text: * 1994 – Progress Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
  * 2000 – Division Award of Chemical Society of Japan (Organic Chemistry)
  * 2001 – Japan IBM Science Prize
  * 2009 – The Commendation for Science and Technology by the MEXT Prizes for Science and Technology
  * 2010 – The 7th Leo Esaki Prize
  * 2010 – Thomson Reuters Research Front Award
  * 2011 – 3M Lectureship Award (The University of British Columbia)
  * 2012 – Kharasch Lecturers (The University of Chicago)
  * 2013 – Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
  * 2013 – The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award
  * 2013 – Merck-Karl Pfister Visiting Professorship (MIT Lectureship award)
  * 2014 – Medal with Purple Ribbon
  * 2014 – Fred Basolo Medal (Northwestern University)
  * 2018 – Wolf Prize in Chemistry
  * 2019 – Paul Karrer Gold Medal
  * 2020 – Clarivate Citation Laureate
  * 2020 – Chu-Nichi Culture Award
  * 2023 – Asahi Prize