Atsuo Fukuda For your long and sustained leadership in the field of chiral liquid crystals that resulted in the discovery of antiferroelectric liquid crystals and the elucidation of their physical properties including the possibility of thresholdless switching and the appearance of dispirations.

Shunsuke Kobayashi For your outstanding and sustained contributions to the research and development of liquid-crystal displays, especially defect-free panels featuring high legibility.