Japan at World Design Rankings
Best Designers in Japan
| Rank | Name Surname | Awards | Score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Katsumi Tamura |
52 | 253 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 5 | - |
| 2 | E-graphics communications |
30 | 128 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | - |
| 3 | Tetsuya Matsumoto |
27 | 110 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | Yuta Takahashi |
10 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 5 | Yasumichi Morita |
8 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 6 | Masato Kure |
4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 7 | MHI Thermal Systems, Ltd. |
4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 8 | Shunmyo Masuno |
2 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Tsuchiya Kaban Co., Ltd. |
2 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Anri Sugihara |
7 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 11 | Kazuaki Kawahara |
8 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 12 | Denso Design |
3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 13 | Eisuke Tachikawa |
6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 14 | Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato |
6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 15 | Ryoichi Niwata |
4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 16 | Duncan Shotton |
2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 17 | Hidebumi Yamaguchi |
2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 18 | Kota Sagae |
2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 19 | Akira Nakagomi |
2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 20 | Lucent Design Inc. |
2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 21 | Nobuya Hayasaka |
3 | 14 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 22 | Masato Sekiya |
3 | 13 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 23 | Ryuta Ishikawa |
2 | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 24 | Masakatsu Matsuyama |
2 | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 25 | SonyMusic Solutions inc. |
2 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 26 | Naoki Kawamoto |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | Keiichi Hayashi |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | Narumi Corporation |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | Naoya Matsumoto |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | Aya Codama |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Kazunobu Nakamura |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Kotaro Anzai |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | Emi Kawasaki |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 34 | Yoshiki Uchida |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | Shunji Yamanaka & fuRo |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 36 | Kimio Fukutani |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | Takahiro Eto |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 38 | Akihito Shimizu |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 39 | Takumi Takahashi |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 40 | Jun Watanabe |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 41 | Keiichiro Yanagi |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 42 | Tomoya Akasaka |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 43 | Yuichiro Katsumoto |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 44 | Yuma Murakami |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | Yuta Ishikawa |
1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 46 | Nobuaki Miyashita |
17 | 70 | - | 5 | 9 | 3 | - |
| 47 | Uds Ltd. |
18 | 67 | - | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 48 | Tomohiro Kaji |
5 | 23 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 49 | Aiji Inoue |
9 | 34 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 2 |
| 50 | Noriko Hirai (Nina) |
8 | 32 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 1 |
| 51 | Takuji Kamio |
10 | 33 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 52 | KAZ Shirane |
3 | 14 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 53 | Yumiko Yoshikawa |
2 | 10 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 54 | Ryohin Keikaku Co.,Ltd. and UDS Ltd. |
2 | 10 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 55 | Masahiko Sato |
11 | 38 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 56 | Yoshiaki Tanaka |
5 | 19 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 57 | Keiji Ishikawa |
6 | 21 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | Satoshi Kurosaki |
5 | 19 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 59 | Atsuhiko Sugiyama |
4 | 16 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 60 | Takanori Urata |
4 | 16 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 61 | Shogo Tabuchi |
3 | 13 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 62 | Mania Carta |
3 | 13 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 63 | Yuko Suzuki |
3 | 13 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 64 | Hiroyuki Niwa |
5 | 18 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| 65 | Takako Yoshikawa |
4 | 15 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 66 | Masuo Fujimura |
4 | 14 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | Shinn Asano |
3 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 68 | Katsufumi Kubota |
3 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 69 | Kei Tamai |
3 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 70 | Kazunaga Sakashita |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 71 | Kairo Kusamoto |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 72 | Ryoji Iedokoro |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 73 | Nakamura Kazunobu |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 74 | Krista Watanabe |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 75 | Kaoru Mizuno |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 76 | Naoya TOCHIO |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 77 | Shigeki Matsuoka |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 78 | Strickland |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 79 | Canuch |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 80 | Nakamura Co. |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 81 | Kazune Watanabe |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 82 | Chengshen Tan |
2 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 83 | Uds Ltd. |
4 | 13 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Kenichi Mizuno |
3 | 11 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| 85 | Shunichiro Ninomiya |
3 | 10 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Hajime Tsushima |
2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 87 | Ryohei Kanda |
2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 88 | Hikohito Konishi |
2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 89 | Shota Urasaki |
2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 90 | Yuki Ijichi |
2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 91 | JCB Co., Ltd |
2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 92 | Shingyo Ozawa |
2 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 93 | Atsushi Maeda |
2 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 94 | Masaki Hirokawa |
2 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 95 | Lily Sugiyama |
2 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 96 | 24° Studio |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 97 | Specialnormal Inc. |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 98 | Yusuke Tominaga |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 99 | Daisuke Iguchi |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 100 | Gwenael Nicolas |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 101 | Rianti Hidayat |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 102 | Satoshi Okada |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 103 | Yoko Kakuchi |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 104 | Tomoatsu Hattori |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 105 | Shiro Nakane |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 106 | Takeshi Sawada |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 107 | Tomohiro Horibe |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 108 | Mitsuharu Kojima |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 109 | Tomomi Nakamura |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 110 | Mitsunori Yamase |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 111 | Kiyoharu Hirose |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 112 | Tomoharu Hijikata |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 113 | Motoki Ishikawa |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 114 | Yukiko Kuribayashi |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 115 | Arisa Nakayama |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 116 | Hiroshi Udo |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 117 | Futoshi Masuda |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 118 | hers design inc. / Saraya Co.,Ltd. |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 119 | Nagano Interior Industry Co.,Ltd. |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 120 | Katsunari Shishido |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 121 | Keitaro Sugihara |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 122 | Toshio Tsushima |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 123 | NSDAt |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 124 | Yusuke Watanabe |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 125 | Katsuhiro Ohkuchi |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 126 | Katori archi + design associates |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 127 | Yuya Nakazawa |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 128 | Shilushi Inc. |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 129 | Team JIZAI ARMS |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 130 | Murayama Inc |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 131 | Masateru Yasuda |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 132 | Tatsuhiro Nishimoto |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 133 | Masami Takahashi |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 134 | Yasushi Uemura |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 135 | Yuya Kimura |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 136 | Keiji Harada |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 137 | Masaki Tsukagoshi |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 138 | Yoko Komatsu |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 139 | Sho Bancon |
1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 140 | Michihiro Matsuo |
16 | 54 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 141 | Moriyuki Ochiai Architects |
13 | 40 | - | - | 7 | - | 6 |
| 142 | Yasuhito Takeuchi |
6 | 21 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 143 | Shunsuke Ohe |
20 | 57 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| 144 | Good Place |
7 | 22 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 145 | Taiju Yamashita |
4 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| 146 | Hisanori Ban |
3 | 12 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 147 | Atsushi Morita |
3 | 12 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 148 | Kairi Eguchi |
3 | 12 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 149 | Kiyoka Yamazuki |
3 | 12 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 150 | Akitoshi Imafuku |
9 | 25 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 151 | Shinjiro Heshiki |
7 | 21 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 152 | Jun Murata |
6 | 18 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 153 | Masahiro Yoshida |
3 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 154 | Tacto Inc |
3 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 155 | Mayumi Ehara |
3 | 10 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| 156 | Kenji Fujii |
3 | 10 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| 157 | H220430 |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 158 | Kotoaki Asano |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 159 | Kei Sato |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 160 | Toshihiko Sakai |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 161 | Hiroki Hakamada |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 162 | Riki Watanabe |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 163 | ANTBEE CO,.Ltd |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 164 | Franck Giral |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 165 | Hisamichi Kasai |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 166 | Chinen Mizuki |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 167 | Tomoaki Kageyama |
2 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 168 | Kunihisa Akiyama |
4 | 13 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| 169 | Takahiro Todoroki |
4 | 13 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| 170 | Go Fujita |
4 | 12 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 171 | Hironari Itoi |
3 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| 172 | Osamu Hamada |
3 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| 173 | Yuichiro Imafuku |
3 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| 174 | Noriaki Takeda,Ikuma Yoshizawa |
3 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| 175 | Takusei Kajitani |
3 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| 176 | Tsuyoshi Omori |
3 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 177 | Otaka Noriko |
3 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 178 | Dodo Design Co., Ltd. |
3 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 179 | Yoshihiro Matsuura |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 180 | Naoyuki Fukumoto |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 181 | Kazuyoshi Takata |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 182 | Kiyoshi Sugimoto |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 183 | Hayato Ishii |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 184 | Mayu Tsutsumi |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 185 | Kenzo Noridomi |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 186 | Naoya Katagami |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 187 | Shigetaka Mohizuki |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 188 | Kodai Fukuchi |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 189 | Ryoko Ogoshi |
2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 190 | Makoto Furihata |
2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 191 | SATOH Hirotaka |
2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 192 | Satoru Nakahara |
2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 193 | Hitomi Otake |
2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 194 | Shoichiro Takei |
2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 195 | Norihiko Terai |
2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 196 | Shoichiro Takei |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 197 | Yoichi Kondo |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 198 | Kenji Ido |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 199 | Hiroyuki Morita |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 200 | Hiromi Maeo |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 201 | Katsuya Arai |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 202 | Martin van der Linden |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 203 | Hiroyuki Futai + EP3 |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 204 | Saburo Hazumi |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 205 | Keiko Akatsuka |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 206 | Tamako Ogura |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 207 | Yukihiro Yamaguchi |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 208 | Kazunori Takeishi |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 209 | Atelier OPA |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 210 | Jun Rekimoto |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 211 | Takehiro Tobinaga |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 212 | Kensuke Aisaka |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 213 | Makoto Nakayama |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 214 | Hajime Narita |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 215 | Kentaro Yamazaki |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 216 | Kayo Kinase |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 217 | Kei Miyazaki |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 218 | Mayumi Yoshida |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 219 | Atsuko Fukui |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 220 | Atsuhito kitora |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 221 | Oka Yuko |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 222 | Eita Saito |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 223 | Yuji Tokuda |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 224 | Makiko Taguchi |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 225 | Manabu Chiba |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 226 | Hiroki Takada |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 227 | Cosmos More Co.,Ltd. |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 228 | Kokutou Uemori |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 229 | Kimiko Ida |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 230 | Maya Miyama |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 231 | SCHEMA, inc. |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 232 | Hiroo Okubo/Chop+archi |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 233 | Shinya Hirata |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 234 | Yukari Sato & Takashi Terada |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 235 | Yuichi Horikawa |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 236 | Kousaku Hirano |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 237 | Miltz |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 238 | Tomo Miura |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 239 | Naoki Terada |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 240 | Shinya Nomiyama |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 241 | Hideyuki Hiramoto |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 242 | Kentaro Nagai |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 243 | Ayane Sato |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 244 | Hiroki Suzuki |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 245 | Shotaro Hino |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 246 | Atsuko Tateno |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 247 | UDS Ltd. |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 248 | Akihiro Ichinose |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 249 | Yousaku Tsutsumi |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 250 | Takahiro Ichimaru,Tetsuya Tatenami |
1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
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| Color Legend | Award Level | Score Modifier |
|---|---|---|
| Platinum Design Award | +6 Points | |
| Golden Design Award | +5 Points | |
| Silver Design Award | +4 Points | |
| Bronze Design Award | +3 Points | |
| Iron Design Award | +2 Points |
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