For sustained service to the applied superconductivity community that has had a unique and lasting influence in introducing superconductivity to the transportation field: in particular,
for his role in proposing and in leading the magnetic levitation (MAGLEV) railroad project in Japan from its inception to its present level of development,
or his technical skills in developing a total system with its (low temperature) superconducting magnet suspension systems and the associated cryogenics into a realistic and viable transportation concept, and
for his strong leadership that has resulted in sustained magnetic levitation progress over the past thirty years.
