Members

Directors

(President)
Akihiro Nikkaku
Chairman and Representative Member of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc.
(Executive Director)
Hideo Ido
Executive Director, Toray Science Foundation
Hiroo Imura Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Abe Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
Shoji Nagamiya Diamond Fellow, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Makoto Asashima Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Toshiaki Egashira Honorary Advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
Kunio Ishizuka Former Chairman, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
Takao Shimizu Executive Director of Board Directors and Director of Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Mitsuo Ohya President and Representative Member of the Board, President, Toray Industries, Inc.

(June 9th, 2025)

Auditors

Kunitaro Kitamura Senior Corporate Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Hideki Hirabayashi Corporate Auditor, Toray Industries, Inc.

(June 9th, 2025)

Councilors

Tateo Arimoto Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Kohei Tamao Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Ryoji Noyori University Professor, Nagoya University
Toshio Hyodo Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Sakaki Chair, The Board of Directors, Nara National Institute of Higher Education and Research
Yasuhiro Iye Vice Chair, Chubu University Educational Corporation
Noriko Osumi Professor, Tohoku University
Hiroshi Nishihara Vice President, Tokyo University of Science
Satoru Hagiwara Executive Advisor and Member of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc.
Tetsuya Tsunekawa Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc.

(June 9th, 2025)

Selection Committee (2025)

Kazuhiro Iwai Provost, Executive Vice-President, Kyoto University
Hiroaki Aihara Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo
Midori Arai Professor, Keio University
Masahito Ikawa Professor,  The University of Osaka
Hisataka Sabe Visiting Professor, Hokkaido University
Atsushi Takahara Research Professor, Kyushu University
Nobuko Naka Professor, Kyoto University
Yoshiro Hirayama Director, SIP Research Promotion Center, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
Hozumi Motohashi Professor, Tohoku University

(April 1st, 2025)

Examination Committee (2025)

Shinji Toyota Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
Hitoshi Kawakatsu Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo
Mikiko Tanaka Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
Ken’ichi Nakagawa Professor, The University of Electro-Communications
Yasuyuki Matsuda Professor, The University of Tokyo
Hatsumi Mori Professor, The University of Tokyo

(April 1st, 2025)