Board of Councilors
| Name | Position | |
| * Yoko Aniya | Professor Emeritus, University of Ryukyus | |
| Gordon Arbuthnott | Dean of Faculty Affairs, OIST | |
| * Akito Arima | Chairman, Japan Science Foundation Chancellor, Musashi Education Institution, Nezu Education Foundation President, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture |
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| Neil Calder | Vice-President for Public Relations and Communications, OIST | |
| Monte Cassim | Special Aide to the Chancellor, The Ritsumeikan Trust | |
| Mary Collins | Dean of Research, OIST | |
| Machi Dilworth | Vice President for Gender Equality & Human Resource Development, OIST | |
| Yoshiharu Doi | CEO, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute | |
| Kenji Doya | Chair of the Faculty Assembly/Council,OIST | |
| Ralph Eichler | Former President, ETH Zurich | |
| Ali Ganjehlou | Vice-President for Buildings and Facility Management, OIST | |
| Frederick Gilman | Dean of the Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University | |
| 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 | |
| Tisato Kajiyama | Board Chairman and President, Fukuoka Women's University Former President, Kyushu University |
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| Makoto Kobayashi | Honorary Professor Emeritus, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization | |
| Maki Kubo | Vice-President for Administrative Compliance, OIST | |
| Yoshimi Nagahama | Mayor, Onna Village | |
| 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 | |
| Ken Peach | Professor Emeritus, the Particle Therapy Cancer Research Institute, Oxford | |
| Hermann Schunck | Former Director General, Basic Research, Federal Ministry of Education and Research | |
| Eiki Senaha | President Emeritus, Meio University University Consortium Okinawa Executive Board Member |
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| Katsuhiko Shirai | President, The Open University of Japan Former President, Waseda University Former Chairman of Okinawa Development Council |
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| * Hiroko Sho | Councilor, Okinawa Science and Technology Promotion Center Director, Okinawa International University |
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| David Swinbanks | Managing Director, Nature Publishing Group, Regional Markets & Science & Medical Communications Asia-Pacific | India | Middle East |Iberoamerica | Russia Managing Director, Macmillan Science & Education Australia & New Zealand |
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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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| Isho Urasaki | Vice Governor, Okinawa Prefectural Government | |
| Albrecht Wagner | Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors, DESY | |
| Eriko Wauke | Principal, Okinawa AMICUS International | |
| Jeffery Wickens | Dean of the Graduate School, OIST | |
| Hideo Yamasaki | Dean of Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus | |
| Philip Yeo | Chairman, SPRING Singapore | |
| Jürgen Zöllner | Executive Board, Stiftung Charité |
*4 persons are also governors. As of October 1, 2015.
