Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology[Core Researcher & Research Subject]※ ○ ： Core Researcher
Applicant’s Name

● ： Co-Researcher
Applicant’s Position

Research Subject○Kazuyuki AIHARA

Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Mathematical Theory for Modelling Complex Systems and its Transdisciplinary
Applications in Science and Technology○Shizuo AKIRA

Director, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka
University

Comprehensive understanding of immune dynamism : toward manipulation ofimmune responses○Chihaya ADACHI

Professor, Center for Future Chemistry, Kyushu University

Challenges for super organic electroluminescence devices through innovationof organic semiconducting materials○Yasuhiko ARAKAWA

Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo●Kazumi WADA

Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo●Takahiro NAKAMURASenior Manager, Nano Electronics Research Laboratories, NECCorporation○Masayoshi ESASHI

Professor, The World Premier International Research Center
Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku
University●Ryutaro MAEDA

Prime Senior Researcher, Advanced Manufacturing ResearchInstitute (AMRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology (AIST)

Technology Development for Photonic-Electronic Integration System

Research and development of integrated microsystems

○Hideo OHNO

Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku
University

Research and Development of Ultra-low Power Spintronics-based Logic
VLSIs○Teruo OKANO

Director and Professor of Institute of Advanced Biomedical
Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University

System Integration for Industrialization of Regenerative Medicine: Creation ofOrgan Factory○Hideyuki OKANO

Professor, Department of Physiology, Keio University School ofMedicine.

●Shigeyoshi ITOHARA

Senior Team Leader, RIKEN Brain Science Institute●Erika SASAKI

Laboratory Head, Laboratory of Applied Developmental Biology,
Marmoset research Department, Central Institute for Experimental
Animals○Kazunori KATAOKA

Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo; Division of Clinical
Biotechnology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine,Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo●Hiroshi ISEKI●Takanori ICHIKI●Hiromichi KIMURA●Tsuneo SAGA

●Tsuyoshi TAKATO

Strategic Exploitation of Neuro-Genetics for Emergence of the Mind

Professor, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering andScience, Tokyo Women’s Medical University
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Graduate
School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Professor, Laboratory of Pharmaco-Business Innovation, Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo
Director, Diagnostic Imaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center,National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Professor, Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Dentistry, andOrthodontics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

Development of Innovative Diagnostic and Therapeutic Systems Based on
Nanobiotechnology

●Takashi FUNATSU

Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacy, Graduate School of
Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo●Mizuo MAEDA

Chief Scientist, Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN●Yasuhiro MATSUMURA

Director, Investigative Treatment Division, National Cancer Center,Institute East

●Yuji MIYAHARA

Director General, Biomaterials Center, National Institute forMaterials Sciences / Managing Director, Biomaterials Center,
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics●Yuh-ichiro ICHIKAWA

General Manager, Pharmaceuticals Research Laboratories, Research& Development Group, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.

●Yasuki KATO

Board of Directors, CSO / NanoCarrier Co., Ltd.

●Shiro KONDO

Teijin Group Fellow, Director, Kondo Laboratory, Teijin Limited●Nobuhiro SUZUKI

Director, Frontier Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research
Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited●Masahiro TOIDA

Research Manager, Equipment Research & Development Center,Research & Development Management Headquarters, FUJIFILM
Corporation●Hiroshi MISAWA

Research Manager, R&D Planning & Licensing, R&D Center, Terumo
Corporation○Tomoji KAWAI

Professor, Osaka University●Yoshinobu BABA

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University○Masaru KITSUREGAWA

Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo /Director , Center for Information Fusion

Research and Development of Innovative Nanobiodevices Based onSingle-Molecule Analysis -Ultra-fast Single-Molecule-DNA Sequencing,
Ultra-Low-Concentration Virus Detection, and Ultra-Sensitive Biomolecule
Monitoring-

Development of the Fastest Database Engine for the Era of Very Large
Database and Experiment and Evaluation of Strategic Social Services Enabledby the Database Engine

○Tsunenobu KIMOTO

Professor, Kyoto University, Department of Electronic Science andEngineering●Hiroyuki MATSUNAMIDirector, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Innovation
Plaza Kyoto,●Hajime OKUMURA

Director, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST), Energy Semiconductor Electronics ResearchLaboratory,○Masaru KURIHARA

Advisor, Water Treatment & Environment Division, Toray Industries,
Inc.

Mega-ton Water System○Yasuhiro KOIKE

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

Creation of Face-to-Face Communication Industry by Ultra High-Speed
Plastic Optical Fiber and Photonics Polymers for High-Resolution andLarge-Size Display○Tatsuhiko KODAMA

Professor, Department of Systems Biology and Medicine, ResearchCenter for Advanced Science and Technology, The University ofTokyo●Takao HAMAKUBOProfessor, Department of Molecular Biology and Medicine, ResearchCenter for Advanced Science and Technology, The University ofTokyo●Ichiro SAKUMA

Professor, Department of Precision Engineering, Graduate School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo●Yasuyuki SETO

Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate Schoolof Medicine, The University of Tokyo●Masashi FUKAYAMA

Professor, Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine,The University of Tokyo●Shigeo IHARA

Professor, Department of Systems Biology and Medicine, ResearchCenter for Advanced Science and Technology, The University ofTokyo

Innovative SiC Power Electronics Technology Toward Low-Carbon Society

Molecular Dynamics Initiative for Antibody Drug Development (MDADD)

●Kohei TSUMOTO

Associate Professor, Laboratory of Physical Biochemistry, Graduate
School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo●Toshimitsu MOMOSEAssociate Professor, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine,
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo●Tsuyoshi INOUE

Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School ofEngineering, Osaka University●Hirofumi DOIPresident, Celish FD, Inc.

●Hisafumi OKABE

Operating Officer, Director of Research, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.
Ltd.

●Yukio SUDO

Senior Research Associate, Life Science Research Laboratories, Fuji
Film Corp.

●Hideaki FUJITANI

Research Fellow, Nano-Electronics Research Center, Fujitsu
Laboratories Ltd.

○Yoshiyuki SANKAI

Professor, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering,
University of Tsukuba○Hiroki SHIRATO

Professor, Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Graduate
School of Medicine●Masahiro HIRAOKA

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology and Image-applied
Therapy, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine○Hiroshi SEGAWA

Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology,The University of Tokyo●Susumu YOSHIKAWA

Specally Appointed Professor, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto
University●Akira FUJISHIMAChairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology

World leading human-assistive technology supporting a long-lived and healthysociety

Sustainable Development of Molecular-Tracking Radiotherapy System

Development of the next generation mass spectrometry system, andcontribution toward drug discovery and diagnostics

○Koichi TANAKA●Taka-Aki SATO

●Gozo TSUJIMOTO

General Manager, Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry ResearchLaboratory, Shimadzu Corporation
Director, Life Science Research Center, Technology ResearchLaboratory, Shimadzu Corporation
Professor, Department of Pharmacogenomics/Genomic Drug Discovery
Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

Development of the next generation mass spectrometry system, andcontribution toward drug discovery and diagnostics

Kyoto University●Hachiro SUGIMOTO

Professor, Department of Neuroscience for Drug Discovery, Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University○Yoshinori TOKURA

Professor, Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

Quantum Science of Strongly Correlated Systems○Akira TONOMURAFellow, Hitachi, Ltd.

Development and Application of Atomic-Resolution Holography ElectronMicroscope○Ryozo NAGAI

Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School ofMedicine, The University of Tokyo○Shinichi NAKASUKA

Professor, Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo○Hideo HOSONO

Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology●Keiichi TANABE

Deputy Director General, Superconductivity Research Laboratory,
International Superconductivity Technology Center

Development of optimized therapeutic strategies against cancer andcardiovascular disease using large-scale computing and clinical information

Establishment of New Paradigm of Space Development and Utilization with
Nano-Satellites Introducing Japanese-Original “Reasonably Reliable Systems
Engineering”

Exploration of New Superconductors and Related Functional Materials andApplication of Superconducting Wires for Industry

○Noritaka MIZUNO

Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo
Innovative Basic Research Toward Creation of High-performance Battery●Hiroshi OKAJIMAProject Manager, R & D Management Division, TOYOTA MOTORCORPORATION○Hitoshi MURAYAMA

Director of the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of theUniverse, The University of Tokyo

Uncovering the Origin and Future of the Universe––ultra-wide-field imaging
and spectroscopy reveal the nature of dark matter and dark energy––○Masashi YANAGISAWA

Professor, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Molecular Mechanism and Control of Complex Behaviors○Shinya YAMANAKA

Director, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Institute forIntegrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University

iPS Cell Project for Regenerative Medicine○Yoshihisa YAMAMOTO

Professor, National Institute of Informatics●Jaw-Shen TSAIFellow, Nano Electronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation●Seigo TARUCHA

Professor, Department of applied physics, Graduate School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo○Naoki YOKOYAMAFellow, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

Quantum information processing project

Development of Core Technologies for Green Nanoelectronics