Board of Councilors
| Name | Position | |
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| * Yoko Aniya | Professor Emeritus, University of Ryukyus | |
| * Akito Arima | Chairman, Japan Science Foundation Chancellor, Musashi Education Institution, Nezu Education Foundation President, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture |
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| Monte Cassim | President, Graduate School of Leadership and Innovation, Shizenkan University | |
| Mary Collins | Dean of Research, OIST | |
| Erik De Schutter | Chair of the Faculty Assembly/Council, OIST | |
| Machi Dilworth | Vice President for Gender Equality & Human Resource Development, OIST | |
| Yoshiharu Doi | CEO, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute | |
| Ralph Eichler | Former President, ETH Zurich | |
| Ali Ganjehlou | Vice-President for Buildings and Facility Management, OIST | |
| Frederick Gilman | Buhl Professor of Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University Director, McWilliams Center for Cosmology |
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| Ryo Hirasawa | Chief Director, Institute for Future Engineering Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo Member, Administrative Council, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
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| Keith Hodgson | Chairperson, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University | |
| Irene Hirano Inouye | President, U.S.-Japan Council | |
| Tisato Kajiyama | Board Chairman and President, Fukuoka Women's University Former President, Kyushu University |
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| Yoshihisa Kawakami | Chair, Okinawa Development Finance Corporation | |
| Nasser Kazeminy | Chairman of the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) | |
| Masaki Masudo | Member, Okinawa Promotion Council, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan Senior Advisor, Barclays Securities Japan Limited |
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| Ryo Matsumoto | Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo Professor, Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University |
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| Emi Matsushima | General Counsel, OIST | |
| Reiko Ann Miura-Ko | Co-founding Partner, Floodgate | |
| Yoshimi Nagahama | Mayor, Onna Village | |
| Robert Nakasone | Worldwide Uchinanchu Business (WUB) Network Founder-Advisor | |
| Lee James O’Riordan | Exascale Crystallographic Computation Postdoctoral Fellow, Research, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs | |
| Ken Peach | Professor Emeritus, the Particle Therapy Cancer Research Institute, Oxford | |
| Milind Purohit | Dean of Faculty Affairs, OIST | |
| Katsuhiko Shirai | Honorary Advisor of Waseda University President, The Open University of Japan Former President, Waseda University Former Chairman of Okinawa Development Council |
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| Ulf Skoglund | Dean of Graduate School, OIST | |
| David Swinbanks | Chairman, Springer Nature, Australia Founder, Nature Index Senior Advisor, Digital Science Vice President, Nikkei Science |
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| Keiji Takanashi | Vice-President for Finanancial Management, OIST | |
| Fuji Takayasu | Former Assistant PR Officer of the US Consulate in Okinawa | |
| Nobuaki Tanaka | Former Under Secretary General at the UN Headquarters CEO, GaiaContact |
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| Moritake Tomikawa | Vice Governor, Okinawa Prefectural Government | |
| Gail Tripp | Vice President for University Community Services, OIST | |
| Albrecht Wagner | Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors, DESY | |
| Eriko Wauke | Principal of Kindergarten, Okinawa AMICUS International | |
| Hideo Yamasaki | Professor, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus | |
| Philip Yeo | Chairman, EDIS (Economic Development Innovations Singapore Pte Ltd) & Chairman, Accuron Technologies Ltd | |
| Keisuke Yoshio | Chief Operating Officer, OIST | |
| Jürgen Zöllner | Executive Board, Stiftung Charité |
* Four persons also serve on the OIST Board of Governors.
