1. Yukawa Hideki: Graduated from Kyoto University, 1949 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. He predicted that the existence of neutrons is a nuclear force as a medium between cationic protons and mesons.
2. Asanaga Ichiro: Graduated from Kyoto University and won the Nobel Prize in Physics with 1965. He is famous for his "super-time theory" and "continuous flow theory" and has made great contributions to the basic research in the field of quantum electromagnetic mechanics.
3. Kawabata Yasunari: Graduated from Imperial University of Tokyo, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1968. The book Snow Country vividly describes the sad fantasy and beauty of life, so it is called the classic of modern Japanese lyric literature. In addition, Izu dancers, Thousand Feathers Crane, Voice of the Mountain and so on.
4. Esaki Reona, a graduate of Tokyo University, 1973 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. He studied the tunneling effect of semiconductors and superconductors and discovered tunnel diodes.
5. Zuo Zuo Sato (graduated from Imperial University of Tokyo, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974), as the 6th/kloc-0, 62nd and 63rd Japanese Prime Minister, he opposed the possession of nuclear weapons on behalf of the country from beginning to end and contributed to peace and stability in the Pacific region.
6. Kenichi Fukui (graduated from Kyoto University, 198 1 won the Nobel Prize in chemistry), who initiated a "new field of electron orbital theory" and made contributions to the development of chemical reaction process theory.
7.susumu tonegawa (graduated from Kyoto University and won the Nobel Prize in Medical Physiology in 1988) is a professor at MIT. He won the prize because he expounded the "genetic principle of multi-antibody culture" and was highly praised.
8. Kenzaburo Oe, who graduated from Tokyo University and won the 1994 literature prize, is a famous contemporary Japanese existentialist writer. He writes characters with personal charm to realize the truth of the novel.
9. Hideki Shirakawa graduated from tokyo institute of technology and won the 2000 chemistry prize for pioneering polymer electronics.
10, Noyori Ryori, a graduate of Kyoto University, won the 200 1 chemistry prize, which contributed to the development of "synthesis of organic compounds".
1 1, Masatoshi Koshiba, a graduate of Tokyo University, won the physics prize in 2002, and his "Shengang neutrino observation" was highly praised. Help to find cosmic neutrinos.
12. Kenichi Tanaka, a graduate of Tohoku University in Japan, won the chemistry prize in 2002. The award-winning achievement "Development of Analytical Technology in protein" is the youngest winner since the establishment of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His research made early diagnosis of cancer possible.
13, Yoichiro Nambu graduated from the University of Tokyo, USA, and shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ichikawa Minying and Kobayashi.
Kobayashi graduated from Nagoya University and shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ichikawa Minying and Yoichiro Nambu.
15, Shimomura Xiu, an organic chemist and marine biologist, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering and studying green fluorescent protein. His son Tsutomu Shimomura is an expert in information security and computational physics.
16, Ishikawa Minying, a graduate of Nagoya University, was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Institute. The number of winners in Japan rose to 7. The number of people who won the Nobel Prize rose to 15.
17, Ei-Ichi Negishi, graduated from the university of Tokyo1July 935 14-), winner of the nobel prize in chemistry in 20 10, and a professor at purdue university.
18, akira suzuki, graduated from Hokkaido University,1September 930 12-), winner of the 20 10 Nobel Prize in chemistry, and honorary professor of Beihai University.
19, shinya yamanaka, 1962 was born in osaka prefecture, Japan. He is a Japanese doctor, a professor of stem cell biology at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Kyoto University, a doctor of medicine in osaka city university, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, San Francisco, California, USA. 20 12 won the nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
20. Shuji Nakamura, 1954 was born in Fang Yi, Japan, on May 22nd, 1954. He is a Japanese-American electronic engineer and a professor in the Department of Materials, School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). 20 14 10 7 Isamu Akasaki, yukiya amano and Shuji Nakamura won the 20 14 nobel prize in physics for inventing the "efficient blue light emitting diode".
2 1, Isamu Akasaki,1929 65438+1was born in Lan Zhi-CHO, Kagoshima Prefecture on October 30th. He graduated from Kyoto University and is a Japanese semiconductor scientist. 20 14,6543810.7, Amano Hiroshi and * * * won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of their "invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes", which made bright and energy-saving white light sources possible.
22. Koji Amano was born in Hamamatsu, Japan on September 1960+0 1. He graduated from Nagoya University and is an expert in electronic engineering in Japan. He won the 20 14 Nobel Prize in Physics with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura for "inventing high-brightness blue light-emitting diode".
23. Satoshi Omura, born on July 2, 1935, is an organic chemist, a foreign academician of China Academy of Engineering and an honorary professor of Beijing University of Science and Technology. 20 15 won the nobel prize in physiology or medicine; 20 16 was awarded the honorary doctorate of Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Takaaki Kajita, born in 1959, is a Japanese physicist and astronomer. Born in Saitama, Japan, he graduated from Science Department of Saitama University. Doctor of Science (University of Tokyo). He is currently the director of the Institute of Cosmic Ray of the University of Tokyo and the head of the Information Fusion Center for Cosmic Neutrino Observation affiliated to the Institute. 20 15 won the nobel prize in physics.
25. yoshinori ohsumi, 1945, was born in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Japanese molecular cell biologist, doctor of science, University of Tokyo, Japan. He is currently distinguished professor and honorary professor of tokyo institute of technology Frontier Research Center. 20 16 won the nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering autophagy mechanism.
26. Tasuku Honjo,194265438+1October 27th was born in Kyoto. He is an immunologist, a foreign academician of the National Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Japanese Bachelor's College. At present, he is the chairman of distinguished professor and Shizuoka public universities in the Institute of Advanced Studies of Kyoto University. 20 18 Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine.
As of 20 18, 26 Japanese have won the Nobel Prize (including 2 Japanese-American Nobel Prize winners). In addition to European and American countries, Japan is the country with the largest number of winners. Graduates or faculty members from seven old imperial universities in Japan account for more than half of Asian Nobel Prize winners. Among them, Tokyo University, Kyoto University and Nagoya University have produced the most Nobel Prize winners in Japan and even in Asia.