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Osaka University-related Awardees
International Prizes
Nobel Prize
Lasker Award
Gairdner International Award
Wolf Prize
Crafoord Prize
Claude E. Shannon Award
Japan Prize
Kyoto Prize
Domestic Prizes
Order of Culture
Person of Cultural Merit
Imperial Award and Japan Academy
Prize
Japan Academy Prize
Medal with Purple Ribbon
International Prizes
Nobel Prize
| Name | Achievement | Year |
|---|---|---|
|
YUKAWA
Hideki
|
Nobel Physics Prize for his theoretical prediction of mesons | 1949 |
Osaka University Yukawa Memorial (link in Japanese)
Lasker Award
| Name | Achievement | Year |
|---|---|---|
|
HANAFUSA
Hidesaburo
|
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for demonstrating how RNA tumor viruses cause cancer, and elucidating their role in combining, rescuing and maintaining oncogenes in the viral genome | 1982 |
Gairdner International Award
| Name | Achievement | Year |
|---|---|---|
| AKIRA Shizuo |
Discovery of proteins
playing a key role in innate immunity
|
2011 |
| SAKAGUCHI Shimon |
Discovery of regulatory T cells, characterization of their role in immunity and application to the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer Distinguished Professor SAKAGUCHI awarded Canada Gairdner International Award |
2015 |
Wolf Prize
| Name | Achievement | Year |
|---|---|---|
|
HAYAISHI
Osamu
|
The Wolf Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of the oxygenase enzymes and elucidation of their structure and biological importance." | 1986 |
|
SATO
Mikio
|
The Wolf Prize in Mathematics for foundation of algebraic analysis, theories of hyperfunction and micro-local hyperfunction, Holonomic quantum field theory, and creation of algebraic analysis including a unified theory of soliton equations. | 2002 - 2003 |
Crafoord Prize
| Name | Achievement | Year |
|---|---|---|
| KISHIMOTO Tadamitsu |
For their pioneering work in isolating interleukins, determining their properties and exploring their role in the onset of inflammatory diseases Articles about their winning the Crafoord Prize: |
2009 |
|
HIRANO
Toshio
|
||
| SAKAGUCHI Shimon |
For discoveries relating to regulatory T cells, which counteract harmful immune reactions in arthritis and other autoimmune diseases Article about his winning the Crafoord Prize: Specially Appointed Professor SAKAGUCHI Shimon receives Crafoord Prize (News & Topics) |
2017 |
Claude E. Shannon Award
| Name | Achievement |
Year
|
|---|---|---|
|
KASAMI Tadao
|
For his significant contributions to coding theory | 1999 |
Japan Prize
| Name | Achievement | Year |
|---|---|---|
| KISHIMOTO Tadamitsu |
Discovery of interleukin-6 and its applications in the treatment of diseases Article about his winning the Japan Prize |
2011 |
| HIRANO Toshio | ||
| OKAMOTO Yoshio |
Leading contributions to precision synthesis of helical polymers and development of practical chiral materials for separating chiral drugs |
2019 |
Kyoto Prize
| Name | Achievement | Year |
|---|---|---|
|
MIMURA Takashi
|
Invention of the High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) and Its Development for the Progress of Information and Communications Technology |
2017
|
Domestic Prizes
Order of Culture
| Name |
Research
field
|
Year |
|---|---|---|
|
NAGAOKA
Hantaro
|
Physics | 1937 |
| YUKAWA Hideki | Atomic Physics | 1943 |
| OKABE Kinjiro | Electric Engineering | 1944 |
|
MAJIMA
Toshiyuki
|
Chemistry | 1949 |
|
KIKUCHI
Seishi
|
Atomic Physics | 1951 |
|
YAGI
Hidetsugu
|
Electric Engineering | 1956 |
|
AKAHORI
Shiro
|
Bioorganic Chemistry | 1965 |
|
NITTA
Isamu
|
Crystal chemistry | 1966 |
|
SHODA
Kenjiro
|
Mathematics | 1969 |
|
YASUI
Takuma
|
Modern Economics
|
1971 |
|
HAYAISHI
Osamu
|
Biochemistry | 1972 |
|
MORISHIMA
Michio
|
Theoretical Economics
|
1976 |
|
KOTANI
Masao
|
Molecular Physiology, Biophysics | 1980 |
|
OKADA
Yoshio
|
Cytogenetics | 1987 |
|
IMAI
Isao
|
Hydrodynamics | 1988 |
| HANAFUSA Hidesaburo | Cytobiology, Molecular Oncology | 1995 |
|
KISHIMOTO
Tadamitsu
|
Immunology | 1998 |
| TOYOSHIMA Kumao |
Virology, Oncology
|
2001 |
|
ARATA
Yoshiaki
|
High Temperature Engineering, Welding Engineering Articles about his winning the Order of Culture |
2006 |
| SHIBA Yoshinobu | Chinese History | 2017 |
| MATSUBARA Kenichi | Molecular Biology | 2017 |
| YAMAZAKI Masakazu | Theater/Literature | 2018 |
| SAKAGUCHI Shimon | Immunology | 2019 |
Person of Cultural Merit
| Name | Research field | Year |
|---|---|---|
| YUKAWA Hideki | Physics | 1951 |
| OKABE Kinjiro |
Electric Engineering
|
1951 |
|
MAJIMA
Riko
|
Chemistry | 1951 |
|
KIKUCHI
Seishi
|
Atomic Physics
|
1952 |
| YAGI Hidetsugu | Electric Engineering | 1956 |
|
IMAMURA
Arao
|
Internal Medicine
|
1960 |
|
KOTAKE
Yashiro
|
Biochemistry | 1961 |
|
TAKATA
Yasuma
|
Sociology | 1964 |
|
AKAHORI
Shiro
|
Bioorganic Chemistry
|
1965 |
|
NITTA
Isamu
|
Crystal chemistry | 1966 |
|
SHODA
Kenjiro
|
Mathematics | 1969 |
|
YASUI
Takuma
|
Modern Economics | 1971 |
|
HAYAISHI
Osamu
|
Biochemistry | 1972 |
|
MORISHIMA
Michio
|
Theoretical Economics | 1976 |
|
KOTANI
Masao
|
Molecular Physics
|
1977 |
|
IMAI
Isao
|
Hydrodynamics | 1979 |
|
OKADA
Yoshio
|
Cytogenetics | 1982 |
|
INUKAI
Takashi
|
Manyoshu Studies | 1987 |
|
MIYAMOTO
Mataji
|
History of Japan Economy, History of Management in Japan | 1988 |
|
YAMAMURA
Yuichi
|
Internal Medicine, Immunology, Biochemistry | 1988 |
| KISHIMOTO Tadamitsu | Immunology | 1990 |
| HANAFUSA Hidesaburo | Cytobiology, Molecular Oncology | 1991 |
|
ARATA
Yoshiaki
|
High Temperature Engineering, Welding Engineering | 1995 |
|
TOYOSHIMA
Kumao
|
Virology, Oncology | 1998 |
|
KUMAGAI
Nobuaki
|
Electromagnetic Wave Engineering | 1999 |
|
NAGATA
Shigekazu
|
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry | 2001 |
|
SHINKAI
Yoichi
|
Macroeconomics, International Economics | 2004 |
| MATSUBARA Kenichi | Molecular Biology, Academic Promotion | 2006 |
|
YAMAZAKI
Masakazu
|
Playwriting, Criticism
|
2006 |
|
SHIBA
Yoshinobu
|
Oriental History
|
2006 |
|
KAWASHIMA
Yasunaru
|
Transplant Surgery , Medical Education, Healthcare Promotion | 2007 |
| AKIRA Shizuo | Immunology | 2009 |
| YANAGIDA Toshio | Biophysics | 2013 |
| HAMAKAWA Yoshihiro | Applied Physics | 2015 |
|
NISHIO Shojiro |
Information Science, Academic Promotion | 2016 |
| MURAI Shinji | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | 2017 |
| SAKAGUCHI Shimon | Immunology | 2017 |
| TONO Haruyuki | Ancient Japanese History | 2017 |
| INOKI Takenori | Economics | 2019 |
Imperial Award and Japan Academy Prize
| Name | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| YUKAWA Hideki | Theoretical Study on the Interaction of Elementary Particles and Prediction of the Existence of Mesotrons in Cosmic Rays | 1940 |
| OKABE Kinjiro | Research Regarding Magnetrons | 1941 |
|
SAKATA
Shoichi
|
Two Meson Theory | 1950 |
|
IMAI
Isao
|
Contributions to Aerodynamics | 1959 |
|
NAGAMIYA
Takeo
|
Theoretical Studies on Antiferromagnetism | 1963 |
|
YOSHIDA
Kosaku
|
A Study of Modern Analysis | 1967 |
|
MIYAMOTO
Mataji
|
A Study of the Ono-Gumi | 1971 |
|
TAKASAKI
Jikido
|
Development at Thatāgata-garbha Doctrine | 1975 |
|
OKADA
Yoshio
|
Cell Fusion and Cell Engineering | 1980 |
|
HARA
Kokichi
|
L'Œuvre Mathématique de Pascal | 1982 |
|
SATO
Ryo
|
Studies on the Microsomal Monooxygenase System | 1985 |
| KISHIMOTO Tadamitsu | Studies on Interleukin 6 | 1992 |
|
HONJO
Tasuku
|
Studies on Regulation of Immunoglobulin Class Switching | 1996 |
|
YANAGIDA
Toshio
|
Direct Manipulation and Observation of Molecular Machines of Biological Movements | 1998 |
|
NAGATA
Shigekazu
|
Studies on Molecular Mechanism of Apoptosis | 2000 |
| AKIRA Shizuo |
Pathogen Recognition by Innate Immunity and its Signaling Articles about his winning the Imperial Award and Japan Academy Prize |
2007 |
|
NAMBA
Keiichi
|
Structural
and Functional Analyses of Biological Macromolecular Nanomachines
|
2012 |
Japan Academy Prize
| Name | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| MAJIMA Riko | Investigations on the Constitution of Urushiol | 1917 |
| KOTAKE Yashiro* |
Studies on the Intermediate Metabolism of Tryptophan
|
|
|
KUNUGI
Kinjiro
|
Researches on the Theory of Abstract Spaces | 1939 |
|
NITTA
Isamu
|
Researches on Chemical Constitution by the X-ray Method | 1943 |
|
KOTAKE
Munio
|
Chemical Studies on Toad Poisons | 1944 |
|
KOTANI
Masao
|
Oscillation Mechanism of a Magnetron and Theoretical Study on Wave Guides and Resonators | 1948 |
|
KURU
Masaru
|
Studies on the Determination of the Posterior Horn Cells relative to the Conduction of Pain and Temperature Sensation | 1949 |
| SHODA Kenjiro | Studies in Modern Abstract Algebra | 1949 |
|
KIKKAWA
Hideo
|
Studies in Biochemical Genetics on Insects | 1952 |
|
NAKAYAMA
Tadashi
|
Investigations on the Theory of Rings and Representations | 1954 |
| AKABORI Shiro | Studies on the Mode of Combination of Amino Acids in Proteins | 1955 |
|
TITANI
Toshizo
|
Researches on Stable Isotopes | 1956 |
|
NAGASAWA
Nobuhisa
|
Studies in St. Augustine's Philosophy | 1961 |
|
ICHIHARA
Katashi
|
Studies on Intermediate Metabolism of Some Amino Acids and Related Enzymes | 1961 |
| SUDA Masami | ||
|
HAYAISHI
Osamu
|
Studies on Oxygenases | 1967 |
|
OKUNUKI
Kazuo
|
Studies on Cytochrome Systems | 1968 |
| UYEO Shojiro | Studies of the Chemistry of the Basic Poisonous Constituents of Lycoris radiata Herb | 1970 |
|
KAMIYA
Noburo
|
Studies on Protoplasmic Streaming and Some Water Relations in Plant Cells | 1971 |
|
NOMURA
Masayasu
|
Studies on Reconstruction of Ribosomes | 1972 |
|
KAWAI
Naoto
|
Experimental Studies of Earth Materials under Extremely High Pressures and High Temperatures | 1973 |
|
NISHIYAMA
Zenji
|
Studies on Martensite Transformations of Alloys | 1973 |
| KUBOTA Takashi | Studies on Bitter Principles of Plants | 1975 |
|
SEKI
Shuzo
|
Research on Structural Thermodynamics of Solids | 1976 |
| SATO Mikio | Theory of Hyperfunctions and Its Applications | 1976 |
|
SUZUKI
Tomoji
|
Protein Chemistry on Kinin System and Its Control Mechanism | 1979 |
|
ISHIMOTO
Masao
|
Reasonable Grounds of Liability without Fault: A Study of Comparative Law on "Culpa levissima" in Roman Law | 1984 |
|
ARATA
Yoshiaki
|
Development of Ultra High Energy Density Heat Sources and Their Application to Heat Processing | 1985 |
|
YAMAMURA
Yuichi
|
Cell-mediated Immunity and its Modulation | 1985 |
|
TOYOSHIMA
Kumao
|
Studies on src-Family Oncogenes | 1987 |
|
MORIMOTO
Nobuo
|
Discovery of a New Type of Mechanism for Solid-Solution Formation in Minerals | 1994 |
|
FUJITA
Hiroshi
|
In Situ Observation of Plastic Deformation of Metals Using High Voltage Electron Microscopy (HVEM) | 1994 |
|
SUGA
Hiroshi
|
Phase Transitions and Relaxation Processes in Condensed Phases | 1995 |
|
KANAMORI
Junjiro
|
Theory of Ferromagnetic Transition Metal Alloys | 1996 |
| IKEHARA Morio | Synthesis and Functional Studies on Nucleic Acids-Synthetic c-Ha-ras Gene and Related Subjects (Joint Research) | 1996 |
| OHTSUKA Eiko | ||
| KUMAGAI Nobuaki | Basic Research on the Development of New Theories of Electromagnetic Waves and their Applications to Guided Wave Transmission | 1997 |
|
KITAMURA
Yukihiko
|
Development and Malignant Transformation of Mast Cells and Interstitial Cells of Cajal through KIT Receptors | 2005 |
|
MATAGA
Noboru
|
Studies on Molecular Interactions and Chemical Reaction Dynamics of Photo-excited Molecules | 2006 |
|
OHTAKE
Fumio
|
Inequality
in Japan
|
2008 |
|
HASEGAWA
Akira
|
Discovery of Optical Soliton Properties in Fibers and of Self-organization of Plasma Turbulence | 2008 |
| MURAI Shinji | Skeletal Formation and Modification of Organic Compounds via Transition Metal-Based Molecular Catalysts | 2010 |
|
MURAHASHI
Shun-ichi
|
||
| TANIGUCHI Naoyuki | Pioneering Accomplishments in Glycobiology, Especially on the Significance of N-glycans in Disease | 2011 |
| FUTAI Masamitsu | Studies on the Synthesis and Cellular Use of Biological Energy | 2012 |
| SAKAGUCHI Shimon | Regulation of Immune Response by Regulatory T Cells | 2012 |
| NAGASAWA Takashi | Elucidation of Microenvironments Essential for the Maintenance of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Hematopoiesis and Bone | 2019 |
*Award to mark Crown Prince Akihito's marriage
Medal with Purple Ribbon
| Name |
Affiliation
at the time of winning a medal
|
Year |
|---|---|---|
| MATSUKAWA Tatsuo | School of Engineering | 1959 |
|
CHITANI
Toshizo
|
School of Science | 1965 |
| TERAZAWA Kazuo |
School of Engineering
|
1970 |
|
FUJINO
Tsunesaburo
|
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases | 1971 |
|
SUGATA
Eiji
|
School of Engineering
|
1971 |
|
FUSHIMI
Koji
|
School of Science | 1973 |
| UEMATSU Tokio | School of Engineering Science | 1974 |
|
YOSHINAGA
Hiroshi
|
School of Engineering
|
1975 |
|
KAMAHORA
Juntaro
|
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases | 1975 |
| SUZUKI Tomoji | Institute for Protein Research | 1976 |
|
MIYAJI
Toru
|
Faculty of Medicine
|
1977 |
|
YUKAWA
Yasuhide
|
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research | 1977 |
|
KUMAGAI
Hisao
|
School of Economics | 1978 |
|
OKUNO
Yoshiomi
|
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases | 1978 |
|
KINOSHITA
Kazuo
|
School of Economics | 1983 |
|
ISHIMARU
Toshiyasu
|
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research | 1984 |
| SAKURAI Hiroshi | Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research | 1985 |
|
OSAWA
Fumio
|
School of Engineering Science | 1985 |
| HASHIMOTO Hatsujiro | School of Engineering | 1985 |
|
IKEHARA
Morio
|
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 1986 |
|
MANABE
Hisao
|
Faculty of Medicine
|
1987 |
| NAMBA Susumu | School of Engineering Science | 1988 |
|
SHIOKAWA
Jiro
|
School of Engineering
|
1988 |
|
INADA
Ken-ichi
|
Institute of Social and
Economic Research
|
1989 |
|
MISUMI
Juji
|
School of Human Sciences | 1989 |
|
KOIZUMI
Mitsue
|
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research | 1990 |
|
MORIMOTO
Nobuo
|
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research | 1990 |
|
DATE
Muneyuki
|
School of Science | 1991 |
|
YAMANAKA
Chiyoe
|
School of Engineering
|
1992 |
|
YOSHIMORI
Akio
|
School of Engineering Science | 1992 |
| TSUBOMURA Hiroshi | School of Engineering Science | 1993 |
| FUJITA Hiroshi | School of Engineering | 1993 |
| HARA Tomiyuki | School of Science | 1994 |
| MATAGA Noboru | School of Engineering Science | 1995 |
| HAMAKAWA Yoshihiro | School of Engineering Science | 1995 |
| YAMANE Toshimi |
School of Engineering
|
1996 |
| MIYAMOTO Sigenori | School of Science | 1996 |
|
MURATA
Ichiro
|
School of Science | 1996 |
|
KAWASHIMA
Yasunaru
|
Faculty of Medicine
|
1997 |
| SONODA Noboru |
School of Engineering
|
1997 |
| MATSUBARA Ken-ichi | Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology | 1997 |
| MORITA Zen-ichiro |
School of Engineering
|
1998 |
| KYOGOKU Yoshimasa |
Institute for Protein
Research
|
1998 |
|
SHIOBARA
Tsutomu
|
School of Human Sciences | 1998 |
|
NAKAMURA
Akira
|
School of Science | 1998 |
|
SHINODA
Jun-ichi
|
School of Letters | 1999 |
| SONODA Takao |
Faculty of Medicine
|
1999 |
| YAMAZAKI Masakazu | School of Letters | 1999 |
| ARIMOTO Suguru | School of Engineering Science | 2000 |
| AOKI Tamotsu | School of Human Sciences | 2000 |
| KITAMURA Yukihiko | Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences | 2001 |
|
INOKI
Takenori
|
School of Economics | 2002 |
| KAWAI Tomoji | Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research | 2003 |
| TAKAI Yoshimi |
Faculty of Medicine
|
2003 |
| TAKEDA Sachiko | Osaka University of Foreign Studies | 2003 |
|
WASHIDA
Kiyokazu
|
School of Letters | 2004 |
| AKIRA Shizuo | Research Institute for Microbial Diseases | 2005 |
| TANIGUCHI Naoyuki |
Faculty of Medicine
|
2005 |
|
HIRANO
Toshio
|
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences | 2006 |
| HARADA Akira | School of Science | 2006 |
| NAKAMURA Toshikazu | Graduate School of Medicine | 2006 |
|
MATSUZAWA
Yuji
|
Faculty of Medicine
|
2006 |
| KAWATA Satoshi | Graduate School of Engineering | 2007 |
| ONUKI Yoshichika | Graduate School of Science | 2008 |
| MASUHARA Hiroshi | Graduate School of Engineering | 2008 |
| NAKAJIMA Hideo | Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research | 2009 |
| SAKAGUCHI Shimon | Kyoto University | 2009 |
| TONO Haruyuki | School of Letters | 2010 |
| MORITA Seizo | Graduate School of Engineering | 2011 |
|
NISHIO
Shojiro
|
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology | 2011 |
| FUKUZUMI Shunichi | Graduate School of Engineering | 2011 |
|
HANAOKA
Fumio
|
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences | 2012 |
|
KITAOKA
Yoshio
|
Graduate School of
Engineering Science
|
2012 |
|
KUBO
Shiro
|
Graduate School of Engineering | 2012 |
|
HAMADA Hiroshi
|
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences | 2014 |
|
YONEDA Yoshihiro
|
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences | 2015 |
| KOMIZO Yuuichi | Joining and Welding Research Institute | 2017 |
| KINOSHITA Taroh | Research Institute for Microbial Diseases | 2018 |
| DOME Takuo | Graduate School of Economics | 2019 |
| YOSHIMORI Tamotsu | Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences | 2019 |
| SAWA Yoshiki | Graduate School of Medicine | 2020 |
| AKITA Shigeru | Graduate School of Humanities | 2022 |
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