Members of the 2025 Kyoto Prize Selection Organization

(as of June 1, 2025)

Kyoto Prize Executive Committee

Chair Shigefumi Mori (Director-General, Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study)
Seiji Choki (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Hiroshi Imai (Dean, Faculty of Mathematical Informatics, Meiji Gakuin University)
Yoh Iwasa (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University)
Eisuke Nishida (Executive Director of Science, RIKEN)
Kiyokazu Washida (Professor Emeritus, The University of Osaka)

Kyoto Prize Committee

Advanced Technology

Chair Hiroshi Imai (Dean, Faculty of Mathematical Informatics, Meiji Gakuin University)
Akiko Aizawa (Professor, National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems)
Miwako Doi (Auditor, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
Takeshi Fukuda (Director, IBM Research-Tokyo)
Hironori Kasahara (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
Michihiko Minoh (Project Director, Guardian Robot Project, RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters)
Naonori Ueda (Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project)
Osamu Watanabe (Professor Emeritus, Institute of Science Tokyo)

Basic Sciences

Chair Eisuke Nishida (Executive Director of Science, RIKEN)
Kazuhiro Iwai (Provost, Executive Vice-President, Kyoto University)
Ryoichiro Kageyama (Director, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research)
Kozo Kaibuchi (Director, Center for Medical Science, Fujita Health University)
Shigeru Kondo (Director-General, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems)
Noboru Mizushima (Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
Ikue Mori (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University)
Sachiko Tsukita (Specially Appointed Professor, Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization, Teikyo University)

Arts and Philosophy

Chair Kiyokazu Washida (Professor Emeritus, The University of Osaka)
Takuo Dome (Specially Appointed Professor, Social Solution Initiative, The University of Osaka)
Chigusa Kita (Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University)
Tadashi Kobayashi (Director-General, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Satoshi Kodama (Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (Professor, School of Government, Kyoto University)
Keiko Sakai (Professor, Institute for Advanced Academic Research, Chiba University)
Yoshio Tsuruoka (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)

Kyoto Prize Selection Committee

Advanced Technology

Chair Michihiko Minoh (Project Director, Guardian Robot Project, RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters)
Hisashi Kashima (Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University)
Asako Kimura (Professor, Department of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)
Sadao Kurohashi (Director-General, National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems; Specially Appointed Professor, Kyoto University)
Mitsuru Matsui (Senior Fellow, Corporate Research & Development Group, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
Shin-ichi Minato (Professor, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University)
Shinji Shimojo (Professor, Faculty of Software Information Technology, Aomori University)
Kenjiro Taura (Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)

Basic Sciences

Chair Shigeru Kondo (Director-General, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems)
Tetsuya Higashiyama (Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
So Iwata (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
Hitoshi Kurumizaka (Professor, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo)
Masao Matsuoka (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)
Mitinori Saitou (Director, Professor, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study)
Masayuki Yamamoto (Executive Director, Professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University)
Akihiko Yohismura (Professor, Research Institute for Biomedical Science, Tokyo University of Science)

Arts and Philosophy

Chair Tadashi Kobayashi (Director-General, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Tomoko Ako (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Tsutomu Hashimoto (Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Business, Hokkaido University)
Tetsuya Kono (Professor, College of Arts, Rikkyo University)
Keiichiro Matsumura (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Okayama University)
Takahiro Nakajima (Director, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo)
Keiichi Noé (Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University)
Sonoe Omoda (Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University)