Nobel Laureates

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Laureates from Japan

Year of award	Category	Name	Alma mater	Title at the time of award
2026	Chemistry	Kenso Soai	The University of Tokyo	Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Science
2025	Chemistry	Susumu Kitagawa	Kyoto University	Executive Vice-President for Research Promotion, Kyoto University Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS)
2025	Physiology or Medicine	Shimon Sakaguchi	Kyoto University	Specially Appointed Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center, the University of Osaka Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
2024	Peace	Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations)
2021	Physics	Syukuro (Suki) Manabe	The University of Tokyo	Senior Meteorologist, Princeton University (US citizen)
2019	Chemistry	Akira Yoshino	Kyoto University	Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation Professor, Meijo University
2018	Physiology or Medicine	Tasuku Honjo	Kyoto University	Distinguished Professor and Deputy Director-General, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS)
2016	Physiology or Medicine	Yoshinori Ohsumi	The University of Tokyo	Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2015	Physics	Takaaki Kajita	Saitama University	Professor, the University of Tokyo
2015	Physiology or Medicine	Satoshi Omura	University of Yamanashi	Professor Emeritus, Kitasato University
2014	Physics	Isamu Akasaki	Kyoto University	Professor, Meijo University
		Hiroshi Amano	Nagoya University	Professor, Nagoya University
		Shuji Nakamura	University of Tokushima	Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
2012	Physiology or Medicine	Shinya Yamanaka	Kobe University	Professor, Kyoto University
2010	Chemistry	Eiichi Negishi	The University of Tokyo	Distinguished Professor, Purdue University
2010	Chemistry	Akira Suzuki	Hokkaido University	Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
2008	Physics	Yoichiro Nambu	The University of Tokyo	Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago (US citizen)
		Makoto Kobayashi	Nagoya University	Professor Emeritus, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
		Maskawa Toshihide	Nagoya University	Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
	Chemistry	Osamu Shimomura	Nagasaki University	Professor Emeritus, Boston University
2002	Chemistry	Koichi Tanaka	Tohoku University	Shimadzu Corporation
2002	Physics	Masatoshi Koshiba	The University of Tokyo	Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo
2001	Chemistry	Ryoji Noyori	Kyoto University	Professor, Nagoya University
2000	Chemistry	Hideki Shirakawa	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba
1994	Literature	Kenzaburo Oe	The University of Tokyo	Novelist
1987	Physiology or Medicine	Susumu Tonegawa	Kyoto University	Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981	Chemistry	Kenichi Fukui	Kyoto University	Professor, Kyoto University
1974	Peace	Eisaku Sato	The University of Tokyo	Former Prime Minister
1973	Physics	Reona Ezaki	The 3rd Higher School / The University of Tokyo	Senior Researcher, IBM Watson Research Center
1968	Literature	Yasunari Kawabata	The University of Tokyo	Novelist
1965	Physics	Sin‐itiro Tomonaga	Kyoto University	Professor, Tokyo University of Education
1949	Physics	Hideki Yukawa	Kyoto University	Professor, Kyoto University