Takaaki Kajita (1981) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.
Leo Esaki (1956) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for his work on the discovery of the tunnel effect in semiconductors.
Hideki Shirakawa (1966) - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for the discovery and development of conductive polymers.
Yoshinori Ohsumi (1974) - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.
Masatoshi Koshiba (1955) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos.
Shuji Nakamura (1979) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources.
Yoshio Nishina (1918) - Known as the 'Father of Japanese Physics', instrumental in the development of nuclear physics in Japan.
Jun-ichi Nishizawa (1953) - Inventor of the pin diode and the static induction transistor, contributing significantly to semiconductor technology.
