Members

June, 2024

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 Honorary Advisor, 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

Kunitaro Kitamura Senior Corporate Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
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 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, Chancellor, Chubu University Educational Corporations
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 (2024)

Hiroaki Aihara Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo
Kazuhiro Iwai Provost, Executive Vice-President, Kyoto University
Yoshihiko Kanemitsu Specially Appointed Professor, Kyoto University
Kyoko Nozaki Professor, The University of Tokyo
Erika Sasaki Laboratory Head, Central Institute for Experimental Medicine and Life Science
Atsushi Takahara Research Professor, Kyushu University
Hozumi Motohashi Professor, Tohoku University
Yoshiro Hirayama Director, SIP Research Promotion Center, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
Hisataka Sabe Visiting Professor, Hokkaido University

Examination Committee (2024)

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