The Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize is awarded in the following four fields. Prizewinner receives an award diploma, a gold medal, and cash award of JPY 3,000,000 cash (about USD 30 thousands) per full Prize in each area.

• Materials
• Semiconductors & semiconductor devices
• Measurement science & technology
• Biological science & technology

Materials edit

• 2001 - Takaaki Toyooka. Next generation, electrical resistance welded steel tube with high strength and excellent formability contributing to energy conservation.
• 2002 - Syunichi Miyazaki. Development of Ti-Ni shape memory alloys and contribution to their applications.
• 2003 - Toshihiro Ishikawa. Development and industrialization of functional ceramics produced from an organosilicon polymer.
• 2004 - Hirohisa Tanaka, Mari Uenishi, Yasuo Nishihata. Research and development of a self-regenerative palladium-perovskite catalyst for automotive emissions control.
• 2005 - Terunobu Miyazaki [de]. Study on the application of tunnel magnetoresistance junctions.
• 2006 - Kazuhito Hashimoto, Toshiya Watanabe. Environmental materials using TiO₂ photocatalyst with solar energy.
• 2007 - Masashi Kawasaki. Exploration of ZnO based semiconductor technology.
• 2008 - Terunori Fujita, Makoto Mitani. Development of new olefin polymerization catalysts and their applications to novel polyolefinic materials.
• 2009 - Tsuyoshi Masumoto [ja], Hiroyasu Fujimori. Development and industrial contribution of amorphous alloys.
• 2010 - Satoshi Takechi [ja], Koji Nozaki. Technical innovation in ArF resist material for LSI production to 90nm-era and beyond.
• 2011 - Akira Yoshino. Development and its commercialization of the lithium-ion battery.
• 2012 - Yoshinobu Honkura. The research and development of Dy free Nd-Fe-B anisotropic bonded magnet and its applications to motors.
• 2013 - Hiroshi Harada, Kyoko Kawagishi, Tadaharu Yokokawa. Development of high temperature turbine material using nickel-based superalloys.
• 2014 - Takatomo Sasaki, Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura. Discovery of nonlinear optical borate crystal CsLiB₆O₁₀ and contributions to development of new deep-ultraviolet laser sources.
• 2015 - Fujimitsu Masuyama, Atsuro Iseda. Contribution to the development and application of creep-strength-enhanced ferritic heat resistant steels and highly efficient power plant operation.
• 2016 - Akira Yoshikawa, Kei Kamada, Yasuhiro Shoji. Developments of a novel garnet scintillators and industrialization by the academic startups.

Semiconductors & semiconductor devices edit

• 2001 - Hiroyuki Matsunami. Pioneer work for high-quality epitaxial growth of semiconductor silicon carbide and power devices.
• 2002 - Tatau Nishinaga. Invention of micro-channel epitaxy for drastic reduction of dislocation in highly lattice-mismatched hetero-epitaxial systems.
• 2003 - Jyunichi Murota. Development of group IV hetero CVD technology and creation of atomically controlled processing.
• 2004 - Kazutoshi Wakabayashi. High-level synthesis and verification on system LSI.
• 2005 - Mitsuo Usami, Ryo Imura. Development of ultra-small chip for IC tags and related technology.
• 2006 - Takashi Ito. Advanced research for highly-reliable CMOS gate dielectric films by direct nitridation of silicon.
• 2007 - Hiroshi Iwai, Hisayo S. Momose, Tatsuya Ohguro. Pioneering work of sub-50 nm MOSFET research and development.
• 2008 - Masaru Sasago. A pioneer research and industrial development of excimer laser lithography technology.
• 2009 - Yoshinobu Nakagome, Masashi Horiguchi, Takayuki Kawahara. Pioneering development of seminal low-leakage CMOS circuits.
• 2010 - Hiroo Kinoshita. Pioneering research and longtime contribution for industrial approach on extreme ultraviolet lithography.
• 2011 - Digh Hisamoto. Invention and development of "fin" structure MOSFETs.
• 2012 - Shinichi Takagi. Pioneering contributions to understanding of carrier transport properties in channels of Si MOSFETs and to technology of the channel mobility enhancement.
• 2013 - Nobukazu Teranishi. Development of image sensors with pinned photodiode.
• 2014 - Takashi Eshita, Shoichiro Kawashima, Shigeo Kashiwagi. Development of high-reliability technologies for ferroelectric random access memory and its mass-production.
• 2015 - Hidefumi Ibe, Tadanobu Toba, Kenichi Shinbo. Development of impact assessment technologies for terrestrial neutron-induced soft-errors in semiconductor devices and prompt protection architecture against resultant failures in electronic systems.
• 2016 - Mitsuru Sugawara, Keizo Takemasa, Kenichi Nishi. Realization of superior characteristic quantum dot lasers with optical communication wavelength and its commercialization with mass-production.

Measurement science & technology edit

• 2001 - Mitsuhiro Katayama. Development of coaxial impact-collision ion scattering spectroscopy and its application to in situ topmost surface analysis.
• 2002 - Kaneo Mouri [ja]. Development of highly sensitive micro magnetic sensor using amorphous wire: magneto-impedance sensor.
• 2003 - Masashi Iwatsuki. Development of variable temperature SPM (scanning probe microscope).
• 2004 - Reiko Kuroda. Development and application of universal chiroptical spectrophotometer (UCS).
• 2005 - Kazuyuki Koike [ja]. Development and application of spin-polarized scanning electron microscope.
• 2006 - Yuji Miyahara, Toshiya Sakata. Electrical detection of biomolecular recognition using genetic field effect transistor and its application to genetic analyses.
• 2007 - Takeshi Hasegawa. Development of multiple-angle incidence resolution spectrometry and application to analysis of molecular structure in ultrathin films.
• 2008 - Kazushi Yamanaka. Development of ball surface acoustic wave sensor (ball SAW sensor).
• 2009 - Yasuaki Takada, Masuyoshi Yamada, Yuichiro Hashimoto. Real time mass spectrometry for secure society.
• 2010 - Toshio Ando. Development of high-speed atomic force microscope and its application to dynamic observation of biomolecules.
• 2011 - Tutomu Nakanishi, Yoshikazu Takeda, Takanori Koshikawa. Development and application of spin-polarized low energy electron microscope for dynamic observation of magnetic domains.
• 2012 - Michio Tajima. Development and standardization of semiconductor characterization technique using photoluminescence.
• 2013 - Hiroyuki Fujita, Hiroyuki Noji, Gen Hashiguchi. Development of micromachine technology for bio-nano characterization.
• 2014 - Tsutomu Masujima. Development of nano-mass spectrometry for a live single cell and organelle and its application to drug discovery and biomedical sciences.
• 2015 - Hideyuki Takahashi, Masami Terauchi, Masato Koike. Development of soft X-ray spectrometer dedicated to electron microbeam analysis for versatile practical application.
• 2017 - Kiyoshi Toko [ja].

Biological science & technology edit

• 2001 - Kazuhiko Kinoshita. Development of the technology for the direct observation of dynamic motion of a single living molecule.
• 2002 - Tetsuo Nagano. Development of novel and practical bioimaging Probes.
• 2003 - Yaeta Endo. Establishment of cell-free protein synthesis system for practical usage.
• 2004 - Atushi Miyawaki. The multidisciplinary innovations in fluorescence imaging.
• 2005 - Yoshinori Fujiyoshi [ja]. Structural and functional study of membrane proteins.
• 2006 - Keiko Shimamoto. Study of excitatory neurotransmission system based on novel molecular probes.
• 2007 - Piero Carninci. Development of the cap-trapper, a fundamental technology to isolate full-length cDNAs and annotate the genome function.
• 2008 - Shinya Yamanaka. Identification of factors that induced and maintain pluripotency.
• 2009 - Teruo Okano [ja], Akihiko Kikuchi, Masayuki Yamato. Creation of cell sheet engineering based on intelligent surfaces.
• 2010 - Teruhiko Wakayama [ja]. Development of novel animal reproduction technology.
• 2011 - Chikashi Toyoshima. Development of a crystallization method utilizing phospholipids and elucidation of the mechanism of calcium pump.
• 2012 - Yoshiki Sasai. Three-dimensional formation of brain and sensory tissues from pluripotent stem cells by self-organization.
• 2013 - Tadashi Miyasaka [ja], Seigo Sawada, Teruo Yokokura [ja]. Irinotecan hydrochloride: the first established anticancer agent as camptothecin derivatives.
• 2014 - Hiroshi Nagase [ja]. Design and synthesis of opioid receptor type selective ligands and their application to drugs.
• 2015 - Hiroki Ueda. The realization of whole-body analysis with single-cell resolution by whole-body clearing technology.

• 2006: Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research TOPICS Keiko Shimamoto received 6th Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize (in Japanese)
• 2007: Tokyo Institute of Technology - Prof. Hiroshi Iwai received an award of Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize with Dr. Hisayo Momose and Mr. Tatsuya Ohguro of Toshiba Corporation. Album
• 2007: RIKEN NEWS Yamazaki-Teiichi Prizes awarded to two RIKEN scientists
• 2008: Kyoto University - Center for iPS Cell Research and Application NEWS ROOM, Prof. Shinya Yamanaka recognized with Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize press release (in Japanese)
• 2008: Tohoku University - New Industry Creation Hatchery Center NEWS Professor Kazushi Yamanaka received the 8th Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize

• Nomination Details for The Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize
• Winners: Material, Semiconductor & Semiconductor Device, Measurement Science & Technology, Biological Science & Technology
• Past winners