Tasuku Honjo (1975) - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.
Shuji Nakamura (1979) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes.
Masatoshi Koshiba (1955) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos.
Yoichiro Nambu (1952) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics.
Takashi Murakami (1993) - Internationally renowned contemporary artist known for his work in superflat art.
Shinya Yamanaka (1987) - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.
Hideki Shirakawa (1966) - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for the discovery and development of conductive polymers.
Toshihide Maskawa (1967) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.
