AWARDS

Year Winner Affiliation Title
1987(1st) Masahiro Kuboyama Fukuoka University The Role of Soft Tissues in Inferior Stability of the Shoulder. -Experimental Study of Fresh Cadavers-
1988(2nd) Yukihiko Imazato Showa University, Fujigaoka Hospital Biochmical Study on Collagen from Deltoid and Major Pectoral Muscles int the Loose Shoulder and the Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Dislocation
1989(3rd) Mitsuya Fukushima Nobuhara Hospital Analysis of the glenohumeral rhythm in loose shoulder
Minoru Yoneda Osaka Kosei-nenkin Hospital Arthroscopic Stapling Repair of a Detached and Floating "Biceps Tendon/Labrum Complex" in Painful Throwing Shoulders
1990(4th) Toyohiko Shoji Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital Athletic Ability After the Modified Phemister Operation for Acute Acromioclavicular Dislocation
1991(5th) Tomotaka Nakajima Tokai University Effects of the Histological Characteristic and Biomechanical Property of the Supraspinatus Tendon on a Rotator Cuff Tear
Hirotsugu Muratsu Kobe University Factors Affecting the Results of Inferior Capsular Shift Procesure on Loose Shoulder
1992(6th) Yukihiko Hata Nobuhara Hospital A Cineradioarthrographic Study of the Damaged Anteroinferior Glenoid Edge
1993(7th) Teruaki Izaki Fukuoka University The Histological Study of Biceps Labrum Complex and its Attachment to the Glenoid
Hironori Hara Nagasaki University The Strength of the Glenohumeral Labrum and Capsule
1994(8th) Yamaguchi Hirotsugu Kobe Rosai Hospital The Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff Tear using the Distance of the Acromio-Humeral Interval under Isometric Abduction
1995(9th) Hiroshi Minagawa Akita University Morphology of the Transitional Zone of Intramuscular to Extramuscular Tendons of the Rotator Cuff
1996(10th) Takashi Hashimoto University of Occupational and Environmental Health Renaut Body Formation of the Nerves in the Shoulder Joint
1997(11th) Shigeto Nakagawa Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Hospital The Significance of Notches of the Greater Tuberosity in the Shoulders of Baseball Players
Tadato Kido Akita University Depressor Function of the Biceps to Superior Migration of the Humeral Head in Shoulders with Rotator Cuff Tears
1998(12th) Nariyuki Mura Yamagata University Prediction of Primary Reparability of Massive Rotator Cuff Tear
1999(13th) Hirotaka Sano Tohoku University Experimental Supraspinatus Tendon Repair using Fascial Patch Autografting
2000(14th) Hiroshi Oguma Sapporo Medical University Early Anchoring Collagen Fibers at the Bone-Tendon Interface are Conducted by Woven Bone Formation: Light Microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope Observation Using a Canine Model
2001(15th) Hiroaki Inui Osaka University Glenoid Shape in Atraumatic Posterior Instability of the Shoulder
2002(16th) Tadanao Funakoshi Hokkaido University Experimental Regeneration of Rotator Cuff Tendon with a Biodegradable Scaffold
2003(17th) Hiroyasu Ikegami Keio University Decompression of the Suprascapular Nerve - A Trapezius-splitting Surgical Approach -
2004(18th) Teruhisa MihataBasic Takatsuki Red Cross Hospital Biomechanical Assessment of Type Ⅱ SLAP Lesion Associated with Anterior Shoulder Capsuloligamentous Laxity as seen in Throwers: A Cadaveric Study
Takashi SaisuClinical Chiba Children's Hospital Humeral Shortening and Shoulder Subluxation as a Sequel of Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder in Infants
2005(19th) Nobuyuki YamamotoBasic Akita University Contact between the Glenoid and the Humeral Head in Abduction and External Rotation: A Clue to Define Surgical Indication for a Hill-Sachs Lesion
Hidekazu AbeClinical Akita University Retraction of the Torn Edge of the Rotator Cuff Affects by the Position of the Suprascapular Nerve
2006(20th) Shin YokoyaBasic Hiroshima University Rotator Cuff Regeneration with Bone Marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells - Histological and Biomechanical Evaluation -
Dai MatsumotoClinical Hokkaido University New Suprascapular Nerve Block Procedure ―A Cadaver Study―
2007(21st) Yasuhiro MitsuiBasic Kurume University Effects of Hyaluronic Acid in Subacromial Synovial Fibroblasts Derived from Rotator Cuff Disease
Noriyuki IshigeClinical Matsudo Orthopaedic Hospital The Climical Results of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair without Anchors
2008(22nd) Hisakazu TachiiriBasic Kyoto Prefectural University of Medecine The Role of Donor and Host Cells after Transplantation of Achilles Tendon with and without Live Cells for Rotator Cuff Defects
Keisuke MatsukiClinical Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center Quantitative Evaluation of Fatty Infiltration of Rotator Cuff Muscles Using T2 Mapping
2009(23rd) Yoshiaki ItoigawaBasic Tohoku University Molecular Mechanisms of the Fatty Infiltration in Torn Rotator Cuff: An Experiment using Rat Model
Atsushi YamamotoClinical Gunma University Influence of the Variance of Posture on Shoulder Pain and Rotator Cuff Tears
2010(24th) Nobuyasu OchiaiBasic Chiba University Sensory Innervation of Rat Contracture of the Shoulder Model
Hiroaki KijimaClinical Ugo Municipal Hospital Long-term Follow up of Conservative Treatment Cases of the Rotator Cuff Tears in Our Institution
2011(25th) Kida YoshiyukiBasic Kyoto Prefefectural University ofMedicine Bone Marrow-derived Cells from the Footprint Infiltrate into the Rotator Cuff
Daisuke KurokawaClinical Tohoku University How often do we find Hill-Sachs lesion that needs surgical treatment?
2012(26th) Daichi MorikawaBasic Juntendo University Contribution of oxidative stress on degeneration of rotator cuff enthesis
Tsutomu KobayashiClinical Gunma University The prevalence of shoulder osteoarthritis in middle and old age: association with risk factors and shoulder function
2013(27th) Hitoshi ShitaraBasic Gunma University Compensatory Change of Brain in Recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation -fMRI study-
Kenshi KikukawaClinical Kumamoto General Hospital The appearance of the teres minor muscle in rotator cuff tears
2014(28th) Takuya TokunagaBasic Kumamoto University Local application of PDGF-BB-impregnated gelatinhydrogel enhances tendon-to-bone healing in a rat model
Naoko MizunoClinical Toyonaka Munitipal Hospital The assessment of Japanese normal glenoid -Comparison with French normal glenoid-
2015(29th) Hideaki NagamotoBasic Tohoku University Trans-osseous equivalent repair with and without medial row suture tying: A cadaveric study of tendon strain measurement.
Taku HattaClinical Mayo Clinic Effect of Smoking on Complications Following Primary Shoulder Arthroplasty
2016(30th) Haruhiko NakagawaBasic Maizuru Red Cross Hospital Fibrocartilage regeneration by infiltration of bone marrow-derived cells at the tendon-to-bone insertion after rotator cuff repair
Noboru MatsumuraClinical Keio University Quantitative assessment of fatty infiltration and muscle volume of the rotator cuff muscles using 3-dimensional 2-point Dixon magnetic resonance imaging
2017(31th) Ryuji YonemitsuBasic Kumamoto University Fibroblast growth factor-2 promotes rotator cuff tendon-to-bone healing by increasing tenogenic progenitors in a rat chronic rotator cuff repair model
Yoshihiro NakamuraClinical Chugoku Rosai Hospital Factors associated with pain in nonsurgically treated rotator cuff tears -A study using magnetic resonance imaging
2018(32th) Hideyuki ShirasawaBasic Keio University School of Medicine Retinoic acid receptor agonists suppress fatty infiltration in a mouse model of rotator cuff tear
Tomoyuki MutoClinical Nobuhara Hospital and Institute of Biomechanics The influence of preoperative and intraoperative findings on the patient satisfaction in 3655 rotator cuff repairs
2019(33th) Kazuya InoueBasic Nara Medical University Finite element analysis for glenoid bone resorption after Bankart repair
Kiyotsugu ShinagawaClinical Tohoku University School of Medicine Immobilization in External Rotation Reduces the Risk of Recurrence after Primary Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: A Meta-Analysis
2020(34th) Yuhei TakadaBasic Inagi municipal hospital The effect of aging and elapse time on muscle fatty Infiltration after rotator cuff tear in a mouse model
Takehito HiroseClinical Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Effect of different anchoring positions on glenoid rim erosion after arthroscopic Bankart repair
2021(35th) Issei ShinoharaBasic Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Effect of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) on rotator cuff fragility based on Stump classification
Ryogo FuruhataClinical Keio University School of Medicine Risk Factors for Radiological Progression of Massive Rotator Cuff Tear
2022(36th) Hirohisa UeharaBasic Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital Antioxidants accelerate tendon-to-bone healing after rotator cuff repair surgery
Atsushi ArinoClinical Tohoku University School of Medicine Fatty change and muscle atrophy in patients with rotator cuff tear: A prospective study with a mean of 6 year-follow-up
Year Fellow Affiliation
1994 Eiji Itoi Akita University
1996 Yozo Shibata Fukuoka University
1998 Kazutoshi Hamada Tokai University
2000 Hirotaka Sano Tohoku University
2002 Kenji Fujita Kobe University
2004 Hiroyasu Ikegami Keio University
Hiroshi Minagawa Akita University
2006 Naoki Suenaga Hokkaido University
Nobuyuki Yamamoto Akita University
2008 Hideyuki Goto Nagoya City University
Katsumi Takase Tokyo Medical University
2010 Tadanao Funakoshi Hokkaido University
Tomoyuki Mochizuki Tokyo Medical and Dental University
2012 Teruhisa Mihata Osaka Medical College
2014 Hiromichi Omae Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital
2016 Yoshiaki Itoigawa Juntendo University
2018 Yoshihiro Hagiwara Tohoku University
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19
2022 Yohei Ono Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Year Fellow Affiliation
2007 Kazuhide Suzuki Showa University Fujigaoka Rehabilitation Hospital
Naoko Mizuno Yukioka Hospital
2009 Hiroshi Iwaso Kanto Rosai Hospital 
Yoshiyasu Uchiyama Tokai University
2011 Kazuhiko Kikugawa Mazda Hospital
Yuichiro Yano Dokkyo Medical University
2013 Shoji Fukuta Kochi Health Sciences Center
Katsuhisa Yoshikawa Kamituga General Hospital
2015 Norimasa Takahashi Funabashi Orthopaedic Hospital
Kotaro Yamakado Fukui General Hospital
2017 Tadahiro Sakai TOYOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Masazumi Hirata AR-Ex Medical Group
2019 Naoya Nishinaka Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital
Nobuyasu Ochiai School of Medicine,Chiba University
2021 Canceled due to COVID-19
2023 Yohei Harada Hiroshima University
Akihiko Hasegawa Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Year Fellow Affiliation
2014 Tadanao Funakoshi Hokkaido University
Nobuyuki Yamamoto Tohoku University
2016 Satoshi Oki Keio University
Kotaro Yamakado Fukui General Hospital
2018 Noboru Matsumura Keio University
Atushi Urita Hokkaido University
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19
2022 Tomonori Kenmoku Kitasato University School of Medicine
Akihiko Hasegawa Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University