Past Directors
The Laboratory of Ultrashort Wave(1941.1-1943.1)
| 1st Director | 1941.1-1943.1 | MINOSHIMA Takashi |
The Research Institute of Ultrashort Wave(1943.2-1946.3)
| 1st Director | 1943.2-1946.3 | MINOSHIMA Takashi |
Research Institute of Applied Electricity(1946.4-1992.4)
| 1st Director | 1946.4-1946.9 | MINOSHIMA Takashi |
| 2nd Director | 1946.9-1946.7 | ASAMI Yoshihiro (The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Ray1968) |
| 3rd Director | 1960.8-1960.7 | HIGASHI Kenichi (The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Ray1975) |
| 4th Director | 1963.8-1963.3 | MATSUMOTO Akio (The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star1980) |
| 5th Director | 1970.4-1973.3 | NOCHIZUKI Masaji (The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Ray1996) |
| 6th Director | 1973.4-1976.3 | BABA Akihiro (The Medal with Purple Ribbon1985，The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Ray1993) |
| 7th Director | 1976.4-1979.3 | YOSHIMOTO Chiyoshi(The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Ray1989) |
| 8th Director | 1979.4-1982.3 | BABA Akihiro (The Medal with Purple Ribbon1985，The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Ray1993) |
| 9th Director | 1982.4-1985.3 | YAMAZAKI Isao |
| 10th Director | 1985.4-1988.3 | TATSUZAKI Itaru (The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star2002) |
| 11th Director | 1988.4-1992.4 | ANDO Tsuyoshi |
Research Institute for Electronic Science(1992.4-)
| 11th Director | 1992.4-1994.3 | ANDO Tsuyoshi |
| 12th Director | 1994.4-1997.3 | ASAKURA Toshimitsu (The Medal with Purple Ribbon1996，The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon2009) |
| 13th Director | 1997.4-2001.3 | INOUE Kuon |
| 14th Director | 2001.4-2003.3 | SHIMOZAWA Tateo |
| 15th Director | 2003.4-2003.9 | YAGI Toshiro |
| 16th Director | 2003.10-2005.9 | NISHIURA Yasumasa |
| 17th Director | 2005.10-2009.9 | SASAKI Keiji |
| 18th Director | 2009.10-2013.9 | MISAWA Hiroaki |
| 19th Director | 2013.10-2017.3 | NISII Junji |
| 20th Director | 2017.4-2021.3 | NAKAGAKI Toshiyuki (Ig Nobel Prize2008，2010) |
| 21st Director | 2021.4-2025.3 | IJIRO Kuniharu |
| 22nd Director | 2025.4-Present | OHTA Hiromichi |
Professor Emeritus
YAMAZAKI Isao
ANDO Tsuyoshi
ASAKURA Toshimitsu
KOYAMA Tomiyasu
NAGAI Nobuo
YAGI Toshiro
KARINO Takeshi
SHIMOZAWA Tateo
SHIMOMURA Masatugu
IFUKUBE Tohru
KURIKI Shinya
UEDA Tetsuo
OHTA Nobuhiro
SUEMUNE Ikuo
MISAWA Hiroaki
NISHII Junji
SASAKI Keiji
ISHIBASHI Akira
