Yokohama | Invention and efficiency development of solar cells based on organic inorganic perovskite semiconductors |
| 2018 | Ryoji Kanno | Unit Leader and Professor, All-Solid-State Battery Unit, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Design and Realization of Lithium Ionic Conductors and All-Solid-State Batteries |
| 2016 | Akira Yoshikawa | Professor, Institute for Materials Research⁄New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University | Developments of a novel garnet scintillators and industrialization by the academic startups |
| Kei Kamada | Associate professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University; President and Representative Director, C&A Corporation | ||
| Yasuhiro Shoji | Manager, Monocrystal Business Department, C&A Corporation | ||
| 2015 | Fujimitsu Masuyama | Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology | Contribution to the development and application of creep-strength-enhanced ferritic heat resistant steels and highly efficient power plant operation |
| Atsuro Iseda | General Manager, Specialty Tubular Products Technical Service & Solution Department, Pipe & Tube Division, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation | ||
| 2014 | Takatomo Sasaki | Specially Appointed Professor, Photon Pioneers Center,Professor Emeritus, Osaka University | Discovery of nonlinear optical borate crystal CsLiB6O10 and contributions to development of new deep-ultraviolet laser sources |
| Yusuke Mori | Professor, Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | ||
| Masashi Yoshimura | Associate Professor, Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | ||
| 2013 | Hiroshi Harada | Specially Appointed Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science | Development of High Temperature Turbine Material using Nickel-base Superalloys |
| Kyoko Kawagishi | Senior Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science | ||
| Tadaharu Yokokawa | Part-time employee (former Principal Researcher) , National Institute for Materials Science | ||
| 2012 | Yoshinobu Honkura | Technical Supervisor of Aichi Steel Corporation | The research and development of Dy free Nd-Fe-B anisotropic bonded magnet and its applications to motors |
| 2011 | Akira Yoshino | Fellow of Asahi Kasei Corp. | Development and its commercialization of the lithium-ion battery |
| 2010 | Satoshi Takechi | Project Manager of Intellectual Property UNIT Standard Promotion Department, FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. |
Technical innovation in ArF resist material for LSI production to 90nm-era and beyond |
| Koji Nozaki | Research Fellow of Devices and Materials Laboratories, FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD. |
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| 2009 | Tsuyoshi Masumoto | President, Research Institute for Electric and Magnetic Materials Emeritus Professor, Tohoku University |
Development and Industrial Contribution of Amorphous Alloys |
| Hiroyasu Fujimori | Councilor, Research Institute for Electric and Magnetic Materials Emeritus Professor, Tohoku University |
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| 2008 | Terunori Fujita | Executive Officer, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
General Manager, Catalysis Science Laboratory, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. |
Development of New Olefin Polymerization Catalysts and Their Applications to Novel Polyolefinic Materials |
| Makoto Mitani | Leader, Polymerization Catalysis Unit, Catalysis Science Laboratory Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. |
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| 2007 | Masashi Kawasaki | Professor, WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University |
Exploration of ZnO Based Semiconductor Technology |
| 2006 | Kazuhito Hashimoto | Director, Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology The Univ. of Tokyo | Environmental Materials Using TiO2 Photocatalyst with Solar Energy |
| Toshiya Watanabe | Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology, The Univ. of Tokyo | ||
| 2005 | Terunobu Miyazaki | Professor Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University |
Study on the Application of Tunnel Magnetoresistance Junctions |
| 2004 | Hirohisa Tanaka | Materials Research and Development Division DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD. |
Research and Development of a Self-Regenerative Palladium-Perovskite Catalyst for Automotive Emissions Control |
| Mari Uenishi | Materials Research and Development Division DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD. |
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| Yasuo Nishihata | Synchrotron Radiation Research Center Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) |
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| 2003 | Toshihiro Ishikawa | Directorate of Functional Materials Institute, Ube Research Labo., Ube Industries, Ltd. |
Development and Industrialization of Functional Ceramics Produced from an Organosilicon Polymer |
| 2002 | Syunichi Miyazaki | Professor University of Tsukuba |
Development of Ti-Ni Shape Memory Alloys and Contribution to Their Applications |
| 2001 | Takaaki Toyooka the other 5 members | Manager, Kawasaki steel (JFE) | Next Generation, Electrical Resistance Welded Steel Tube with High Strength and Excellent Formability Contributing to Energy Conservation |
Semiconductor and its applications to System, Information Technology, Electronics
| Award year | Winner | Affiliation | Title |
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| 2020 | Tsunenobu Kimoto | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University | Contributions to the Establishment and Practical Application of Basic Technology for SiC Power Semiconductors |
| Takashi Nakamura | Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | ||
| 2018 | Ichiro Shibasaki | Former Group Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation Scientific Advisor, The Noguchi Institute |
Development of high sensitivity InSb・InAs thin fi lm Hall sensors and their applications |
| 2016 | Mitsuru Sugawara | President and Representative Director, QD Laser, Inc. | Realization of superior characteristic quantum dot lasers with optical communication wavelength and its commercialization with mass-production |
| Keizo Takemasa | Operating Officer⁄Manger, Laser Device Business Department, QD Laser, Inc. | ||
| Kenichi Nishi | General Manager, Laser Device Business Department, QD Laser, Inc. | ||
| 2015 | Hidefumi Ibe | Senior Staff, Electronic Systems Research Department, Center for Technology Innovation- ProductionEngineering, Research and Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd. | Development of Impact Assessment Technologies for Terrestrial Neutron-Induced Soft-Errors in Semiconductor Devices and Prompt Protection Architecture against Resultant Failures in Electronic Systems |
| Tadanobu Toba | Senior Researcher, Electronic Systems Research Department, Center for Technology Innovation- ProductionEngineering, Research and Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd. | ||
| Kenichi Shinbo | Researcher, Electronic Systems Research Department, Center for Technology Innovation-ProductionEngineering, Research and Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd. | ||
| 2014 | Takashi Eshita | Director, System Memory Business Division, Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. | Development of high-reliability technologies for Ferroelectric Random Access Memory and its mass-production |
| Shoichiro Kawashima | Senior Director, System Memory Business Division, Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. | ||
| Shigeo Kashiwagi | Member of the Board and Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. | ||
| 2013 | Nobukazu Teranishi | Contract Professor, Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, University of Hyogo Professor, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University Formerly worked for NEC Corporation; formerly worked for Panasonic Corporation |
Development of Image Sensors with Pinned Photodiode |
| 2012 | Shinichi Takagi | Professor at Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Graduate School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo | Pioneering contributions to understanding of carrier transport properties in channels of Si MOSFETs and to technology of the channel mobility enhancement |
| 2011 | Digh Hisamoto | Chief Researcher of Electronics Research Center, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
Invention and development of "fin" structure MOSFETs |
| 2010 | Hiroo Kinoshita | Professor of Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, University of Hyogo Former Principal Researcher of Atsugi Electrical Communication Laboratory, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation |
Pioneering research and longtime contribution for industrial approach on extreme ultraviolet lithography |
| 2009 | Yoshinobu Nakagome | General Manager, Advanced Analog Technology Div., Renesas Technology Corp. (Former Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. ) | Pioneering development of seminal low-leakage CMOS circuits |
| Masashi Horiguchi | Chief Engineer, Advanced Analog Technology Div., Renesas Technology Corp. (Former Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.) |
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| Takayuki Kawahara | Chief Researcher,Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. | ||
| 2008 | Masaru Sasago | Team Leader, Process Development Center,Production Headquarters, Semiconductor Company,Panasonic Co., Ltd.
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A pioneer research and industrial development of excimer laser lithography technology |
| 2007 | Hiroshi Iwai | Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Pioneering Work of Sub-50 nm MOSFET Research and Development" |
| Hisayo S. Momose | Specialist , Center for Semiconductor Research & Development, Toshiba Corporation | ||
| Tatsuya Ohguro | Senior Specialist, Center for Semiconductor Research &Development, Toshiba Corporation | ||
| 2006 | Takashi Ito | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University | Advanced Research for Highly-reliable CMOS Gate Dielectric Films by Direct Nitridation of Silicon |
| 2005 | Mitsuo Usami | Senior Chief Researcher Hitachi, Ltd., Central Research Laboratory | Development of Ultra-Small Chip for IC Tags and Related Technology |
| Ryo Imura | Executive Managing Director Hitachi, Ltd. Mu-Solutions Division | ||
| 2004 | Kazutoshi Wakabayashi | System CAD, System Devices Res. Labs. NEC Corp. | High-level Synthesis and Verification on System LSI |
| 2003 | Jyunichi Murota | Professor Laboratory for Electronic Intelligent Systems.Tohoku University | Development of Group IV Hetero CVD Technology and Creation of Atomically Controlled Processing |
| 2002 | Tatau Nishinaga | President,Toyohashi University of Technology | Invention of micro-channel epitaxy for drastic reduction of dislocation in highly lattice-mismatched hetero-epitaxial systems |
| 2001 | Hiroyuki Matsunami | Professor, Kyoto University | Pioneer Work for High-Quality Epitaxial Growth of Semiconductor Silicon Carbide and Power Devices |
Measurement Science and Technology
| Award year | Winner | Affiliation | Title |
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| 2021 | Tetsuya Ishikawa | Director, RIKEN SPring-8 Center | Development of a compact X-ray free-electron laser SACLA and its deployment in research applications |
| Hitoshi Tanaka | Deputy Director, RIKEN SPring-8 Center | ||
| Makina Yabashi | Group Director, RIKEN SPring-8 Center | ||
| 2019 | Atsushi Maki | Chief Researcher, Center for Exploratory Research, Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group | Development of wearable optical topography systems for the imaging of brain functions and its social implementation |
| Masashi Kiguchi | Center for Exploratory Research, Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group | ||
| Hiroki Sato | Professor, Ph. D., Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology | ||
| 2017 | Kiyoshi Toko | Director, Research and Development Center for Taste and Odor Sensing, Kyushu University | Research and development of the taste sensor |
| Hidekazu Ikezaki | President, Intelligent Sensor Technology, Inc. | ||
| 2015 | Hideyuki Takahashi | Full-time Director, SA Business Unit, JEOL Ltd. | Development of Soft X-Ray Spectrometer Dedicated to Electron Microbeam Analysis for Versatile Practical Application |
| Masami Terauchi | Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University | ||
| Masato Koike | Associate and Senior principal scientist (re-employed after retirement, previously Unit Manager), Quantum Beam SCIENCE Center, Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (previously worked for Shimadzu Corporation) | ||
| 2014 | Tsutomu Masujima | Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, Japan Team Leader, Laboratory for Single Cell Mass Spectrometry | Development of Nano-Mass Spectrometry for a Live Single Cell and Organelle and its Application to Drug Discovery and BioMedical Sciences |
| 2013 | Hiroyuki Fujita | Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo |
Development of Micromachine Technology for Bio-Nano Characterization |
| Hiroyuki Noji | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo | ||
| Gen Hashiguchi | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Shizuoka University | ||
| 2012 | Michio Tajima | Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science⁄Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Professor at Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University | Development and standardization of semiconductor characterization technique using photoluminescence |
| 2011 | Tutomu Nakanishi | Professor Emeritus at Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science,Nagoya University | Development and application of spin-polarized low energy electron microscope for dynamic observation of magnetic domains |
| Yoshikazu Takeda | Professor at Department of Crystalline Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University | ||
| Takanori Koshikawa | Director and Professor at Fundamental Electronics Research Institute,Osaka Electro-Communication University | ||
| 2010 | Toshio Ando | Professor of School of Mathematics and Physics,College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University | Development of high-speed atomic force microscope and its application to dynamic observation of biomoleculesy |
| 2009 | Yasuaki Takada | Senior Researcher,Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Hitach , Ltd | Real Time Mass Spectrometry for Secure Society |
| Masuyoshi Yamada | Senior Researcher,Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Hitach , Ltd | ||
| Yuichiro Hashimoto | Unit leader, Senior Researcher,Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Hitach , Ltd | ||
| 2008 | Kazushi Yamanaka | Professor,New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University | Development of ball surface acoustic wave sensor(ball SAW sensor) |
| 2007 | Takeshi Hasegawa | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Development of Multiple-angle Incidence Resolution Spectrometry and Application to Analysis of Molecular Structure in Ultrathin Films |
| 2006 | Yuji Miyahara | Director,
Bioelectronics Group, Biomaterials Center, National Institute for Materials Science Also undertook position of Professor at Dept. of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, Graduate School of The University of Tokyo |
Electrical Detection of Biomolecular Recognition Using Genetic Field Effect Transistor and its Application to Genetic Analyses |
| Toshiya Sakata | Dept. of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School & Center for NanoBio Integration | ||
| 2005 | Kazuyuki Koike | Professor Division of Physics,Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University | Development and Application of Spin-Polarized Scanning Electron Microscope |
| 2004 | Reiko Kuroda | Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
Development and application of Universal Chiroptical Spectrophotometer (UCS) |
| 2003 | Masashi Iwatsuki | Director and General Manager of Semiconductor Equipment DivisionJEOL |
Development of Variable Temperature SPM (Scanning Probe Microscope) |
| 2002 | Kaneo Mouri | Professor,school of engineering Nagoya University |
Development of Highly Sensitive Micro Magnetic Sensor Using Amorphous Wire:Magneto-Impedance Sensor |
| 2001 | Mitsuhiro Katayama | Assistant Professor, Osaka University | Development of coaxial impact-collision ion scattering spectroscopy and its application to in situ topmost surface analysis |
Biotechnology and Medical Science
| Award year | Winner | Affiliation | Title |
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| 2021 | Takeharu Nagai | Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University | Development and application of high-performance chemiluminescent proteins |
| 2019 | Hiroyuki Mano | Director of Research Institute, Director of Center for Cancer Genomics and Advanced Therapeutics, National Cancer Center | Revolution in Molecular Targeted Therapies for Cancer and Realization of Genomic Medicine |
| 2017 | Yasuteru Urano | Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo | Rational and precise development of novel fluorescence probes and their practical usage in biology and medicine |
| 2015 | Hiroki R. Ueda | Professor, Systems Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo Group Director, Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN |
The realization of whole-body analysis with single-cell resolution by whole-body clearing technology |
| 2014 | Hiroshi Nagase | Professor, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI), University of Tsukuba | Design and Synthesis of Opioid Receptor Type Selective Ligands and their Application to Drugs |
| 2013 | Tadashi Miyasaka | Professor emeritus, Showa University; Auditor, School Corporation Showa University | Irinotecan Hydrochloride : the First Established Anticancer Agent as Camptothecin Derivatives |
| Seigo Sawada | Special Researcher, Central Research Institute, Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. | ||
| Teruo Yokokura | Former Managing Director & Director of Central Research Institute, Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. | ||
| 2012 | Yoshiki Sasai | Group Director, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology | Three-dimensional formation of brain and sensory tissues from pluripotent stem cells by self-organization |
| 2011 | Chikashi Toyoshima | Professor of Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, the University of Tokyo | Development of a crystallization method utilizing phospholipids and elucidation of the mechanism of calcium pump |
| 2010 | Teruhiko Wakayama | Team Leader of Laboratory for Genomic Reprogramming ,Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN | Development of novel animal reproduction technology |
| 2009 | Teruo Okano | Director, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University | Creation of Cell Sheet Engineering Based on Intelligent Surfaces |
| Akihiko Kikuchi | Professor,Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science | ||
| Masayuki Yamato | Professor, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science,Tokyo Women's Medical University | ||
| 2008 | Shinya Yamanaka | Director, Center for iPS cell Research and Application(CiRA) Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University
Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University |
Identification of factors that induced and maintain pluripotency |
| 2007 | Carninci, Piero | Concurrently acted as Senior Researcher at RIKEN's Discovery Research Institute and Genomic Sciences Center | Development of the Cap-trapper, a Fundamental Technology to Isolate Full-length cDNAs and Annotate the Genome Functio |
| 2006 | Keiko Shimamoto | SUNBOR,Senior Researcher | Study of Excitatory Neurotransmission System Based on Novel Molecular Probes |
| 2005 | Yoshinori Fujiyoshi | Professor Laboratory of Structural Physiology Department of Biophysics,Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University |
Structural and Functional Study of Membrane Proteins |
| 2004 | Atushi Miyawaki | Laboratory for Cell Function DynamicsAdvanced Technology Development GroupBrain Science Institute, RIKEN | The multidisciplinary innovations in bioimaging technologies using fluorescent proteins |
| 2003 | Yaeta Endo | Professor in Biotechnology, Department of Applied Chemistry,EhimeUniversity
Professor and Director, Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center,Ehime University |
Establishment of Cell-Free Protein Synthesis System for Practical Usage |
| 2002 | Tetsuo Nagano | Professor,The University of Tokyo | Development of Novel and Practical Bioimaging Probes |
| 2001 | Kazuhiko Kinoshita | Professor, Okazaki National Research Institute | Development of the technology for the direct observation of dynamic motion of a single living molucule |