Members
Directors
| (President) Akihiro Nikkaku |
Chairman and Member of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc. |
|---|---|
| (Executive Director) Hiroshi Matsuda |
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 and CEO, Toray Industries, Inc. |
(June 8th, 2026)
Auditors
| Kunitaro Kitamura | Senior Corporate Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited |
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| Hideki Hirabayashi | Corporate Auditor, Toray Industries, Inc. |
(June 8th, 2026)
Councilors
| Tateo Arimoto | Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
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| Kohei Tamao | Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University |
| Ryoji Noyori | President, The Japan Academy |
| 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 | Executive Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| Hiroshi Nishihara | Director, Global Research Center for Energy and Environmental Neutrality |
| Tetsuya Tsunekawa | Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc. |
| Kozo Takahashi | Corporate Vice President, Toray Industries, Inc. |
(June 8th, 2026)
Selection Committee (2026)
| Hiroaki Aihara | Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
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| Midori Arai | Professor, Keio University |
| Masahito Ikawa | Professor,The University of Osaka |
| Kazuhiro Iwai | Provost, Executive Vice-President, Kyoto University |
| Jian Ping Gong | Professor, Hokkaido University |
| Yukiko Gotoh | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| Hisataka Sabe | Visiting Professor, Hokkaido University |
| Nobuko Naka | Professor, Kyoto University |
| Yoshiro Hirayama | Director, SIP Research Promotion Center, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology |
(April 1st, 2026)
Examination Committee (2026)
| Shinji Toyota | Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo |
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| Shio K. Kawagoe | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| Hisayoshi Shimizu | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| Takashi Suzuki | Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo |
| Ken’ichi Nakagawa | Professor, The University of Electro-Communications |
| Hatsumi Mori | Vice President, Tokyo University of Science |
(April 1st, 2026)