| Prof | Li | Xinxiao | Shonan Institute of Technology | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Mr | Norifumi | Todaka | Nittetsu Mining Consultants Co., Ltd. | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof | Atsushi | Satsuma | Nagoya University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Thorkil | Casse | Kyushu University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Richao | Cong | Shizuoka University of Art and Culture | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Takeshi | Yoshimoto | University of Tsukuba Hospital | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof | TOSHIMITSU | HATABU | Okayama University | Japan | Best Research Article Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Kakuro | Amasaka | Aoyama Gakuin University/Graduate school of Science and Engineering | Japan | Best Academic Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Tetsuji | Tanaka | Meiji Gakuin University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Fumina | Minamitani | Japan Atomic Energy Agency | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Ikuro | Suzuki | Tohoku Institute of Technology | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Mr | ARII | Yuta | Niigata University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Masaru | Sawazaki | Ichinomiyanishi Hospital | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Fumihiro | Tomoda | Fukui Health Science University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof | HIROAKI | KOBAYASHI | Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Hideyuki | Takizawa | The University of Tokyo | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Mr | Hiroto | Yamamoto | Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Isamu | Ozaki | Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare | Japan | Best Researcher Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Masanari | Tomozawa | JFE steel co. | Japan | Research Excellence Award | innovatorawards.org |
| Dr | Masaya | Yamamoto | Molecular Neuroscience Systems, Laboratory Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University | Japan | Research Excellence Award | innovatorawards.org |