Osaka University Distinguished Professors

The title of Osaka University Distinguished Professor is awarded to Osaka University professors and those who have previously held the title of Osaka University Distinguished Professor, have received prestigious awards such as the Nobel Prize, Order of Cultural Merit, Fields Medal, Person of Cultural Merit, The Japan Academy Prize, The Japan Academy Duke of Edinburgh Prize, Japan Art Academy Prize, The Japan Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon, the Kyoto Prize, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Award, among others, and serve a pioneering role in the promotion of education, research, and social contribution at the university.




Year awarded: 2022

AKITA Shigeru

Professor, Graduate School of Humanities
For a brief personal history of Professor Akita, click here.
The website for Professor Akita's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

AKIRA Shizuo

Specially Appointed Professor (Full-time), Center for Advanced Modalities and DDS (CAMaD)
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Akira, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Akira's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

IKAWA Masahito

Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Ikawa, click here.
The website for the Department of Experimental Genome Research can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2022

IKEDA Fumiyo

Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Ikeda, click here.
The website for Professor Ikeda's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

ISHII Masaru

Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Ishii, click here.
The website for the Department of Immunology and Cell Biology can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

ISHIGURO Hiroshi

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Ishiguro, click here.
The website for the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2020

ICHI Hiroki

Professor, Graduate School of Letters
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Ichi, click here.




Year awarded: 2017

OHTA Shin-ichi

Professor, Graduate School of Science
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Ohta, click here.
Distinguished Professor Ohta's webpage can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

OHTAKE Fumio

Specially Appointed Professor (Full-time), Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Ohtake, click here.
Distinguished Professor Ohtake's webpage can be found here.




Year awarded: 2020

OKADA Yukinori

Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Okada, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Okada's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

OGI Hirotsugu

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Ogi, click here.
The website for the Quantum Measurement & Instrumentation Lab can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2017

KIKUCHI Kazuya

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Kikuchi, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Kikuchi's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2018

KINOSHITA Taroh

Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Disease
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Kinoshita, click here.
The website for the Yabumoto Department of Intractable Disease Research can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2017

KUMANOGOH Atsushi

Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Kumanogoh, click here.
The website for the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2020

KUWAKINO Koji

Professor, Graduate School of Letters
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Kuwakino, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Kuwakino's course can be found here.




Year awarded: 2019

KOSHINO Mikito

Professor, Graduate School of Science
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Koshino, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Koshino's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

KODAMA Ryousuke

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Kodama, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Kodama's laboratory can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2017

SAKAGUCHI Shimon

Specially Appointed Professor (Full-time), IARI Immunology Frontier Research Center
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Sakaguchi, click here.
The website for Experimental Immunology can be found here.




Year awarded: 2021

SUENAGA Kazutomo

Professor, SANKEN
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Suenaga, click here.

The website for Suenaga Lab. can be found here.




Year awarded: 2023

SEKIGUCHI Kiyotoshi

Endowed Research Chair Professor, Institute for Protein Research
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Sekiguchi, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Sekiguchi's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

SEKITANI Tsuyoshi

Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Sekitani, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Sekitani's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

TAKEDA Kiyoshi

Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Takeda, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Takeda's laboratory can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2023

TAKEBE Takanori

Professor, Graduate School of Medicine

For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Takebe, click here .

The website for Distinguished Professor Takebe's laboratory can be found here . (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2019

CHIBA Daichi

Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Chiba, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Chiba's laboratory can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2017

TSUTSUMI Yasuo

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Tsutsumi, click here.
The website for the Department of Toxicology and Safety Science can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2019

DOME Takuo

Professor, Graduate School of Economics (Director, Social Solution Initiative)
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Dome, click here.
The website for the Social Solution Initiative can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

NAGAI Takeharu

Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Nagai, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Nagai's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2019

NAGASAWA Takashi

Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Nagasawa, click here.
The website for the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Immunology can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

NAGATA Shigekazu

Specially Appointed Professor (Full-time), Immunology Frontier Research Center
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Nagata, please click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Nagata's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

NAKANO Takayoshi

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Nakano, please click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Nakano's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

NAMBA Keiichi

Specially Appointed Professor (Full-time), Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Namba, please click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Namba's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2020

NISHINO Kunihiko

Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Nishino, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Nishino's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2023

NISHIMOTO Shinji

Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Nishimoto, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Nishimoto's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

HARA Takahiro

Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Hara, please click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Hara's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2022

FUJII Keisuke

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Fujii, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Fujii's laboratory can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2017

FURUKAWA Takahisa

Professor, Institute for Protein Research
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Furukawa, please click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Furukawa's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2019

MASAOKA Shigeyuki

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Masaoka, please click here. (link in Japanese)
The website for Distinguished Professor Masaoka's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

MATSUSHIMA Noriaki

Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Matsushima, please click here.
Distinguished Professor Matsushima's website can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2020

MATSUBAYASHI Tetsuya

Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Matsubayashi, please click here.
Distinguished Professor Matsubayashi's website can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

MURAKAMI Yasuhiko

Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Murakami, please click here.

Photo by: IZUMI Kakeru




Year awarded: 2019

MORO Kazuyo

Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Moro, please click here. (link in Japanese)
The website for Distinguished Professor Moro's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2021

YASUDA Takehiko

Professor, Graduate School of Science
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Yasuda, click here.
The website for Yasuda Lab. can be found here.




Year awarded: 2023

YAMAUCHI Kazuto

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Yamauchi, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Yamauchi's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

YAMASAKI Sho

Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Yamasaki, click here.
The website for Yamasaki Lab, Department of Molecular Immunology can be found here.




Year awarded: 2023

YAMASHITA Takuro

Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Yamashita, click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Yamashita's laboratory can be found here.




Year awarded: 2017

YAMASHITA Toshihide

Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Yamashita, click here.
The website for the Department of Molecular Neuroscience can be found here.




Year awarded: 2018

YAMAMOTO Masahiro

Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases

For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Yamamoto, please click here.

The website for Distinguished Professor Yamamoto's laboratory can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2017

YOSHIMORI Tamotsu

Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Yoshimori, please click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Yoshimori's laboratory can be found here. (link in Japanese)




Year awarded: 2017

WATANABE Heiji

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
For a brief personal history of Distinguished Professor Watanabe, please click here.
The website for Distinguished Professor Watanabe's laboratory can be found here.

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