Members

Directors

(President)
Akihiro Nikkaku
Chairman and Representative Member of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc.
(Executive Director)
Masahiro Henmi
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
Michiharu Nakamura President Emeritus, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Toshiaki Egashira Senior Advisor to the Board, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
Kunio Ishizuka Former Chairman, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
Mitsuo Ohya President and Representative Member of the Board, President, Toray Industries, Inc.

Auditors

Akishige Okada Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Hideki Hirabayashi Corporate Auditor, Toray Industries, Inc.

Councilors

Yasuharu Suematsu Honorary Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tateo Arimoto Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Kohei Tamao President, Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute
Ryoji Noyori Director-General, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency
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 Chancellor, Board of Trustees member, Chubu University
Noriko Osumi Vice President, Professor, Tohoku Uniersity
Satoru Hagiwara Representative Member of the Board, Executive Vice President, Toray Industries, Inc.
Tetsuya Tsunekawa Member of the Board, Senior Vice President, Toray Industries, Inc.

Selection Committee (2023)

Takao Shimizu Representative Director, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation (MCRF)
Director, Institute of Microbial Chemistry
Hiroaki Aihara Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo
Seigo Tarucha Group Director, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
Fumitoshi Ishino Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Yoshihiko Kanemitsu Professor, Kyoto University
Kyoko Nozaki Professor, The University of Tokyo
Erika Sasaki Laboratory Head, Central Institute for Experimental Animals
Atsushi Takahara Research Professor, Kyushu University
Hozumi Motohashi Professor, Tohoku University

Examination Committee (2023)

Shinji Toyota Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yukio Isozaki Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Yasuyuki Matsuda Professor, The University of Tokyo
Mikiko Tanaka Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hatsumi Mori Vice President, Professor, The University of Tokyo
Ken’ichi Nakagawa Director, Professor, The University of Electro-Communications