2025 Akasaki Students’ Incentive Prize winners announced

After a rigorous and impartial judging process conducted by the award committee, the 2025 Akasaki Students’ Incentive Prize was awarded to the five graduate students. This award was established in the 2022 academic year as a way of commending first-year medical students and first-year doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences, sciences and engineering, and bio-medical sciences whose research has been recognized for its potential future impact, thereby showcasing the university’s high educational and research standards to persons both within the university and beyond. The award ceremony was held on September 2, 2025, at Nagoya University’s Higashiyama Campus.

Award recipients in the fields of sciences and engineering

Keita Andoh

• Graduate School of Science, Division of Natural Science
• Supervisor: Professor Shigehiro Yamaguchi

Ryo Futatsubashi

• Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Chemical Systems Engineering
• Supervisor: Professor Akira Ito

Ryoya Mori

• Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Micro-Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering
• Supervisor: Professor Tadayoshi Aoyama

Awardees in the field of bio-medical sciences

Taiga Ando

• Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry
• Supervisor: Professor Takashi Ooi

Ryu Takagi

• Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Department of Forest and Environmental Resources Sciences
• Supervisor: Professor Hisashi Kajimura

This article was originally published in Japanese and has been translated and edited for clarity and readability by the Nagoya University International Communications Office while preserving the original content’s intent. The original Japanese version is available here.