I have been studying elementary particle neutrinos in underground in Kamioka, Hida city, Gifu prefecture, by using detectors called Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande. In recent years, I have been involved in building a detector called KAGRA for gravitational-wave astronomy also in underground in Kamioka. KAGRA has started the observation in February 2020. By using this detector, we are planning to observe various phenomena in the Universe which can only be studied with gravitational waves.
| Born on 9 March,1959 | |
| 1981 | Bachelor of Science, Saitama University |
| 1983 | Master of Science, The University of Tokyo |
| 1986 | Doctor of Science, The University of Tokyo |
| 1986 | Research Associate, International Center for Elementary Particle Physics |
| 1988 | Research Associate, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo |
| 1992 | Associate Professor, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo |
| 1995 | Associate Professor, Kamioka Observatory, ICRR, The University of Tokyo |
| 1999 | Professor, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrino, ICRR, The University of Tokyo |
| 1999 – Mar.2016 | Director, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrino, ICRR, The University of Tokyo |
| 2008 – | Director, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo |
| 2016 – | Special University Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| 2017 – | Distinguished Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| 2017 – | Council Member of Science Council of Japan (SCJ) |
| 2017 – | Director, Next-generation Neutrino Science Organization |
| 2019 – | Membership of the Japan Academy |
“Evidence for an oscillatory signature in atmospheric neutrino oscillations” Phys. Rev. Lett. 93（2004）
“Observation of Atmospheric Neutrinos” Rev. Mod. Phys. 73 （2001）
“Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81（1998）
“Atmospheric Muon-Neutrino/Electron-Neutrino Ratio in the MultiGeV Energy Range” Phys. Lett. B335（1994）
“Observation of B-8 Solar Neutrinos in the Kamiokande-II Detector” Phys. Rev. Lett. 63（1989）
“Experimental Study of the Atmospheric Neutrino Flux” Phys. Lett. B205（1988）
“Observation of a Neutrino Burst from the Supernova SN1987A” Phys. Rev. Lett. 58（1987）
1988 Asahi Prize (As a member of the Kamiokande Collaboration)
1989 Bruno Rossi Prize (As a member of the Kamiokande Collaboration)
1999 Asahi Prize (As a member of the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration)
1999 The 45th Nishina Memorial Prize
2002 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize (with Drs. Masatoshi KOSHIBA and Yoji TOTSUKA) 2010 The 1st Yoji Totsuka Prize
2012 Japan Academy Prize
2013 Julius Wess Award
2015 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (with Super-Kamiokande Collaboration)
2015 The Order of Culture, Person of Cultural Merit
2015 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015
2016 Chunichi Cultural Award
