Members of the 2024 Kyoto Prize Selection Organization

(as of June 1, 2024)

Kyoto Prize Executive Committee

Chair Hiroyuki Sakaki (Chairman, Nara National Institute of Higher Education and Research)
Seiji Choki (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Shohei Chujo (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University)
Kazuhito Hashimoto (President, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Yoh Iwasa (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University)
Shigefumi Mori (Director-General and Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study)
Shuh Narumiya (Director, Medical Innovation Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
Sadanori Okamura (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Kiyokazu Washida (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)

Kyoto Prize Committee

Advanced Technology

Chair Kazuhito Hashimoto (President, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Takuzo Aida (Group Director, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science)
Mutsuko Hatano (Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Kazunori Kataoka (Vice Chairperson, Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion / Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Kazue Kurihara (Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University)
Eiichiro Matsubara (Guest Professor, Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University)
Hatsumi Mori (Professor, ISSP, The University of Tokyo)
Shiho Nakamura (Former Chief Specialist, Institute of Memory Technology Research & Development, Kioxia Corporation)

Basic Sciences

Chair Sadanori Okamura (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Shigeru Ida (Professor, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Hitoshi Kawakatsu (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Hiroko Nagahara (Fellow, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Motohide Tamura (Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Masayuki Umemura (Specially Appointed Professor, University of Tsukuba)
Toshio Yamagata (Project Principal Scientist, Application Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)
Noriko Y. Yamasaki (Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency)

Arts and Philosophy

Chair Shohei Chujo (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University)
Hitomi Hagio (Critic)
Yuki Nagano (Dance Critic)
Yasushi Nagata (Specially Appointed Professor (Full Time), Nakanoshima Art Center, Osaka University)
Shigeto Nuki (Professor, School of Letters, Senshu University)
Minako Okamuro (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University)
Ayako Saito (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Meiji Gakuin University)
Tadashi Uchino (Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Gakushuin Women’s College)

Kyoto Prize Selection Committee

Advanced Technology

Chair Kazue Kurihara (Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University)
Itaru Hamachi (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
Hiroshi Kitagawa (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
Naoto Nagaosa (Director, Fundamental Quantum Science Program, RIKEN)
Eiichi Nakamura (University Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Setsuko Tajima (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)
Isao Tanaka (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
Naoki Yokoyama (Honorary Fellow, Fujitsu Limited)

Basic Sciences

Chair Hiroko Nagahara (Fellow, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Yukio Isozaki (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Nobuyuki Kawai (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Kazunari Shibata (Distinguished Visiting Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University)
Eiichi Tajika (Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Satoshi Yamamoto (Executive Director, Vice President, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI)
Shigeo Yoden (Vice Director, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kyoto University)
Michitoshi Yoshida (Project Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences)

Arts and Philosophy

Chair Yasushi Nagata (Specially Appointed Professor (Full Time), Nakanoshima Art Center, Osaka University)
Akira Amagasaki (Dance Critic)
Asako Fujioka (Vice-Chair, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival)
Kenji Ishizaka (Dean, School of Film Studies, Japan Institute of the Moving Image)
Chika Kinoshita (Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University)
Hayato Kosuge (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University)
Tatsuko Mori (Professor, Faculty of Physical Education, Japan Women’s College of Physical Education)
Kojin Ota (President, Kyoto University of Education)