Staff List

2024 Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies Staff List
(as of 15th October 2024)

Position Name Title and Affiliation
Director YOKOYAMA Yasuko Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Hosei University
Full-time Researcher TAKATA Kei Associate Professor, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies
Cross Appointed Researcher OGUCHI Masashi Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher KOBAYASHI Fumiko Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher KOMEIE Shinobu Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher OTSUKA Norihiro Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher MATSUMOTO Kenshiro Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher NISHIZUKA Shunta Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher NAITO Kazunari Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher HORIKAWA Saburo Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher URBANOVA Jana Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher KINUGASA Masaaki Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher ONO Robert Associate Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher LE ROUX KIYONO Brendan Associate Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher AKAISHI Mina Professor, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher YOKOYAMA Yasuko Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher YAMANAKA Reiko Professor, the Nogami Memorial Noth Theatre Research Institute of Hosei University
Cross Appointed Researcher MIYAMOTO Keizo Director, the Nogami Memorial Noth Theatre Research Institute of Hosei University
Position Name Title and Affiliation
Adjunct Researcher HARA Kyoko Completed the doctoral program without a doctoral degree of doctoral program in Japanese History, the Graduate School of Humanities, Hosei University
Position Name Title and Affiliation
Visiting Researcher Josef A. Kyburz Former Professor, French National Centre for Scientific Research
Visiting Researcher CAROLI Rosa Professor, Department of Linguistic and Comparative Cultural Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice;
Visiting Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
Visiting Researcher KUWAYAMA Takami Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University;
Specially Appointed Guest Professor, Faculty of Literature, Notre Dame Seishin University
Visiting Researcher SHIMADA Shingo Professor, East-Asia Institute, University of Dusseldorf
Visiting Researcher KAWADA Junzo Distinguished Invited Professor, Research Fellow, Insitut for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University;
Visiting Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
Visiting Researcher NEZU Tomohiko Professor, College of Social Sciences  Department of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Visiting Researcher NOBUHIRO Shinji Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Visiting Researcher TAKAHASHI Yusuke Professor, Research Centers and Institutes, Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Keio University
Visiting Researcher HORIUCHI Annick Professor Emeritus, Faculty of East Asian Languages, Université Paris Cité
Visiting Researcher HAMADA Yo Professor, Faculty of Letters, Teikyo University
Visiting Researcher STEINECK Tomoe Visiting Researcher, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies & Ethnological Museum, University of Zurich
Visiting Researcher OKI Yasushi Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Visiting Researcher INOUE Wataru Professor, Faculty of Education, Tokoha University
Visiting Researcher FUKUDA Yasunori Professor, Faculty of Letters, Japan Women’s University
Visiting Researcher KREINER Josef Professor Emeritus, University of Bonn
Visiting Researcher MAESHIMA Shiho Professor, University of Tokyo
Visiting Researcher YASUI Hiroshi Professor, Department of Human Culture, Komazawa Women’s University
Visiting Researcher SASAKI Toshikazu Guest Professor, Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies Hokkaido university;
Honorary member, Tokyo National Museum
Visiting Researcher URUSHIHARA Takuya Researcher, Institute for Okinawan Studies Hosei University
Visiting Researcher SARKISOV Konstantin Chief Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies
Visiting Researcher ISO Stephanie Yuuko Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Hakuoh University
Visiting Researcher JEONG Kyungjin Research professor, Institute of Humanities, Pusan National University
Visiting Researcher NAKAMURA Kazuyuki Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Hakodate University;
Professor Emeritus, National Institute of Technology, Hakodate College
Visiting Researcher TRENSON Steven Associate Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University
Visiting Researcher HOSHINO Tsutomu Professor Emeritus, Hosei University;
Visiting Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
Visiting Researcher SUZUMURA Yusuke Associate Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Meijo University;
Visiting Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
Visiting Researcher KITAGAWA Takako Professor, Faculty of International Communication, Gakushuin Woman’s University
Visiting Researcher KRISTEVA Tzvetana Professor Emeritus, International Christian University
Visiting Researcher INUTSUKA Yu Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology;
Visiting Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
Visiting Researcher KANOU Tadashi Former Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Visiting Researcher HISHIDA Masaharu Professor Emeritus, Hosei University
Visiting Researcher YAMAMOTO Matori Professor Emeritus, Hosei University;
Visiting Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
Visiting Researcher TANAKA Yuko Professor Emeritus, Hosei University;
Specially Appointed Professor, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
Visiting Researcher SOMEYA Tomoyuki Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ibaraki Christian University
Visiting Researcher OSAWA Fuyo Former Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Visiting Researcher ABIKO Shin Professor Emeritus, Hosei University;
Visiting Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
Visiting Researcher OKAMOTO Keiko Former Professor, Faculty of  Business Administration, Hosei University;
Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of  Business Administration, Hosei University
Visiting Researcher KHALMIRZAEVA Saida Associate Professor, Institute of Global Human Resorce Development, Okayama University
Visiting Researcher PARK Yukyung Lecturer, Department of International Communication, Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies
Visiting Researcher NAN Chunying Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration and Corporate Culture, Shoin University
Visiting Researcher TAKAGI Gen Professor Emeritus, Chiba University;
Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University
Visiting Researcher GROEMER  Gerald Professor Emeritus, University of Yamanashi
Visiting Researcher TANJI Ai Former Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Visiting Researcher SASAKI Shiro Executive Director, National Ainu Museum
Visiting Researcher MATSUMOTO Azusa Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women’s University
Visiting Researcher GUO Jun Lecturer, Shanghai University Tokyo Campus
Visiting Researcher MIYAJIMA Mitsushi Former Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Toyama
Visiting Researcher TAKAZAWA Norie Professor Emeritus, International Christian University;
Former Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University
Visiting Researcher TANIMOTO Akihisa Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences Graduate School of Humanities, Hokkaido University
Position Name Title and Affiliation
Research Associate ROLAND Alexandra Ph.D Candidate, Hosei University
Research Associate ZHU Yitong Ph.D Candidate, Hosei University
Research Associate ZHOU Qian Ph.D Candidate, Hosei University
Research Associate ZENG Mingjie Ph.D Candidate, Hosei University
Position Name Title and Affiliation
Visiting Research Associate PENG Dan Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hosei University;
Researcher, Kenchoji Temple
Visiting Research Associate LEE Hyangsug Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Language Studies, Teikyo University
Visiting Research Associate FUJITA Eiko Ph.D., Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate JANG Sunghee Committee member of Korea-Japan Exchange, Bang Jeong-hwan Institute;
Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate SEO Hyunkoo Adjunct Lecturer, Ichigaya Liberal arts Center, Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate SUZUKI Tamon Adjunct Lecturer, Ichigaya Liberal arts Center, Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate LEE Janghee Ph.D., Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate YOTSUYA Haruko Instructor, Center for Japanese Language, Waseda Univesity
Visiting Research Associate KOGA Michiyo Completed the doctoral program without a doctoral degree of doctoral program in History, the Graduate School of Humanities, Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate SATO Aki Ph.D., Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate TAKAHASHI Yoko Ph.D., Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate LI Shaonan Ph.D., Hosei University
Visiting Research Associate MASCHIO Paola Teaching fellow, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Visiting Research Associate CASU Barbara lecturer, Faculty of International Communication, Musashino Gakuin University
Visiting Research Associate MAO Fengyu Member, Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, Chengdu University
Visiting Research Associate REDDY Sreedevi Adjunct Faculty, NIAS (School of Humanities, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus) Bengaluru
Visiting Research Associate THOUNY Christophe Associate Professor, College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University