Kyoto Prize Executive Committee
| Chair |
Shigefumi Mori (Director-General, Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study) |
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Seiji Choki (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo) |
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Yoh Iwasa (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University) |
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Shuh Narumiya (Director, Medical Innovation Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University) |
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Susumu Noda (Deputy Director-General, Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study) |
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Kiyokazu Washida (Professor Emeritus, The University of Osaka) |
Kyoto Prize Committee
Advanced Technology
| Chair |
Susumu Noda (Deputy Director-General, Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study) |
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Tetsuya Asai (Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University) |
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Mutsuko Hatano (Executive Vice President, Institute of Science Tokyo) |
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Toshiro Hiramoto (Senior Fellow, Systems Design Lab, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) |
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Akira Matsuzawa (Professor Emeritus, Institute of Science Tokyo) |
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Hideo Ohno (Special Senior Advisor to the President, Tohoku University) |
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Masanori Ozaki (Executive Vice President, The University of Osaka) |
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Masaharu Shiratani (Senior Vice President, Research Professor, Kyushu University) |
Basic Sciences
| Chair |
Yoh Iwasa (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University) |
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Takema Fukatsu (Principal Researcher, Molecular Biosystems Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) |
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Kaoru Kitajima (Professor Emerita, Kyoto University) |
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Jun Kitano (Professor, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems) |
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Tadashi Miyashita (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo) |
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Harufumi Nishida (Professor Emeritus, Chuo University) |
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Akiko Satake (Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University) |
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Noriko Takamura (Director General, Lake Suwa Environmental Research Center) |
Arts and Philosophy
| Chair |
Seiji Choki (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo) |
|
Peter Barakan (Broadcaster) |
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Fuyuko Fukunaka (Professor, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts) |
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Minoru Hatanaka (Curator) |
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Shuhei Hosokawa (Professor Emeritus, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, National Institutes for the Humanities) |
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Toshie Kakinuma (Professor Emerita, Kyoto City University of Arts) |
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Yoshitaka Mōri (Vice President, Dean and Professor of Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts) |
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Masako Yokoi (Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Music, Kunitachi College of Music) |
Kyoto Prize Selection Committee
Advanced Technology
| Chair |
Toshiro Hiramoto (Senior Fellow, Systems Design Lab, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) |
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Toyohiro Chikyow (Laboratory Director, LSTC Materials Research Lab, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science) |
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Yoshiro Hirayama (Director, SIP Research Promotion Center, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology) |
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Kentaro Nakamura (Director General, Professor, Institute of New Industry Incubation, Institute of Science Tokyo) |
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Yasunobu Nakamura (Director, RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing) |
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Tetsuomi Sogawa (Director, Senior Vice President, Physics and Informatics Laboratories, NTT Research, Inc.) |
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Mariko Takayanagi (Senior Fellow, Semiconductor Division, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation) |
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Naoki Yokoyama (Honorary Fellow, Fujitsu Limited) |
Basic Sciences
| Chair |
Kaoru Kitajima (Professor Emerita, Kyoto University) |
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Maiko Kagami (Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University) |
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Miho Murayama (Professor, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University) |
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Masahiro Nakaoka (Professor, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University) |
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Hisashi Ohtsuki (Professor, Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI) |
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Yoko Satta (Professor, Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI) |
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Hirokazu Toju (Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University) |
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Kazuki Tsuji (Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus / Professor, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University) |
Arts and Philosophy
| Chair |
Toshie Kakinuma (Professor Emerita, Kyoto City University of Arts) |
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Takako Inoue (Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Daito Bunka University) |
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Nobuhiro Ito (Specially Appointed Professor, Nakanoshima Art Center, The University of Osaka) |
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Jun’ichi Konuma (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University) |
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Katsushi Nakagawa (Associate Professor, Institute of Urban Innovation, Yokohama National University) |
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Toshiyuki Ohwada (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University) |
|
Seiko Suzuki (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, The University of Osaka) |
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Minako Waseda (Professor, Graduate School of Music, Kunitachi College of Music) |
(as of June 1, 2026)
