| No. | Name | Professional Affiliation | Citation | |
| 1 | Yoshihiko Akaiwa | Kyushu University | For contributions to digital modulation techniques and distributed dynamic channel assignment for mobile radio communications. | |
| 2 | Yoshiaki Hagiwara | Sony | For pioneering work on, and development of, solid-state imagers. | |
| 3 | Takeo Hattori | Musashi Institute of Technology | For contributions to the studies on the formation and the characterization of ultrathin gate oxides for ULSI devices. | |
| 4 | Takao Hinamoto | Hiroshima Univ. | For contributions to the design, synthesis, realization and sensitivity minimization of two-dimensional digital filters. | |
| 5 | Satoshi Hiyamizu | Osaka Univ. | For contributions to the realization of the first high electron mobility transister (HEMT). | |
| 6 | Masao Hotta | Hitachi Ltd. | For contributions to the development of low-power video-frequency Analog to Digital converters for mixed-signal system Large Scale Integrated circuits. | |
| 7 | Takashi Iida | Communication Research Laboratory | For contributions and leadership in satellite commmunications. | |
| 8 | Hiroshi Ishiwara | Tokyo Institute of Technology | For contributions to Si-based heterostructure devices and ferroelectric memories. | |
| 9 | Yahiko Kamibayashi | Kyoto Univ. | For fundamental contributions in database design, consecutive data retrieval, and cooperative information processing. | |
| 10 | Kenzo Kamiyama | Utsunomiya Univ. | For contributions to the development of digital motor drives and their applications. | |
| 11 | Shigeru Katagiri | NTT | For contributions to discriminative learning theory and its applications to speech recognition. | |
| 12 | Norihiko Morinaga | Kyoto Univ. | For contributions to and leadership in the development of intelligent radio communication systems and broadband radio on fiber systems. | |
| 13 | Akihiko Morino | Selete | For contributions to the development of System-on-a-Chip for multimedia applications. | |
| 14 | Ryohei Nakatsu | ATR | For leadership in the development of speech recognition and multimedia systems. | |
| 15 | Tamotsu Ninomiya | Kyushu Univ. | For contributions to the development of high-frequency switching power converters. | |
| 16 | Kenji Nishi | Selete | For contributions to semiconductor process and device modeling and the development of software for their simulation. | |
| 17 | Kouhei Ohnishi | Keio Univ. | For contributions to the development of disturbance observer and its applications to motion control. | |
| 18 | Masakazu Sengoku | Niigata Univ. | For contributions to graph theoretic research on circuits and communication network systems. | |
| 19 | Takatoshi Shindo | CRIEPI | For contributions to lightning protection design of power transmission systems and understanding of the physics of laser-guided discharges. | |
| 20 | Shoji Shinoda | Chuo University | For contributions to graph-theoretic researches on flow and tension networks, electrical circuits, and cellular mobile communication systems. | |
| 21 | Toshiyuki Shiozawa | Osaka Univ. | For contributions to engineering-oriented relativistic electromagnetic theory and theoretical study of free-electron lasers. | |
| 22 | Shigehiko Suzuki | NTT | For leadership in the development and standardization of technologies for intelligence in telecommunications networks. | |
| 23 | Tadashi Takano | Space and Astronautical Science | For development of antennas for radio communications and space activities. | |
| 24 | Hatsukazu Tanaka | Kobe Univ. | For contributions to the theory of source and channel coding and its applications, as well as for contributions to education in engineering. | |
| 25 | Toshikatsu Tanaka | CRIEPI | For contributions to the understanding of high field and aging phenomena in polymeric insulation. | |
| 26 | Junichiro Toriwaki | Nagoya Univ. | For contributions to digital image processing, pattern recognition and medical image analysis. | |
| 27 | Yoshiki Uchikawa | Nagoya Univ. | For contributions to the development of computational intelligence. | |
| 28 | Shoogo Ueno | University of Tokyo | For contributions to biomagnetic research in localized magnetic stimulation of the brain, impedance MRI, and imaging of brain function. | |
| 29 | Isamu Washizuka | Sharp | For contributions to the technology and applications of liquid crystal displays. | |
| 30 | Shuzo Yajima | Kansai Univ. | For contributions to the development of computers and the theory of logic circuits. | |
| 31 | Masatsune Yamaguchi | Chiba Univ. | For contributions to highly piezoelectric leaky surface acoustic waves. | |
| 32 | Yoshino Takehiko | NHK | For contributions to the development of transmission systems via satellite. | |