In 2004 our group was honoured to receive the top Daiwa Adrian Prize of £15000 in recognition of our collaborative UK-Japanese work. The cited researchers were Andy Mackenzie (UK team leader), Santiago Grigera, Rodolfo Borzi, Robin Perry, Naoki Kikugawa, Christoph Bergemann (University of Cambridge), Stephen Julian (formerly University of Cambridge, now University of Toronto), Yoshi Maeno (Japanese team leader), Satoru Nakatsuji (both Kyoto University), Shinichi Ikeda (formerly Kyoto University now Nanoelectronic Research Institute Tsukuba) and Fumihiko Nakamura (Hiroshima University).

The prize was presented by Lady Adrian at a ceremony at the Royal Society in London in November 2004. The photo shows (from left to right) Ikeda, Mackenzie, Perry, Lady Adrian, Maeno, Bergemann, Nakamura and Kikugawa. Other team members were out of the country on that date and unable to attend in person.