Among the 135 individuals whose names appear on Institutional Investor’s 2016 All-Japan Research Team are six newcomers — including two who debut as runners-up in Transportation: Nomura’s Masaharu Hirokane and Katsuhiko Suzuki of Mizuho Securities Group.

These fresh faces hail from five firms.

Here is the full list of analysts marking their first appearances on the All-Japan Research Team.

DAIWA SECURITIES GROUP

• Hirokazu Miyagi, Machinery (runner-up)

MIZUHO SECURITIES GROUP

• Katsuhiko Suzuki, Transportation (runner-up)

MORGAN STANLEY MUFG SECURITIES CO.

• Shinichiro Muraoka, Health Care & Pharmaceuticals (runner-up)

NOMURA

• Masaharu Hirokane, Transportation (runner-up)

SMBC NIKKO SECURITIES

• Kuni Kanamori, Retailing (runner-up)

• Akira Morimoto, Trading Companies (runner-up)

II’s 23rd annual All-Japan Research Team reflects the opinions of more than 1,100 individuals at 357 buy-side firms that collectively manage roughly $1.2 trillion in Japanese equities.

Complete survey results will be released tomorrow.