Sony Outstanding Engineer Award 2025
The Sony Outstanding Engineer Award, established to further inspire engineers to take on new challenges, is the highest form of individual recognition for Sony Group engineers.
In order to develop products and services that appeal to customers' sensibilities, there is a wide range of technologies that Sony will have to work on.
In addition to elemental technologies, there is also a need to integrate creative new technologies, and to optimize complex systems. This section introduces the winners of the Sony Outstanding Engineer Award 2025, who have actively addressed these challenges and achieved significant value creation.
Core Technology Development and Versatile Deployment of Grid Scent™, Spatial Fragrance Device
Yukito Inoue
Sony Group Corporation
Enhancing Image Analysis for Image Sensors for Breakthrough Improvements in Failure Analysis Efficiency
Makoto Eiki
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
Modernizing Crunchyroll's Video Pipeline for Global Expansion: Anime-Optimized Encoding, Component Audio, and an Intelligent Digital Supply Chain Integration
Alex Austin
Crunchyroll, LLC
An IP-based rendering architecture and on-site optical calibration system for the world's largest curved Chip-on-Board LED screen, at JAX Film Studios
Josh Kerekes
Pixomondo Inc.
Advancing Video Production Workflows through Practical Markerless Camera Tracking with Visual SLAM
Akihiko Kaino
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Development of dToF depth sensing module for the world’s smallest and lightest LiDAR depth sensor
Keitaro Kato
Sony Corporation
Development and Commercialization of SORPLAS™, and Horizontal Recycling Technology for TV Rear Covers
Akito Kuriyama
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Contributing to the Virtual Production Business with OCELLUS, a Robust Camera Tracking System Powered by Multi-Camera Sensing
Yuki Sugie
Sony Corporation
Development of Long-Range Automotive LiDAR Using a Stacked SPAD Depth Sensor to Drive Sensor Adoption
Shunpei Suzuki
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Development of Look-Ahead Noise Shaper D/A Conversion Technology for Optimizing Quantization Noise and Its Contribution to Commercialization
Yoshinori Tamori
Sony Corporation
Achievement of World-Class Noise Cancelling through Core Technology Development for the HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN3
Shinpei Tsuchiya
Sony Corporation
Development of the Automated Event Detection Technology for Live Soccer Matches
Joe Taylor
Hawk-Eye Innovations Inc.
Entry into the Public ID Document Market with Full-Color Laser Films Produced Using Roll-to-Roll Technology
Hiroshi Mizuno
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Development of BIONZ XR2™, a new image processing engine that incorporates AI processing unit functions
Katsuhiko Yamanaka
Sony Corporation
Development and commercialization of a SPAD depth sensor for automotive LiDAR achieving long-range, high-resolution, and high-speed performance
Tatsuya Yui
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Development of Floor Haptics and Multimodal Experience Technologies and Their Contribution to the LBE
Ryo Yokoyama
Sony Corporation
Development of Climate Station™ for PlayStation®5
Ian Bickerstaff
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Real-Time Pre-Production Collaboration for Sparky Using Cross-Application Pipeline and Editorial Integration
Abo Biglarpour / Umberto Lazzari
Sony Pictures Animation Inc.
Contribution to the content production business through the development of the proprietary high-quality upscaling solution “RS+”
Yoshiaki Miyasaka
Sony PCL Inc.
