Staff

Faculty Members

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  ARAI Aya (Associate Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Stretch-shortening cycle movement during running and jumping
  • Characteristics of motion-frequency in long term athletes

• 

  EBINE Naoyuki (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Nutrition and Sports Nutrition
  • Energy metabolism in multiple fields
  • Water absorption and Hydration
  • Positively engaging in joint research with experts in related fields under the theme of human nutrition

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  Yoshihiko FUJISAWA
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Qualities of an athlete
  • Bone Strength In Athletes

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  Yoshiyuki FUKUOKA
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Near-infrared spectroscopy and skeletal muscle vascular and oxidative functions in vivo in health and disease
  • Respiratory and energetic strategy during bipedal locomotion
  • Ventilatory adjustment at hypoxia exposure
  • Clinical therapy for FES and carbon dioxide in the athlete and the patients with CLI and heart failure
  • Exercise perception in spinal cord injury patients

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  Tatsuya HOJO
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Epidemiology and prevention of sports injury
  • Physical therapy
  • Conservative treatment of musculoskeletal disorder

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  Kojiro ISHII
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Development and implementation of exercise prescription for everyone from children to the elderly, patients with a disease, and athletes

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  Tadao ISHIKURA
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • How to devise practice and teaching method to effectively improve sport skills and for athletes to perform their abilities to the fullest in competitions from the approach of sports psychology

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  Tetsuya IZAWA
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Exercise and sports biochemistry
    
    1. Adipose tissue remodeling by physical activity
    2. Physical activity-or inactivity-induced skeletal muscle adaptations
    3. Effects of melatonin on biochemical functions of adipose tissue
    4. Chrono-physiology and biochemistry of exercise and sport

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  Kiyotaka KAMIBAYASHI
  (Associate Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Neurophysiological study of motor control and learning

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  Ｍasahiro KAWANISHI
  (Assistant Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Sports for disabled people
  • Disability studies
  • Adapted physical education and sport

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  Keita MATSUKURA
  (Assistant Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Sports coaching

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  Yasuo NAKAMURA
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  Sports Biomechanics

  • Kinematic and kinetic analysis of sports motions in baseball, soccer, golf, etc
  • Kinematic analysis of the scapula movements in daily activities

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  Hiroaki NINOMIYA
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Development of sports industry , Regional revitalization through sports and promotion of lifelong sports participation in the fields of sports marketing, sports business administration and sports sociology

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  Hiroto SHOJI
  (Associate Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Development of new business models of stadium and arena through the collaboration between the public and private sectors
  • Estimation of the scale of the sports industry based on national economic accounting

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  Hisashi TAKAKURA
  (Associate Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • O2 delivery mechanism during muscle contraction in skeletal muscles
  • The elucidation of molecular mechanism for exercise training-induced change in oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle

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  Masaki TAKEDA
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Sports physiological investigation of sports performance and physical training theory
  • Research keywords: endurance, muscle strength, muscle endurance, muscle power, high-altitude training, cross-country skiing, Nordic walking, children and sports, cognitive function, cold water immersion, etc

• 

  Shunichi TAZUKE
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  Body, Movement, “Waza (Skill as Arts)”, Tradition, Education

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  Taku WAKAHARA
  (Associate Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Relationship between the structure and function of human skeletal muscle, and their changes by resistance trainingmethods of instruction and evaluation in physical education

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  Masahiko YANAGITA
  (Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Effects of intervention with light-resistance and dynamic balance exercise on frailty, disability and metabolic syndrome among the middle-aged and elderly population.
  • A methodology on developing a support system for health-promotion by exercise in the local community
  • Field survey on dietary education and lifestyle in growing children

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  Ko YANASE
  (Assistant Professor)

  [Topics of Research]

  • Health Science, Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Flexibility, Muscle Stretchin

Supporting Staff

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  Nobuharu ASAHARA

  A former track and field athlete
  Graduate of the Faculty of Commerce (1995)
  Completed Master’s Program in the Graduate School of Policy and Management (2009)

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  Minori HAYAKARI

  A former track and field athlete and a former Japanese record holder of the 300-meter hurdles
  Graduate of the Faculty of Commerce (1995)

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  Toshiyuki HAYASHI

  A former member of the Japanese national rugby team
  A former player of Oxford University Rugby Football Club (Oxford Blue)
  Chairman of NPO ‘Heroes’
  Graduate of the Faculty of Economics (1982)

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  Atsushi KATAOKA

  A former infielder of the Hanshin Tigers and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Graduate of the Faculty of Commerce (1993)

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  Nobuyuki KOJIMA

  A former member of the Japanese national soccer team
  A soccer commentator
  Graduate of the Faculty of Commerce (1989)

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  Shinya MIYAMOTO

  A former infielder of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
  A member of the Japanese national baseball team in the first World Baseball Classic (WBC)
  A former chairman of the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association
  Graduate of the Faculty of Commerce (1994)

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  Tetsuo NAKANISHI

  A former soccer player
  A soccer commentator and a sports journalist
  Graduate of the Faculty of Economics (1992)

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  Fumiko OKUNO

  A former synchronized swimmer and a bronze medalist at the Barcelona Olympics

  A sportscommentator
  Graduate of the Faculty of Commerce (1995)
  Completed Master’s Program in the Graduate School of Policy and Management (2001)

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  Atsushi OYAGI

  A former member of the Japanese national rugby team
  Graduate of the Faculty of Commerce (1985)
  Completed Master’s Program in the Graduate School of Policy and Management