Professor
Yutaka Abe

for numerous contributions to the Japan Geoscience Union during the period of its establishement; and outstanding contributions to planetary sciences, in particular to the understanding of the early evolution of terrestrial planets.

Professor
Shigeo Aramaki

for outstanding contributions to volcanology, in particular to volcanic geology and the petrology of volcanic rocks; and numerous contributions to spreading the understanding of volcanology and raising awareness of the necessity of volcanic disaster preparedness.

Professor
Motoyoshi Ikeda

for outstanding contributions to oceanography, in particular to the understanding of medium scale ocean dynamics, the assimilation of ocean data, and sea ice modeling.

Professor
Kojiro Irikura

for outstanding contributions to seismology, in particular to strong-motion seismology and applied seismology; and numerous contributions to educating young researchers both in Japan and overseas.

Professor
Seiya Uyeda

for outstanding contributions to geothermics, plate tectonics, and the paleomagnetism; and to spreading the New View of the Earth internationally.

Professor
Kazuo Oike

for outstanding contributions to seismology; and numerous contributions to spreading the understanding of geoscience through his involvement with the Japanese Geoparks Network.

Professor
Hisatake Okada

for outstanding contributions to paleontology and paleooceanography; and numerous contributions to the success of the Ocean Drilling Program.

Professor
Atsuyuki Okabe

for outstanding contributions to the study of geographic information science, in particular to the statistical understanding of the distribution of geographical space and its social implementation.

Professor
Minoru Ozima

for outstanding contributions to the planetary evolution science, in particular to the understanding of noble gas geochemistry.

Professor
Joseph L. Kirschvink

for outstanding contributions in the fields of life science and earth science including: the discovery of bacterial magnetofossils; proposing and providing evidence for the snowball earth hypothesis; and for proposing hypotheses concerning the origin of life on Mars.

Professor
Shun-ichiro Karato

for outstanding contributions to solid geophysics, in particular to the understanding of mineral physics and the dynamics of the Earth’s interior.

Professor
Junichiro Kawaguchi

for outstanding contributions to planetary sciences, in particular for leading to the success of the sample return missions.

Professor
Iwane Kimura

for numerous contributions to the Japan Geoscience Union; and outstanding contributions to the physics of the upper atmosphere, in particular to the understanding of the characteristics of plasma weave transmission.

Professor
Ikuo Kushiro

for outstanding contributions to petrology, in particular to experimental petrology and the understanding of the origin of magma.

Professor
Mineo Kumazawa

for outstanding contributions to high-pressure physics, experimental planetary science, solid geophysics, seismology and the understanding of the history of the earth.

Professor
Masaru Kono

for outstanding contributions to geoelectromagnetism, in particular to the simulation of the geomagnetic field and to the understanding of paleomagnetic intensity.

Professor
Yutaka Kondo

for outstanding contributions to atmospheric science and atmospheric environmental science, in particular for the understanding of the destruction of stratospheric ozone, the production of ozone in the troposphere and the effect of black carbon on the climate.

Professor
Takashi Sakurai

for outstanding contributions to solar physics, in particular to the basic theory of solar wind for rotating magnetic stars.

Professor
Arata Sugimura

for outstanding contributions to geology, in particular to the understanding of island arc tectonics and the neotectonics of the Japanese islands.

Professor
Akio Takagi

for outstanding contributions to seismology, in particular for many years of contributions to observational seismology.

Professor
Makoto Tani

for outstanding contributions to hydrology, in particular the understanding of mechanisms rainfall discharge in forest hydrology.

Professor
Toshikazu Tamura

for outstanding contributions to the study of the Quaternary climate, in particular to the understanding of the causes of disasters in hilly suburban areas.

Professor
Kiyotaka Chinzei

for outstanding contributions to geology, in particular for contributions over many years to the fields of paleontology and paleoecology.

Professor
Takakiyo Nakazawa

for outstanding contributions to global warming research, in particular to the understanding of the temporal and spatial distribution and circulation of greenhouse gases.

Professor
Hiromoto Nakazawa

for outstanding contributions including: artificial synthesis of micro particulate iron sulphide clay minerals; the invention of the X-ray guide tube; and proposing the big bang theory of organic molecules for the origin of life.

Professor
Takashi Nakata

for outstanding contributions to tectonic geomorphology, in particular to the understanding of active faults and their relationship with earthquakes.

Professor
Atsuhiro Nishida

for outstanding contributions to space physics, in particular for the understanding of the structure and dynamics of the Earth’s magnetosphere.

Professor
Michio Nogami

for outstanding contributions to geomorphology, in particular to climate geomorphology and the understanding of the global surface environment.

Professor
Akira Hasegawa

for outstanding contributions to seismology, in particular to understanding the northeastern Japan subduction zone structure, earthquake activity and dynamics.

Professor
Kimio Hanawa

for outstanding contributions to oceanography, in particular to the understanding of the mutual interaction of the atmosphere and oceans; and numerous contributions to the development of the Japan Geoscience Union.

Professor
Isamu Hirota

for outstanding contributions to atmospheric dynamics, in particular to the understanding of the dynamics of the middle atmosphere; and numerous contributions to the Japan Geoscience Union during the period of its establishement.

Professor
Yoshio Fukao

for outstanding contributions to seismology, in particular to understanding earthquake source processes, seismic tomography and the theory of the free oscillation of the Earth.

Professor
Toshitsugu Fujii

for outstanding contributions to geology, in particular to volcanology and magmatology; and many contributions to the study of volcanic disaster mitigation.

Professor
Yoshimori Honkura

for outstanding contributions to geomagnetism, in particular to the investigation of electromagnetic phenomena within the Earth and their relationship with earthquakes; and numerous contributions to the Japan Geoscience Union during its early stages.

Professor
Takafumi Matsui

for outstanding contributions to planetary science, in particular to the understanding of the formation and evolution of the atmosphere and oceans; and numerous contributions to popularization of geoscience.

Professor
Tokihiko Matsuda

for outstanding contributions to geology, in particular to structural geology, earthquake geology and the investigation of active faults.

Professor
Hiroshi Matsumoto

for outstanding contributions to space plasma physics, in particular to the understanding of non-linear phenomena.

Professor
Shigenori Maruyama

for outstanding contributions to geology, in particular to understanding the Earth’s history and the co-evolution of the Earth and the life upon it.

Professor
Takehiko Mikami

for outstanding contributions to climatology, in particular to the understanding of global scale climate change, the urban heat island phenomenon, and paleoclimate reconstruction.

Professor
Hitoshi Mizutani

for outstanding contributions to planetary science, in particular to the understanding of mechanisms of planetary accretion.

Professor
Toshio Yamagata

for outstanding contributions to geophysical fluid dynamics and climate dynamics, in particular to the understanding of atmospheric and ocean phenomena and the effect of their interaction on climate chance.

Professor
Takesi Yukutake

for outstanding contributions to geomagnetism, in particular to understanding the origin and long term variation of the geomagnetic field, the electrical conductivity of the Earth, and electromagnetic phenomena associated with earthquakes and volcanos.

Professor
Eitaro Wada

for outstanding contributions including elucidation of the mechanism of circulation of material at the Earth’s surface and contributions to the field of isotope ecology.