# Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy

The Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (恩賜賞, onshishō) is a prestigious honor conferred to two of the recipients of the Japan Academy Prize.

## Overviews

It is awarded in two categories: humanities and natural sciences. The Emperor and Empress visit the awarding ceremony and present a vase to the awardees.

## Laureates

* 2019 — Makoto Fujita (109th)
* 2018 — Takeshi Matsuura [jp], Chikashi Toyoshima (108th)
* 2017 — Akira Hasegawa [jp] (107th)
* 2016 — Kazutoshi Mori (106th)
* 2015 — Hideo Hosono
* 2014 — Isamu Akasaki
* 2013 — Jun Matsuura [jp], Yoshinori Tokura
* 2012 — Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa [jp], Keiichi Namba
* 2011 — Akira Satake [jp], Hideaki Miyata [jp] (101st)
* 2010 — Akira Omote [jp], Shinya Yamanaka (100th)
* 2009 — Tetumi Murakami [jp], Toru Eguchi [de] (99th)
* 2008 — Keiji Morokuma (98th)
* 2007 — Senzo Hidemura [jp], Shizuo Akira (97th)
* 2006 — Shuh Narumiya (96th)
* 2005 — Kazuya Kato (95th)
* 2004 — Chikahi Suma [jp], Takeshi Yasumoto (94th)
* 2003 — Mitsuhiro Yanagida (93rd)
* 2002 — Takahiro Fujimoto [jp], Sumio Iijima (92nd)
* 2001 — Fumio Hayashi, Makoto Asashima (91st)
* 2000 — Tsugitaka Sato [jp], Shigekazu Nagata (90th)
* 1999 — Susumu Fuma [jp], Yoshito Kishi (89th)
* 1998 — Toshio Yanagida (88th)
* 1997 — Shigetada Nakanishi (87th)
* 1996 — Tasuku Honjo (86th)
* 1995 — Toru Mineya [jp], Yoshio Fukao [jp] (85th)
* 1994 — Makoto Kumada, Hideki Sakurai (84th)
* 1993 — Issei Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka (83rd)
* 1992 — Chushichi Tsuzuki [jp], Tadamitsu Kishimoto (82nd)
* 1991 — Yoshinori Kobayashi [jp], Akira Tonomura (81st)
* 1990 — Koji Nakanishi (80th)
* 1989 — Tomi Saeki [jp], Yorio Hinuma [jp] (79th)
* 1988 — Susumu Nishimura [jp] (78th)
* 1987 — Toshio Fukuyama [jp], Toshimitsu Yamazaki (77th)
* 1986 — Masao Ito (76th)
* 1985 — Ryo Sato (75th)
* 1984 — Seizen Nakasone [jp], Gakuzo Tamura (74th)
* 1983 — Teruaki Mukaiyama (73rd)
* 1982 — Kokiti Hara [jp], Shizuo Kakutani (72nd)
* 1981 — Yasuiti Nagano (71st)
* 1980 — Yoshio Okada [jp] (70th)
* 1979 — Yoshihide Kozai (69th)
* 1978 — Kiyoshi Itō (68th)
* 1977 — Shinji Takahashi [jp] (67th)
* 1976 — Takashi Sugimura (66th)
* 1975 — Jikido Takasaki [jp], Minoru Oda [de] (65th)
* 1974 — Tsugio Mikami [jp], Kimishige Ishizaka (64th)
* 1973 — Takuichi Takeshima [jp], Jun Kondo (63rd)
* 1972 — Tadashi Matsushita [jp], Setsuro Ebashi (62nd)
* 1971 — Mataji Miyamoto [jp], Chushiro Hayashi (61st)
* 1970 — Hidetaka Nakamura [jp], Seizo Okamura [jp] (60th)
* 1969 — Ryogo Kubo (59th)
* 1968 — Tatsuo Nishida (58th)
* 1967 — Kōsaku Yosida (57th)
* 1966 — Egaku Mayeda [jp] (56th)
* 1965 — Noriyuki Kojima [jp] (55th)
* 1964 — Kiyoshi Mutō (54th)
* 1963 — Takeo Nagamiya [jp] (53rd)
* 1962 — Tomoichi Sasabuchi (52nd)
* 1961 — Shigeo Okinaka [jp] (51st)
* 1960 — Osamu Takata [jp], Takuji Ito, Kazuo Yamasaki [jp], Aki Uyeno, Taka Yanagisawa, Tsugio Miya [jp] (50th)
* 1959 — Isao Imai (49th)
* 1958 — Ryozo Niizeki [jp] (48th)
* 1957 — Hajime Nakamura (47th)
* 1956 — Masuzo Shikata, Isamu Tachi (46th)
* 1955 — Yoshio Fujita (45th)
* 1954 — Jitsuzo Tamura [jp], Yukio Kobayashi [jp] (44th)
* 1953 — Tomizo Yoshida (43rd)
* 1952 — Seiichi Mizuno [jp], Toshio Nagahiro [jp] (42nd)
* 1951 — Yoshiyuki Toyama (41st)
* 1950 — Shoichi Sakata (40th)
* 1949 — Kakuji Goto [jp] (39th)
* 1948 — Saburo Ienaga (38th)
* 1947 — Takeo Matsumura [jp] (37th)
* 1946 — Hakaru Masumoto (36th)
* 1945 — Tokuhichi Mishima, Kyôji Funada [jp], Takahiro Okuno [jp] (35th)
* 1944 — Tomosaburo Ogata [jp] (34th)
* 1943 — Junpei Shinobu [jp], Tanemoto Furuhata [jp], Hitoshi Kihara (33rd)
* 1942 — Enku Uno [jp] (32nd)
* 1941 — Eiichi Matsumoto [jp], Kinjiro Okabe, Yas Kuno [jp] (31st)
* 1940 — Asaji Nose [jp], Hideki Yukawa, Juro Horiuti [jp] (30th)
* 1939 — Ken Ishikawa [jp], Ken Kure [jp] (29th)
* 1938 — No award (28th)
* 1937 — Shinkichi Horiba [jp], Yasujiro Niwa (27th)
* 1936 — Hisayosi Ogawa [jp], Takaoki Sasaki, Tomizo Yoshida (26th)
* 1935 — Shimpei Ogura, Shinsho Hanayama [jp] (25th)
* 1934 — Noboru Niida, Seitaro Tsuboi [jp] (24th)
* 1933 — Ziro Tuzi [jp], Bunsuke Suzuki (23rd)
* 1932 — Kyōsuke Kindaichi, Kiyoo Wadati (22nd)
* 1931 — Katsutada Sezawa (21st)
* 1930 — Buntaro Adachi [jp] (20th)
* 1929 — Toshi Shida [jp] (19th)
* 1928 — Masao Kambe [jp], Sōichi Kakeya (18th)
* 1927 — Shigeru Kato [jp], Yuji Shibata [de] (17th)
* 1926 — Yorisuke Numata [jp], Yoshiaki Ozawa (16th)
* 1925 — Keiki Yabuki [jp], Nagaho Mononobe [jp] (15th)
* 1924 — Kuniji Yashiro [jp], Takaoki Sasaki (14th)
* 1923 — Iichiro Tokutomi, Shigematsu Kakimura, Yasuhiko Asahina, Suekichi Kinoshita (13th)
* 1922 — Toshio Takamine, Usaburo Yoshida [jp] (12th)
* 1921 — Zennosuke Tsuji [jp], Gennosuke Fuse (11th)
* 1920 — Kaneyuki Miura [jp], Mitsumaru Tsujimoto (10th)
* 1919 — Jun Ishiwara (9th)
* 1918 — Hidematsu Wada [jp], Taiken Kimura [jp], Keita Shibata [es] (8th)
* 1917 — Torahiko Terada, Sasaki Nobutsuna (7th)
* 1916 — Toru Oya [jp], Taisuke Hayashi [jp], Ryokichi Inada, Yasushi Ido [jp] (6th)
* 1915 — Hideyo Noguchi (5th)
* 1914 — Sunao Tawara (4th)
* 1913 — Ryosuke Muraoka [jp], Kumakatsu Kosaka (3rd)
* 1912 — Nagao Ariga, Yu Fujikawa [jp], Sakugoro Hirase, Seiichiro Ikeno [jp] (2nd)
* 1911 — Hisashi Kimura (1st)