2026 Inamori Research Grant Selection Committee

Chair	Yoh Iwasa (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University)

Natural Sciences

Science and Engineering

	Kazunori Kataoka (Vice Chairperson, Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion / Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
	Nobuo Kimizuka (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University)
	Susumu Noda (Deputy Director-General and Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study)
	Misao Sasaki (Project Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo)
	Takashi Tsuboi (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
	Masahito Ueda (Professor, School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
	Hiroko Yamada (Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University)
	Hiroto Yasuura (Vice Director-General, National Institute of Informatics)

Biology

	Shizuo Akira (Center Director, Center for Advanced Modalities and Drug Delivery System, The University of Osaka)
	Ryoichiro Kageyama (Director, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research)
	Junko Kyozuka (Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University)
	Hozumi Motohashi (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University)
	Eisuke Nishida (Executive Director of Science, RIKEN)
	Yasushi Okuno (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
	Motoko Yanagita (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)

Humanities and Social Sciences

	Yuji Genda (Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
	Kumie Inose (Auditor, National Institutes for the Humanities)
	Tetsuya Kono (Professor, College of Arts, Rikkyo University)
	Chihara Watanabe (Professor, College of Law, Ritsumeikan University)
	Shinichi Yamamuro (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)

(as of March 1, 2026)