Major Awards
| 1985 | Equerre d’argent Prize for the Renovation of the Schlumberger Facility (Paris, France) as an Associate Architect of Renzo Piano |
| 1988 | Competition winning for Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building (Osaka, Japan) |
| 1995 | Nikkei BP Technology Awards Grand Prize (for design and construction technologies of Kansai International Airport Man-Made Island and Passenger Terminal. Together with Renzo Piano and Kansai International Airport Company Ltd., Design JV, Construction JV.) |
| 1995 | Architectural Institute of Japan prize (Renzo Piano + Noriaki Okabe) (for design of Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building) |
| 1996 | Competition winning for Nagaoka Cultural Creation Forum (Nagaoka City, Niigata, Japan) |
| 1997 | Tanaka Prize of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers for Ushibuka Bridge |
| 1998 | Lounge chair in Kansai Airport Passenger Terminal Building designed by Noriaki Okabe was selected as The permanent collection of MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art, New York). Copyright: Noriaki Okabe +Renzo Piano |
| 1999 | Kumamoto Landscape Prize for Ushibuka Bridge |
| 1999 | The 2nd Prize in the International open Competition for the Museum of World Culture in Göteborg, Sweden (227 Submissions) |
| 2001 | The 2nd Prize in the Architectural Competition for Sasebo port terminal , Sasebo, Japan (454 Submissions) |
| 2001 | The 2nd Prize in the International open Competition for Torino Culture Center ,Torino, Italy (175 Submissions) |
| 2001 | Design Selection 2001 The Landscape & Design Prize the Japan Society of Civil Engineers for Ushibuka Bridge |
| 2002 | The 2nd Prize in International design competition –The Royal Theater New playhouse on the Copenhagen waterfront (333 Submissions) |
| 2002 | BCS (Building Construction Society) Award for Valeo Unisia Transmission |
| 2003 | The 3rd Prize in the International Open Competition for Nam June Paik Museum ,Kyonggi, Korea (432 Submissions) |
| 2004 | The 2nd Prize in the Proposal Competition of Fussa Municipal Office, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | Good Design Award for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR VSE |
| 2006 | Blue Ribbon Award for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR VSE |
| 2006 | DFA Grand Award of the Design for Asia Award 2006 for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR VSE |
| 2007 | IF product design award 2007 for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR VSE |
| 2008 | Good Design Award for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR MSE |
| 2008 | The 10th Brunel Award (Commendation) for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR MSE |
| 2009 | Blue Ribbon Award for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR MSE |
| 2011 | The 2nd Prize in the Proposal Competition of Maebashi City Museum of Art, Gunma, Japan (130 Submissions) |
| 2011 | Alumni Association of WASEDA Architecture Award |
| 2015 | Laurel Prize for Hakone Tozan Train 3000 series |
| 2015 | Good Design Award of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Hakone Tozan Train 3000 series |
| 2016 | Good Design Award for The New Oyama Cable Car |
| 2018 | Good Design Award for The LED Task Light [Luce Lucciola] |
| 2018 | Good Design Gold Award for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR GSE |
| 2018 | JIDA Design Museum Selection Vol.20 Gold Selected Product for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR GSE |
| 2019 | Blue Ribbon Award for Odakyu Electric Railway New Ltd Express ROMANCECAR GSE |
| 2019 | The Award of Kanagawa Architecture Concours for JST Company housing in Yokohama |