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III Organization 119
III Organization
Projects
Subaru Telescope
Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Nobeyama Radio Observatory
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory
Solar Observatory
NAOJ Chile Observatory
Center for Computational Astrophysics
Gravitational Wave Project Office
TMT-J Project Office
JASMINE Project Office
SOLAR-C Project Office
Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office
RISE Project
Centers
Astronomy Data Center
Advanced Technology Center
Public Relations Center
Divisions
Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy
Division of Radio Astronomy
Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics
Division of Theoretical Astronomy
Office of International Relations
Human Resources Planning Office
Safety and Health Management Office
Administration Department
(C Projects)
(B Projects)
(A Projects)
Director General
Director of Engineering
Vice-Director General (on General Affairs)
Vice-Director General (on Finance)
Director of Research Coordination
Executive Advisor to the Director General
Advisory Committee for Research and Management
Hinode Science Center
Research Enhancement Strategy Office
Research Evaluation Support Office
1. Organization
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3. Executives
2. Number of Staff Members
(2016/3/31)Regular Employees
Director General 1Research and Academic Staff 153
Professor 27Executive Engineer 0Associate Professor 41Chief Research Engineer 10Assistant Professor 57Research Associate 0Research Engineer 18
Engineering Staff 36Administrative Staff 55Research Administrator Staff 9Employees on Annual Salary System 99
Fixed-term EmployeesFull-time Contract Employees 59Part-time Contract Employees 134
Director General Hayashi, MasahikoVice-Director General
on General Affairs Watanabe, Junichion Finance Kobayashi, Hideyuki
Director of Engineering Takami, HidekiDirector of Research Coordination Gouda, Naoteru
Executive Advisor to the Director General Ogasawara, RyusukeSekiguchi, Kazuhiro
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Projects
C ProjectsSubaru Telescope
Director Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Mizumoto, YoshihikoProfessor Ohashi, NagayoshiProfessor Usuda, TomonoriSpecially Appointed
ProfessorRenzini, Alvio
Associate Professor Aoki, WakoAssociate Professor Hayano, YutakaAssociate Professor Hayashi, SaekoAssociate Professor Ichikawa, ShinichiAssociate Professor Iwata, IkuruAssociate Professor Kashikawa, NobunariAssociate Professor Kodama, TadayukiAssociate Professor Miyazaki, SatoshiAssociate Professor Noumaru, JunichiAssociate Professor Takata, TadafumiAssociate Professor Takato, NaruhisaAssociate Professor Takeda, YoichiAssociate Professor Terada, HiroshiChief Research Engineer Iwashita, HiroyukiAssistant Professor Furusawa, HisanoriAssistant Professor Imanishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Komiyama, YutakaAssistant Professor Koyama, YuseiAssistant Professor Minowa, YosukeAssistant Professor Nakaya, HidehikoAssistant Professor Okita, HirofumiAssistant Professor Onodera, MasatoAssistant Professor Pyo, Tae-sooAssistant Professor Shirasaki, YujiAssistant Professor Yagi, MasafumiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorTanaka, Masayuki
Research Engineer Bando, TakamasaResearch Engineer Tazawa, SeiichiChief Engineer Kamata, YukikoChief Engineer Kurakami, TomioChief Engineer Namikawa, KazuhitoChief Engineer Negishi, SatoruChief Engineer Omata, KojiChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriChief Engineer Uraguchi, FumihiroEngineer Sato, TatsuhiroSpecially Appointed
Research StaffIchikawa, Kohei
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Toshikawa, Jun
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Hayashi, Yusuke
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Ikeda, Hiroyuki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Momose, Rieko~2015.10.31
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Oishi, Yukie
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Sakamoto, Ken~2015.12.31
Research Expert Kawanomoto, SatoshiResearch Expert Koike, MichitaroResearch Expert Mineo, SogoResearch Expert Yamada, YoshihikoResearch Expert Yamanoi, HitomiAdministrative Supporter Kuwata, HitomiAdministrative Supporter Mochinaga, ChizuruAdministrative Supporter Noguchi, MasumiAdministrative Supporter Takamoto, MasamiAdministrative Supporter Yamada, NarumiAdministrative Supporter Yoshida, Chie
Administration Department Manager Seto, Yoji
General Affairs SectionChief Seto, YojiStaff Sugawara, Satoshi
Accounting SectionChief Furuhata, Tomoyuki
RCUHRCUH Alpiche, DexRCUH Aoki, KentaroRCUH Aso, YusukeRCUH Balbarino, MichaelRCUH Berghuis, JennieRCUH Bergstrom, Andrew
(Will)RCUH Birchall, DanielRCUH Bulger, JoannaRCUH Castro, TimothyRCUH Clergeon, ChristopheRCUH Cook, DavidRCUH Currie, ThayneRCUH Doi, YoshiyukiRCUH Doughty, DanielleRCUH Elms, BrianRCUH Endo, MariRCUH Fabricius, MaximilianRCUH Ferre Mateu, AnnaRCUH Ferreira, JamesRCUH Finet, FrancoisRCUH Formanek, KeikoRCUH Fujiwara, HideakiRCUH Fujiyoshi, Takuya
4. Research Departments
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RCUH Gaskin, RobertaRCUH Gorman, WilliamRCUH Guthier, DebbieRCUH Guyon, OlivierRCUH Hasegawa, AndrewRCUH Hasegawa, KumikoRCUH Hattori, TakashiRCUH Helminiak, KrzysztofRCUH Hopkins, JamesRCUH Inagaki, TakeshiRCUH Iwasaki, AlanRCUH Jeschke, EricRCUH Jovanovic, NemanjaRCUH Kackley, RussellRCUH Kakazu, YukoRCUH Kim, Ji HoonRCUH Koshida, ShintaroRCUH Koyamatsu, Shin
~2015.06.03RCUH Kudo, TomoyukiRCUH Kyono, EijiRCUH Lee, Chien-HsiuRCUH Lemmen, MichaelRCUH Leonard, Alex
~2015.08.07RCUH Letawsky, MichaelRCUH Lozi, JulienRCUH Micheva, GenovevaRCUH Morris, MaritaRCUH Murai, RiekoRCUH Nabeshima, YoshitakeRCUH Nakano, WakakoRCUH Nakata, FumiakiRCUH Niimi, YukaRCUH Nishimura, TetsuoRCUH Otsuki, NorikoRCUH Pathak, PrashantRCUH Ramos, LucioRCUH Roth, NorikoRCUH Saito, Yuriko
~2016.03.08RCUH Shubert, KiainaRCUH Singh, Garima
~2015.11.04RCUH Spencer, RobinRCUH Sur, RyokoRCUH Tait, PhilipRCUH Tajitsu, AkitoRCUH Takiura, KokiRCUH Tamae, RichardRCUH Tanaka, MakotoRCUH Tanaka, YokoRCUH Terai, TsuyoshiRCUH Thunell, JohnathanRCUH Tomono, DaigoRCUH Toyofuku, Ralph
RCUH Tsang, EmikoRCUH Wages, Keith
~2015.11.27RCUH Walawender, Joshua
~2016.02.05RCUH Weber, MarkRCUH Williams, JoshuaRCUH Winegar, TomRCUH Wung, MatthewRCUH Yeh, Sherry (Chia-Chen)RCUH Yoshiyama, Naomi
Okayama Astrophysical ObservatoryDirector Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Ukita, NobuharuAssistant Professor Yanagisawa, KenshiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorKambe, Eiji
Engineer Tsutsui, HironoriSpecially Appointed
Research StaffFukui, Akihiko
Research Expert Kuroda, DaisukeResearch Expert Maehara, HiroyukiResearch Supporter Kamiya, Koki
~2015.09.30Research Supporter Toda, Hiroyuki
Administration OfficeAdministration Section
Chief Setou, NobuyoshiAdministrative Supporter Katayama, KumikoAdministrative Supporter Shibukawa, HirokoAdministrative Supporter Yamashita, AyakoAdministrative
Maintenance StaffKoyama, Shoji
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Watanabe, Noriaki
Nobeyama Radio ObservatoryDirector Saito, MasaoAssociate Professor Nakamura, FumitakaAssociate Professor Saito, MasaoChief Research Engineer Kanzawa, TomioChief Research Engineer Kawashima, SusumuAssistant Professor Ishizuki, SumioAssistant Professor Minamidani, TetsuhiroAssistant Professor Umemoto, TomofumiResearch Engineer Mikoshiba, HiroshiSenior Engineer Handa, KazuyukiSenior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, KazuhikoSenior Engineer Shinohara, NoriyukiChief Engineer Kurakami, TomioEngineer Nishitani, HiroyukiEngineer Wada, Takuya
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Specially Appointed Research Staff
Kaneko, Hiroyuki
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Miyamoto, Yusuke
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Nishimura, Atsushi
Research Expert Kinugasa, KenzoResearch Expert Maekawa, JunResearch Expert Oya, MasaakiResearch Expert Takahashi, ShigeruResearch Expert Tatamitani, YoshioTechnical Expert Nishioka, MakikoResearch Supporter Arai, HitoshiAdministrative Supporter Hatakeyama, EikoAdministrative Supporter Ide, HidemiConsultant Saito, YasufumiResearch Assistant Matsuo, Mitsuhiro
Administration OfficeDeputy Manager Otsuka, Tomoyoshi
General Affairs SectionChief Otsuka, TomoyoshiAdministrative Supporter Kikuchi, KikueAdministrative Supporter Shinkai, HisakoAdministrative Supporter Yoda, ChizukoAdministrative
Maintenance StaffFuji, Shigeru
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Ide, Hiroko
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Kadoshima, Junko
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Kikuchi, Michiko
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Koike, Ikuko
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Kurane, Tsugeru
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Saito, Arayo
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Tsuchiya, Junko
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Yoshizawa, Usaji
Accounting SectionChief Shimizu, HidetoshiSenior Staff Iijima, KunioStaff Kobayashi, Kazuhito
~2015.07.31Administrative Supporter Kodaira, ToshikoAdministrative Supporter Takasawa, MitsueAdministrative Supporter Takemura, MiwakoAdministrative Supporter Tokui, Chisato
Mizusawa VLBI ObservatoryDirector Honma, Mareki
Professor Honma, MarekiProfessor Kobayashi, HideyukiAssociate Professor Agata, HidehikoAssociate Professor Hanada, HideoAssociate Professor Shibata, KatsunoriChief Research Engineer Sato, KatsuhisaAssistant Professor Hada, KazuhiroAssistant Professor Hirota, TomoyaAssistant Professor Jike, TakaakiAssistant Professor Kameya, OsamuAssistant Professor Kono, YusukeAssistant Professor Sunada, KazuyoshiAssistant Professor Tamura, YoshiakiResearch Engineer Asari, KazuyoshiResearch Engineer Ishikawa, ToshiakiResearch Engineer Suzuki, SyunsakuChief Engineer Ueno, YujiEngineer Hirano, KenEngineer Shizugami, MakotoSpecially Appointed
Research StaffKim, Jeoung Sook
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Matsumoto, Naoko
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Motogi, Kazuhito
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Sakai, Nobuyuki
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Tazaki, Fumie
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Wu, Yuanwei
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kanaguchi, Masahiro
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Miura, Mitsuo
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Nagayama, Takumi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Oyama, Tomoaki
Research Expert Hanayama, HidekazuTechnical Expert Asakura, YuTechnical Expert Sato, KaoriTechnical Expert Funayama, Hiroshi Technical Expert Matsukawa, YukiTechnical Expert Miyaji, TakeshiTechnical Expert Nishizawa, AkihisaTechnical Expert Yoshida, ToshihiroResearch Supporter Akiyama, Kazunori
~2015.08.31Research Supporter Isono,YokoResearch Supporter Matsueda, ChikaAdministrative Supporter Komori, AkiyoAdministrative Supporter Uekiyo,Hatsue
Administration OfficeDeputy Manager Hommyo, Susumu
General Affairs Section
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Chief Hommyo, SusumuStaff Iida, NaotoAdministrative Supporter Kikuchi, SachikoAdministrative Supporter Oizumi, YukaAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, Mie
Accounting SectionChief Ito, HiromasaChief Koseki, Tatsuya
~2015.06.30Administrative Supporter Sasaki, MieAdministrative Supporter Takahashi, Yumi
Ishigaki-jima Astronomical ObservatoryDirector Miyaji, TakeshiAssociate Professor Agata, HidehikoResearch Expert Hanayama, HidekazuTechnical Expert Miyaji, Takeshi
Time Keeping OfficeHead Sato, KatsuhisaResearch Engineer Asari, Kazuyoshi
Solar ObservatoryDirector Hanaoka, YoichiroProfessor Sakurai, TakashiAssociate Professor Hanaoka, YoichiroAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriSenior Engineer Shinoda, KazuyaSpecially Appointed
Research StaffOtsuji, Kenichi
~2015.09.30Research Expert Hagino, MasaokiResearch Expert Morita, SatoshiResearch Expert Yaji, KentaroAdministrative Supporter Nishino, HidekoAdministrative Supporter Sugimoto, Junko
NAOJ Chile ObservatoryDirector Hasegawa, TetsuoProfessor Hasegawa, TetsuoProfessor Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Kameno, SeijiProfessor Ogasawara, RyusukeProfessor Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Tatematsu, KenichiAssociate Professor Asaki, YoshiharuAssociate Professor Asayama, ShinichiroAssociate Professor Espada,
Fernandez DanielAssociate Professor Iono, DaisukeAssociate Professor Kiuchi, HitoshiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Mizuno, NorikazuAssociate Professor Oishi, MasatoshiAssociate Professor Okuda, TakeshiSpecially Appointed
Associate ProfessorErik, Muller
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Fukagawa, Misato
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Kawamura, Akiko
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Koda, Jin
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Nagai, Hiroshi
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Nakanishi, Koichiro
Chief Research Engineer Kikuchi, KenichiChief Research Engineer Watanabe, ManabuAssistant Professor Ezawa, HajimeAssistant Professor Hiramatsu, MasaakiAssistant Professor Hirota, AkihikoAssistant Professor Kamazaki, TakeshiAssistant Professor Matsuda, YuichiAssistant Professor Sawada, TsuyoshiAssistant Professor Shimojo, MasumiAssistant Professor Takahashi, SatokoAssistant Professor Umemoto, TomofumiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorAkiyama, Eiji
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Hatsukade, Bunyo
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Herrera Contreras, Cinthya Natalia
~2015.08.31
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Miura, Rie
Research Engineer Ashitagawa, KyokoResearch Engineer Nakazato, TakeshiSenior Engineer Kobiki, ToshihikoSenior Engineer Nakamura, KyokoChief Engineer Ito, TetsuyaChief Engineer Kato, YoshihiroSpecially Appointed
Research StaffAo, Yiping
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Egusa, Fumi
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Kurono, Yasutaka
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Morokuma, Kana
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Sanhueza Nunez, Patricio Andres
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Takekoshi, Tatsuya
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Ueda, Junko~2015.09.30
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Fukui, Hideharu
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Furutani, Akio
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Horie, Yosaku
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Ikeda, Emi
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Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kawakami, Kazuyuki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kawasaki, Wataru
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Konuma, Mika
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kuniyoshi, Masaya
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Matsui, Takayuki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Miel, Renaud
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Morita, Eisuke
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Nakamoto, Takashi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Nakamura, Koji
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Nukatani, Sorahiko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Otawara, Kazushige
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Saito, Motoi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Shimoda, Takanobu
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
So, Ryoken
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Sugimoto, Kanako
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Yamada, Masumi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Yoshino, Akira
Research Expert Fujimoto, YasuhiroResearch Expert Inoue, NorioResearch Expert Sakuma, NaokoResearch Expert Shibuya, MasaruResearch Expert Tomimuro, HisashiResearch Expert Yasui, Takashi
~2015.08.31Administrative Expert Kamada, MasakoResearch Supporter Saito, TomokiResearch Supporter Uchida, AyakoResearch Supporter Yamazaki, ToshitakaAdministrative Supporter Kohno, IzumiAdministrative Supporter Matsunaga, ChokoAdministrative Supporter Otawara, HikaruAdministrative Supporter Saito, NaokoConsultant Hyuga, TadayukiAUI Staff Krapivka Flores,
GabrielaAUI Staff Collao, JoaquinAUI Staff Toro, Lorena
Administration DepartmentManager Okumura, Yuji
General Affairs SectionChief Tsukano, Satomi
Accounting SectionChief Okumura, YujiStaff Hiramatsu, Naoya
Center for Computational AstrophysicsDirector Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Tomisaka, KohjiAssistant Professor Inoue, TsuyoshiAssistant Professor Ito, Takashi Assistant Professor Ohsuga, KenAssistant Professor Takiwaki, TomoyaAssistant Professor Tanaka, MasaomiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorTakahashi, Hiroyuki
Research Engineer Ishikawa, Toshiaki Engineer Shizugami, MakotoSpecially Appointed
Research StaffAsahina, Yuta
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Furusawa, Shun
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Kawashima, Tomohisa
Research Expert Kato, TsunehikoResearch Expert Nakayama, HirotakaResearch Expert Narazaki, Yayoi
~2015.09.30Research Expert Oshino, ShoichiResearch Expert Wakita, ShigeruResearch Supporter Fukushi, HinakoResearch Supporter Hasegawa, YukihikoResearch Supporter Matsumoto, YujiAdministrative Supporter Kimura, Yuko
Hinode Science CenterDirector Watanabe, TetsuyaProfessor Sakurai, TakashiSpecially Appointed
ProfessorGizon, Laurent Claude
~2015.08.31Associate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Sekii, TakashiAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriAssistant Professor Ishikawa, RyokoAssistant Professor Kano, RyouheiAssistant Professor Katsukawa, YukioAssistant Professor Kubo, MasahitoAssistant Professor Shimojo, MasumiSpecially Appointed
Research StaffAntolin, Patrick
Technical Expert Inoue, NaokoResearch Supporter Ishii, ShuichiResearch Supporter Tsuchiya, Chie
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B ProjectsGravitational Wave Project Office
Director Flaminio, RaffaeleSpecially Appointed
ProfessorFlaminio, Raffaele
Associate Professor Aso, YoichiAffliated Associate
ProfessorAndo, Masaki
Assistant Professor Akutsu, TomotadaAssistant Professor Oishi, NaokoAssistant Professor Takahashi, RyutaroAssistant Professor Tatsumi, DaisukeResearch Engineer Ishizaki, HideharuResearch Engineer Torii, YasuoChief Engineer Tanaka, NobuyukiSpecially Appointed
Research StaffBarton, Mark Andrew
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Pena Arellano, Fabian Erasmo
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Zeidler, Simon
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Hirata, Naoatsu
Research Supporter Harada, MikikoAdministrative Supporter Kondo, Mihoko
~2016.02.29Administrative Supporter Yoshizumi, Mizuho
TMT-J Project OfficeDirector Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Takami, HidekiProfessor Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Yamashita, TakuyaAssociate Professor Aoki, WakoAssociate Professor Hayano, YutakaAssociate Professor Kashikawa, NobunariAssociate Professor Kodama, TadayukiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Miyazaki, SatoshiAssociate Professor Sugimoto, MasahiroAssociate Professor Takato, NaruhisaAssociate Professor Terada, HiroshiSpecially Appointed
Associate ProfessorOya, Shin
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Packham, Christopher Charles
~2015.08.11
Chief Research Engineer Miyashita, TakaakiAssistant Professor Imanishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Suzuki, RyujiResearch Engineer Tazawa, SeiichiSpecially Appointed
Research StaffHarakawa, Hiroki
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Hashimoto, Tetsuya
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Chapman, Junko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kozu, Akihito
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Sugiyama, Motokuni
Research Expert Ishii, MikiResearch Expert Ozaki, ShinobuResearch Supporter Inatani, JunjiResearch Supporter Tajima, ToshiyukiAdministrative Supporter Haranaka, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Yamaguchi, ChiyuRCUH Iye, Masanori
A ProjectsJASMINE Project Office
Director Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Kobayashi, YukiyasuSpecially Appointed
ProfessorHensler,
Georhard Max Franz~2015.11.25
Associate Professor Hanada, HideoAssociate Professor Takato, NaruhisaChief Research Engineer Tsuruta, SeiitsuAssistant Professor Araki, HiroshiAssistant Professor Noda, HirotomoAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Ueda, AkitoshiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiResearch Engineer Asari, KazuyoshiSpecially Appointed
Research StaffShirahata, Mai
~2015.12.31Specially Appointed
Research StaffYamaguchi, Masaki
Research Supporter Utsunomiya, ShinTechnical Supporter Kashima, Shingo
Extrasolar Planet Detection Project OfficeDirector Tamura, MotohideProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroAffiliated Professor Tamura, MotohideAssociate Professor Izumiura, HideyukiAssistant Professor Kotani, TakayukiAssistant Professor Morino, Jun-ichiAssistant Professor Nakajima, TadashiAssistant Professor Nishikawa, JunAssistant Professor Suto, HiroshiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorHashimoto, Jun
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Hori, Yasunori
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Narita, Norio
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Omiya, Masashi
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Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kusakabe, Nobuhiko
Research Supporter Kandori, RyoResearch Supporter Kurokawa, TakashiAdministrative Supporter Miyamae, Miwako
RISE ProjectDirector Namiki, NoriyukiProfessor Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Kobayashi, YukiyasuProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Namiki, NoriyukiAssociate Professor Hanada, HideoAssociate Professor Matsumoto, KojiChief Research Engineer Tsuruta, SeiitsuAssistant Professor Araki, HiroshiAssistant Professor Kono, YusukeAssistant Professor Noda, HirotomoAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiResearch Engineer Asari, KazuyoshiResearch Engineer Tazawa, SeiichiSpecially Appointed
Research StaffOshigami, Shoko
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Yamada, Ryuhei
Research Expert Kikuchi, FuyuhikoAdministrative Supporter Sato, Sayaka
SOLAR-C Project OfficeDirector Hara, HirohisaProfessor Sakurai, TakashiProfessor Watanabe, TetsuyaAffiliated Professor Ichimoto, KiyoshiAssociate Professor Goto, MotoshiAssociate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Kano, RyouheiAssociate Professor Sekii, TakashiAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriAssistant Professor Ishikawa, RyokoAssistant Professor Katsukawa, YukioAssistant Professor Kubo, MasahitoSenior Engineer Shinoda, KazuyaSpecially Appointed
Research StaffNarukage, Noriyuki
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Watanabe, Kyoko~2015.09.30
Technical Expert Inoue, NaokoAdministrative Supporter Fujiyoshi, Marie
Centers
Astronomy Data CenterDirector Oishi, MasatoshiProfessor Kokubo, Eiichiro
Professor Mizumoto, YoshihikoAssociate Professor Ichikawa, ShinichiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Noumaru, JunichiAssociate Professor Oishi, MasatoshiAssociate Professor Shibata, KatsunoriAssociate Professor Takata, TadafumiAssistant Professor Furusawa, HisanoriAssistant Professor Ito, TakashiAssistant Professor Oe, MasafumiAssistant Professor Shimojo, MasumiAssistant Professor Shirasaki, YujiResearch Engineer Inoue, GokiEngineer Fukui, Asami
~2015.11.15Specially Appointed
Research StaffHiguchi, Yuichi
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Yoshida, Tetsuo
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Zapart, Christopher Andrew
Research Expert Asano, EijiResearch Expert Furusawa, JunkoResearch Expert Isogai, MizukiResearch Expert Tanaka, NobuhiroResearch Supporter Fujikawa, MakikoResearch Supporter Noda, SachiyoResearch Supporter Taguchi, ShoyaAdministrative Supporter Ishii, YukoResearch Assistant Suzuki, Taiki
JVO ProjectHead Mizumoto, YoshihikoAssociate Professor Oishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Shirasaki, Yuji
Advanced Technology CenterDirector Noguchi, TakashiProfessor Noguchi, TakashiProfessor Takami, HidekiAssociate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Hayano, YutakaAssociate Professor Iwata, IkuruAssociate Professor Kano, RyouheiAssociate Professor Matsuo, HiroshiAssociate Professor Miyazaki, SatoshiAssociate Professor Sekimoto, YutaroAssociate Professor Shan, WenleiChief Research Engineer Fujii, YasunoriChief Research Engineer Kikuchi, KenichiChief Research Engineer Okada, NorioAssistant Professor Akutsu, TomotadaAssistant Professor Kojima, TakafumiAssistant Professor Nakaya, HidehikoAssistant Professor Oshima, TaiAssistant Professor Suzuki, Ryuji
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Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Gonzalez Garcia, Alvaro
Research Engineer Fukushima, MitsuhiroResearch Engineer Iizuka, YoshizoResearch Engineer Noguchi, MotokazuResearch Engineer Obuchi, YoshiyukiResearch Engineer Sato, NaohisaSenior Engineer Kubo, KoichiSenior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Takahashi, ToshikazuChief Engineer Fukuda, TakeoChief Engineer Ikenoue, BungoChief Engineer Inata, MotokoChief Engineer Iwashita, HikaruChief Engineer Kamata, YukikoChief Engineer Kaneko, KeikoChief Engineer Mitsui, KenjiChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriChief Engineer Uraguchi, FumihiroChief Engineer Waseda, KoichiEngineer Tsuzuki, ToshihiroSpecially Appointed
Research StaffDominjon, Agnes
MichelineSpecially Appointed
Research StaffKaratsu, Kenichi
~2015.07.31Specially Appointed
Research StaffNarukage, Noriyuki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Ezaki, Shohei
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Karatsu, Miki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Niizeki, Yasuaki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Uemizu, Kazunori
Research Expert Matthias, KrougResearch Expert Ozaki, ShinobuResearch Expert Saitou, SakaeTechnical Expert Nishino, TetsuoTechnical Supporter Hayashi, RitsukoAdministrative Supporter Kuroda, KyokoAdministrative Supporter Murakami, HiromiAdministrative Supporter Yoshida, Taeko
Public Relations CenterDirector Fukushima, ToshioProfessor Fukushima, ToshioProfessor Watanabe, JunichiAssociate Professor Agata, HidehikoSpecially Appointed
Associate Professor Kinoshita, Daisuke
~2016.02.15Specially Appointed
Associate Professor Kozak, Pavlo
~2015.07.10Assistant Professor Hiramatsu, MasaakiAssistant Professor Soma, MitsuruResearch Engineer Katayama, Masato
Research Engineer Sasaki, GoroChief Senior Engineer Matsuda, KoChief Engineer Nagayama, ShogoLibrary Chief Todoriki, TatsuyaSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistCheung, Sze Leung
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Ishikawa, Naomi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Lundock, Ramsey Guy
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Pires Canas, Lina Isabel
Research Expert Komiyama, HirokoResearch Expert Ono, TomokoResearch Expert Takata, HiroyukiResearch Expert Usuda-Sato, KumikoReaearch Supporter Kume, KaoriReaearch Supporter Tsuchiya, ChiePublic Outreach Official Diaz, Rosas Elian AbrilPublic Outreach Official Endo, IsaoPublic Outreach Official Fujita, TokikoPublic Outreach Official Futami, HiroshiPublic Outreach Official Hamura, TaigaPublic Outreach Official Hatano, SatomiPublic Outreach Official Ibaraki, TakaoPublic Outreach Official Ishizaki, MasaharuPublic Outreach Official Iwashiro, KuninoriPublic Outreach Official Koike, AkioPublic Outreach Official Kubo, MakiPublic Outreach Official Mikami, NaotsuguPublic Outreach Official Naito, SeiichiroPublic Outreach Official Natsugari, SatomiPublic Outreach Official Nemoto, ShiomiPublic Outreach Official Oguri, JunkoPublic Outreach Official Ohgoe, OsamuPublic Outreach Official Shibata, YukikoPublic Outreach Official Shioya, YasuhisaPublic Outreach Official Takabatake, NorikoPublic Outreach Official Takeda, TakaakiAdministrative Supporter Aoki, MakikoAdministrative Supporter Noguchi, Sayumi
Public Relations OfficeHead Hiramatsu, MasaakiChief Engineer Nagayama, ShogoResearch Expert Komiyama, HirokoResearch Expert Ono, TomokoResearch Supporter Kume, KaoriPublic Outreach Official Mikami, NaotsuguPublic Outreach Official Natsugari, SatomiPublic Outreach Official Shioya, Yasuhisa
Outreach and Education OfficeHead Agata, HidehikoSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistIshikawa, Naomi
Public Outreach Official Endo, Isao
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Public Outreach Official Fujita, TokikoPublic Outreach Official Hamura, TaigaPublic Outreach Official Hatano, SatomiPublic Outreach Official Ibaraki, TakaoPublic Outreach Official Ishizaki, MasaharuPublic Outreach Official Naito, SeiichiroPublic Outreach Official Ohgoe, OsamuPublic Outreach Official Takabatake, Noriko
Museum Deliberation OfficeHead Agata, HidehikoResearch Engineer Sasaki, GoroSenior Engineer Matsuda, KoResearch Expert Usuda-Sato, KumikoPublic Outreach Official Endo, IsaoPublic Outreach Official Fujita, TokikoPublic Outreach Official Futami, HiroshiPublic Outreach Official Koike, AkioPublic Outreach Official Nemoto, ShiomiPublic Outreach Official Takeda, Takaaki
Ephemeris Computation OfficeHead Katayama, MasatoSenior Engineer Matsuda, KoPublic Outreach Official Endo, Isao
LibraryChief Todoriki, TatsuyaPublic Outreach Official Kubo, MakiPublic Outreach Official Oguri, Junko
Publications OfficeHead Fukushima, ToshioResearch Expert Takata, HiroyukiPublic Outreach Official Iwashiro, KuninoriPublic Outreach Official Kubo, Maki
The Office for Astronomy Outreach of the IAUHead Agata, HidehikoSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistCheung, Sze Leung
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Pires Canas, Lina Isabel
Research Expert Usuda-Sato, KumikoPublic Outreach Official Diaz, Rosas Elian AbrilPublic Outreach Official Shibata, Yukiko
General Affairs OfficeHead Matsuda, KoAdministrative Supporter Aoki, MakikoAdministrative Supporter Noguchi, Sayumi
Divisions
Division of Optical and Infrared AstronomyDivision Chair Mizumoto, YoshihikoProfessor Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Kobayashi, YukiyasuProfessor Mizumoto, YoshihikoProfessor Ohashi, Nagayoshi
Professor Sekiguchi, KazuhiroProfessor Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Yamashita, TakuyaAssociate Professor Aoki, WakoAssociate Professor Aso, YoichiAssociate Professor Hayashi, SaekoAssociate Professor Iwata, IkuruAssociate Professor Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Kashikawa, NobunariAssociate Professor Kodama, TadayukiAssociate Professor Noumaru, JunichiAssociate Professor Sugimoto, MasahiroAssociate Professor Takato, NaruhisaAssociate Professor Takeda, YoichiAssociate Professor Terada, HiroshiAssociate Professor Ukita, NobuharuChief Research Engineer Iwashita, HiroyukiChief Research Engineer Miyashita, TakaakiAssistant Professor Akutsu, TomotadaAssistant Professor Imanishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Komiyama, YutakaAssistant Professor Koyama, YuseiAssistant Professor Minowa, YosukeAssistant Professor Morino, Jun-ichiAssistant Professor Nakajima, TadashiAssistant Professor Nishikawa, JunAssistant Professor Oishi, NaokoAssistant Professor Okita, HirofumiAssistant Professor Onodera, MasatoAssistant Professor Pyo, Tae-sooAssistant Professor Soma, MitsuruAssistant Professor Takahashi, RyutaroAssistant Professor Tatsumi, DaisukeAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Ueda, AkitoshiAssistant Professor Yagi, MasafumiAssistant Professor Yanagisawa, KenshiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorMatsuoka, Yoshiki
Research Engineer Bando, TakamasaResearch Engineer Ishizaki, HideharuResearch Engineer Torii, YasuoChief Engineer Namikawa, KazuhitoChief Engineer Negishi, SatoruChief Engineer Omata, KojiChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriChief Engineer Tanaka, NobuyukiEngineer Sato, TatsuhiroEngineer Tsutsui, HironoriAdministrative Supporter Kimura, HirokoResearch Assistant Onoue, MasafusaResearch Assistant Shimakawa, RizumuResearch Assistant Ui, Takahiro
~2015.12.31JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow Hayashi, Masao
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JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow Niino, YuJSPS Postdoctoral Fellow Uchiyama, Mizuho
Division of Radio AstronomyDivision Chair Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Hasegawa, TetsuoProfessor Honma, MarekiProfessor Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Kameno, SeijiProfessor Kawabe, RyoheiProfessor Kobayashi, HideyukiProfessor Namiki, NoriyukiProfessor Ogasawara, RyusukeProfessor Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Tatematsu, KenichiAssociate Professor Asaki, YoshiharuAssociate Professor Asayama, ShinichiroAssociate Professor Espada,
Fernandez DanielAssociate Professor Hanada, HideoAssociate Professor Iono, DaisukeAssociate Professor Kiuchi, HitoshiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Matsumoto, KojiAssociate Professor Mizuno, NorikazuAssociate Professor Okuda, TakeshiAssociate Professor Saito, MasaoAssociate Professor Shibata, KatsunoriChief Research Engineer Kanzawa, TomioChief Research Engineer Kawashima, SusumuChief Research Engineer Kikuchi, KenichiChief Research Engineer Sato, KatsuhisaChief Research Engineer Tsuruta, SeiitsuChief Research Engineer Watanabe, ManabuAssistant Professor Araki, HiroshiAssistant Professor Ezawa, HajimeAssistant Professor Hada, KazuhiroAssistant Professor Hiramatsu, MasaakiAssistant Professor Hirota, AkihikoAssistant Professor Hirota, TomoyaAssistant Professor Ishizuki, SumioAssistant Professor Jike, TakaakiAssistant Professor Kamazaki, TakeshiAssistant Professor Kameya, OsamuAssistant Professor Kono, YusukeAssistant Professor Matsuda, YuichiAssistant Professor Minamidani, TetsuhiroAssistant Professor Miyoshi, MakotoAssistant Professor Noda, HirotomoAssistant Professor Sawada, TsuyoshiAssistant Professor Shimojo, MasumiAssistant Professor Sunada, KazuyoshiAssistant Professor Takahashi, SatokoAssistant Professor Tamura, YoshiakiAssistant Professor Umemoto, TomofumiResearch Engineer Asari, Kazuyoshi
Research Engineer Ashitagawa, KyokoResearch Engineer Ishikawa, ToshiakiResearch Engineer Mikoshiba, HiroshiResearch Engineer Nakazato, TakeshiResearch Engineer Suzuki, SyunsakuResearch Engineer Tazawa, SeiichiSenior Engineer Handa, KazuyukiSenior Engineer Kobiki, ToshihikoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, KazuhikoSenior Engineer Nakamura, KyokoSenior Engineer Shinohara, NoriyukiChief Engineer Ito, TetsuyaChief Engineer Kato, YoshihiroChief Engineer Kurakami, TomioChief Engineer Ueno, YujiEngineer Hirano, KenEngineer Nishitani, HiroyukiEngineer Shizugami, MakotoEngineer Wada, TakuyaSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistTakebayashi, Yasuo
Research Expert Tatsuzawa, KaichiResearch Supporter Tsuneyama, Junko
Division of Solar and Plasma AstrophysicsDivision Chair Sakurai, TakashiProfessor Sakurai, TakashiProfessor Watanabe, TetsuyaAssociate Professor Hanaoka, YoichiroAssociate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Kano, RyouheiAssociate Professor Sekii, TakashiAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriAssistant Professor Ishikawa, RyokoAssistant Professor Katsukawa, YukioAssistant Professor Kubo, MasahitoSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorToriumi, Shin
Senior Engineer Shinoda, Kazuya
Division of Theoretical AstronomyDivision Chair Tomisaka, KohjiProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Tomisaka, KohjiProfessor Yoshida, HaruoSpecially Appointed
ProfessorBalantekin, Akif Baha
~2015.11.23Specially Appointed
ProfessorCheoun, Myung-Ki
~2016.02.24Specially Appointed
ProfessorDeliduman, Yamac
~2015.11.23Specially Appointed
ProfessorMathews, Grant James
~2015.11.09Associate Professor Kajino, ToshitakaAssociate Professor Nakamura, Fumitaka
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Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Famiano, Michael Andrew
~2015.11.23
Assistant Professor Hamana, TakashiAssistant Professor Inoue, TsuyoshiAssistant Professor Ohsuga, KenAssistant Professor Takiwaki, TomoyaAssistant Professor Tanaka, MasaomiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorFujii, Michiko
~2015.12.31Specially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorFujimoto, Keizo
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Nozawa, Takaya
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Sotani, Hajime
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Zenitani, Seiji
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Michikoshi, Shugo
Administrative Supporter Izumi, ShiokoAdministrative Supporter Kano, Kaori
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Research Enhancement Strategy OfficeDirector Kobayashi, HideyukiSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistChapman, Junko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Chiba, Kurazo
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Fukui, Hideharu
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Hori, Kuniko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Lundock, Ramsey Guy
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Miura, Mitsuo
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Ota, Masahiko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Yamamiya, Osamu
Research Evaluation Support OfficeDirector Watanabe, JunichiSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistHori, Kuniko
Office of International RelationsDirector Yamaguchi, TakahiroSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistYamaguchi, Takahiro
Research Expert Komiyama, HirokoResearch Expert Yoshida, Fumi
Administration OfficeDeputy Manager/Senior
SpecialistOnishi, Tomoyuki
International Academic Affairs SectionStaff Takada, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Ito, YoshihisaAdministrative Supporter Momma, Yoko
Human Resources Planning OfficeDirector Yamamiya, Osamu
Safety and Health Management OfficeDirector Takami, HidekiSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistOta, Masahiko
Technical Expert Kashiwagi, Yuji
Engineering Promotion OfficeDirector Takami, HidekiSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistChiba, Kurazo
Administration DepartmentGeneral Manager Sasaki, Tsuyoshi
General Affairs DivisionManager Harada, EiichiroDeputy Manager Onishi, TomoyukiAdministrative Supporter Torii, Makiko
Information Technology SpecialistSpecialist Yoshikawa, Ikuko
Graduate School SpecialistSpecialist Kikkawa, HirokoAdministrative Supporter Okuda, Yutaka
Personnel Accounting SpecialistSpecialist Watanabe, Yukika
General Affairs SectionChief Yoshikawa, IkukoSenior Staff Goto, MichiruStaff Mochimaru, ShioriStaff Yoshimura, TetsuyaSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistNoguchi, Koki
Vehicle Driver Amemiya, HidemiAdministrative Expert Murakami, SachikoAdministrative Supporter Kobayashi, KayoAdministrative Supporter Noguchi, UtakoAdministrative Supporter Seki, Kumi
Personnel SectionChief Yamanochi, MikaStaff Isozaki, YukaStaff Sakamoto, Misato
Payroll SectionChief Watanabe, YukikaStaff Furukawa, ShinichiroSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistYamamoto, Chieko
Administrative Supporter Aiba, NarukazuEmployee Affairs Section
Chief Yamaura, MariStaff Ouchi, KaoriStaff Saito, Masahiro
Research Support SectionChief Sato, YokoAdministrative Expert Haruki, MutsumiAdministrative Supporter Takeuchi, Kaori
Financial Affairs DivisionManager Nemoto, NobuyukiSenior Specialist Miura, Norio
Audit SpecialistSpecialist Ishikawa, Junya
External Funding SectionSpecialist Chiba, SatokoStaff Yamafuji, YasutoAdministrative Supporter Komoda, ChizuruAdministrative Supporter Sato, ChiekoAdministrative Supporter Urushibata, KozueAdministrative Supporter Yasuda, Masako
5. Research Support Departments
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General Affairs SectionChief Yamamoto, ShinichiAdministrative Supporter Okada, Kazuko
Budget SectionChief Akaike, MakotoStaff Yokota, BanriAdministrative Supporter Matsubara, Michiko
Asset Management SectionChief Sato, KanakoAdministrative Supporter Komoda, Chizuru
Purchase Validation CenterChief Sato, KanakoAdministrative Supporter Hosoi, ChihoAdministrative Supporter Nakagomi, KimitoshiAdministrative Supporter Taniai, TomokoAdministrative Supporter Tanigaki, Yukio
Accounting DivisionManager Tanaka, Masaru
Contract SpecialistSpecialist Chiba, Yoko
Accounting SectionChief Sukigara, YujiStaff Miyata, YusukeAdministrative Supporter Kobayashi, RinaAdministrative Supporter Nagasawa, Fumi
Procurement SectionChief Chiba, YokoStaff Kayamori, ShinjiStaff Sugimoto, NaomiStaff Takai, TetsuyaConsultant Hyuga, TadayukiAdministrative Expert Sato, Masako
Childcare LeaveAdministrative Supporter Takano, Ayako
Facilities DivisionManager Watanabe, MatsuoAdministrative Expert Asada, Tsuneaki
General Affairs SectionSenior Staff Kawashima, RyotaStaff Nakagawa, YukieAdministrative Supporter Hasegawa, Chisato
Planning SectionChief Murakami, KazuhiroAdministrative Supporter Tsukamoto, Izumi
Maintenance SectionChief Sato, TakashiStaff Hayashigura, Koji
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6. Personnel change
Research and Academic StaffDate Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2015/4/1 Koyama, Yusei Hired Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy(Subaru Telescope), Assistant Professor
2015/5/15 Asaki, Yoshiharu Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Associate Professor
(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
2015/11/1 Shan, Wenlei Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Associate Professor
2015/12/1 Minamidani, Tetsuhiro Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama
Radio Observatory), Assistant Professor
(Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
2016/2/1 Hada, Kazuhiro Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (Mizusawa VLBI Observatory), Assistant Professor
2016/2/1 Takiwaki, Tomoya Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Assistant Professor
2016/3/1 Onodera, Masato Hired Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Assistant Professor
2015/6/30 Nakanishi, Kouichiro Resigned (NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially
Appointed Associate Professor)
Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Assistant Professor
2016/3/31 Hasegawa, Tetsuo Resigned (NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Professor)
Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Professor
2016/3/31 Iizuka, Yoshizo Resigned Advanced Technology Center, Research Engineer
2016/3/31 Sakurai, Takashi RetiredDivision of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (Solar Observatory), Professor
2016/3/31 Torii, Yasuo RetiredDivision of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Gravitational Wave Project Office), Research Engineer
2016/3/31 Sasaki, Goro Retired Public Relations Center, Research Engineer
2015/4/1 Sugimoto, Masahiro Promoted Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (TMT-J Project Office), Associate Professor
Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Assistant Professor
2015/8/1 Hayano, Yutaka Promoted Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (TMT-J Project Office), Associate Professor
Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Assistant Professor
2015/8/1 Espada Fernandez, Daniel Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile
Observatory), Associate Professor
Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Assistant Professor
2015/11/1 Kano, Ryohei PromotedDivision of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (SOLAR-C Project Office), Associate Professor
Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (SOLAR-C Project Office), Assistant Professor
2016/1/1 Fujii, Yasunori Promoted Advanced Technology Center, Chief Research Engineer
Advanced Technology Center, Research Engineer
2015/4/1 Suto, Hiroshi Reassigned Astrobiology Center, Assistant Professor
NAOJ Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office), Assistant Professor
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2015/4/1 Kotani, Takayuki Reassigned Astrobiology Center, Assistant Professor
NAOJ Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office), Assistant Professor
2016/1/1 Obuchi, Yoshiyuki Reassigned Advanced Technology Center, Research Engineer
Advanced Technology Center, Chief Engineer
Engineering Staff
Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2016/3/1 Hirano, Ken Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (Mizusawa VLBI Observatory), Engineer
2015/11/15 Fukui, Asami Resigned Astronomy Data Center, Engineer
2015/4/1 Shinoda, Kazuya Promoted Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (Solar Observatory), Senior Engineer
Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (Solar Observatory), Chief Engineer
2015/4/1 Handa, Kazuyuki Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama Radio Observatory), Senior Engineer
Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama Radio Observatory), Chief Engineer
2015/4/1 Miyazawa, Chieko Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama Radio Observatory), Senior Engineer
Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama Radio Observatory), Chief Engineer
2015/7/1 Ueno, Yuji Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (Mizusawa VLBI Observatory), Chief Engineer
Division of Radio Astronomy (Mizusawa VLBI Observatory), Engineer
2015/8/1 Mitsui, Kenji Promoted Advanced Technology Center, Chief Engineer
Advanced Technology Center, Engineer
2015/8/1 Nagayama, Syogo Promoted Public Relations Center, Chief Engineer Public Relations Center, Engineer
Administrative Staff
Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2015/4/1 Watanabe, Matsuo Hired Administration Department Facilities Division, Manager
(National Museum of Nature and Science,Tokyo)
2015/4/1 Watanabe, Yukika Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division Payroll Section, Chief (Tokyo Gakugei Univerisity)
2015/4/1 Todoriki, Tatsuya Hired Public Relations Center Administration Office Library Section, Chief (The University of Tokyo)
2015/4/1 Miyata, Yusuke Hired Administration Department Accounting Division Accounting Section, Staff
(The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
2015/4/1 Mochimaru, Shiori Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Staff
2015/4/1 Saito, Masahiro Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division Employee Affairs Section, Staff
2015/7/1 Akaike, Makoto Hired Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Budget Section, Chief (The University of Tokyo)
2015/7/1 Ito, Hiromasa HiredMizusawa VLBI Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Chief
(Iwate University)
2015/8/1 Iijima, Kunio HiredNobeyama Radio Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Senior Staff
(Shinshu University)
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2015/6/30 Koseki, Tatsuya Resigned (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)Mizusawa VLBI Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Chief
2015/6/30 Fujiwara, Kenichi Resigned (The University of Tokyo)Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Budget Section, Chief
2015/7/31 Kobayashi, Kazuhito Resigned (Shinshu University)Nobeyama Radio Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Staff
2016/3/31 Sasaki, Tsuyoshi Resigned (Nagoya University) General Manager
2016/3/31 Miura, Norio Resigned (The University of Tokyo)Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, External Funding Senior Specialist
2016/3/31 Yoshikawa, Ikuko Resigned (Hitotsubashi University)Administration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Chief
2016/3/31 Sukigara, Yuji Resigned (Tokyo Gakugei Univerisity)Administration Department Accounting Division Accounting Section, Chief
2016/3/31 Sato, Takashi Resigned (The University of Tokyo)Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Chief
2016/3/31 Setou, Nobuyoshi Resigned (Okayama University)Okayama Astrophysical Observatory Administration Office Administration Section, Chief
2015/4/1 Kawashima, Ryota PromotedAdministration Department Facilities Division General Affairs Section, Senior Staff
Administration Department General Affairs Division Employee Affairs Section, Staff
2015/7/1 Goto, Michiru PromotedAdministration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Senior Staff
Administration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Staff
2015/10/1 Sato, Kanako PromotedAdministration Department Financial Affairs Division Asset Management Section, Chief
Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Asset Management Section, Senior Staff
2015/10/1 Chiba, Satoko Promoted Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, External Funding Specialist
Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, External Funding Senior Staff
2015/4/1 Yamada, Tomohiro ReassignedOkazaki Administration Center, Financial Affairs Department Financial Affairs Division, Specialist
NAOJ Administration Department Facilities Division General Affairs Section, Chief
2015/7/1 Mizokawa, Yuko Reassigned Administrative Bureau Financial Affairs Division Financial Affairs Section, Staff
NAOJ Administration Department Financial Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Staff
2015/7/1 Tanaka, Masaru Reassigned NAOJ Administration Department Accounting Division, Manager
Administrative Bureau General Affairs Divison, Deputy Manager
2016/1/1 Ishikawa, Junya Reassigned NAOJ Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, Audit Specialist
Administrative Bureau Laison and Planning Division, Specialist
Employee on Annual Salary System
Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2015/4/1 Muller, Erik Michael Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
2015/4/1 Fukagawa, Misato Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
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2015/4/1 Miura, Rie Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)
2015/4/1 Herrera Contreras, Cinthya Natalia Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially
Appointed Assistant Professor
(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)
2015/4/1 Hashimoto, Tetsuya Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Toshikawa, Jun Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Ichikawa, Kohei Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Egusa, Fumi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Morokuma, Kana Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Matsumoto, Naoko Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Sakai, Nobuyuki Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Motogi, Kazuhito Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Oshigami, Shoko Hired RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Kaneko, Hiroyuki Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Miyamoto, Yusuke Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Otsuji, Kenichi Hired Solar Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Watanabe, Kyoko Hired SOLAR-C Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Fukui, Akihiko Hired Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Asahina, Yuta Hired Center for Computational Astrophysics, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Michikoshi, Shugo Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Karatsu, Kenichi Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Momose, Rieko Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Okumura, Yuji HiredNAOJ Chile Observatory Administration Department, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Furutani, Akio Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Konuma, Mika Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Nukatani, Sorahiko Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Nakamura, Koji Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Otawara, Kazushige Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
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2015/4/1 Kanaguchi, Masahiro Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially
Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Oyama, Tomoaki Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Nagayama, Takumi Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
(Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)
2015/4/1 Niizeki, Yasuaki Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Ezaki, Shohei Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Karatsu, Miki Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/1 Uemizu, Kazunori Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/4/6 Pires Canas, Lina Isabel Hired Public Relations Center, Specially Appointed
Senior Specialist
2015/6/1 Packham, Christopher Charles Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed
Associate Professor
2015/6/1 Miel, Renaud Jean Christophe Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially
Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/7/1 Nakanishi, Kouichiro Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
(Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Assistant Professor)
2015/7/1 Sakamoto, Ken Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/7/1 Noguchi, Koki HiredAdministration Department General Affairs Division, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/8/1 Gizon, Laurent Claude Hired Hinode Science Center, Specially Appointed
Professor
2015/8/1 Kawakami, Kazuyuki Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially
Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/9/1 Takebayashi, Yasuo Hired Division of Radio Astronomy, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/9/1 Ishikawa, Naomi Hired Public Relations Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/10/1 Oya, Shin Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
2015/10/9 Mathews, Grant James Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially
Appointed Professor
2015/10/22 Balantekin, Akif Baha Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially
Appointed Professor
2015/10/22 Deliduman, Yamac Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Professor
2015/10/23 Famiano, Michael Andrew Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially
Appointed Associate Professor
2015/12/1 Horie, Yosaku Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/1/1 Ikeda, Emi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/1/1 Nakamoto, Takashi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/1/1 Yoshino, Akira Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
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2016/1/15 Ikeda, Hiroyuki Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/1/28 Renzini, Alvio Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Professor
2016/2/1 Hayashi, Yusuke Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/3/1 Oishi, Yukie Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/7/31 Karatsu, Kenichi Resigned Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/8/31 Herrera Contreras, Cinthya Natalia Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially
Appointed Assistant Professor
2015/9/30 Ueda, Junko Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/9/30 Otsuji, Kenichi Resigned Solar Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/9/30 Watanabe, Kyoko Resigned SOLAR-C Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/10/31 Momose, Rieko Resigned Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/11/30 Minamidani, Tetsuhiro Resigned (Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama
Radio Observatory), Assistant Professor)
Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2015/12/31 Fujii, Michiko ResignedDivision of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2015/12/31 Shirahata, Mai Resigned JASMINE Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/12/31 Sakamoto, Ken Resigned Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/3/31 Fukagawa, Misato Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
2016/3/31 Gonzalez Garcia, Alvaro Resigned (Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile
Observatory), Assistant Professor)
Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appinted Assistant Professor
2016/3/31 Ichikawa, Kohei Resigned Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Oshigami, Shoko Resigned RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Antolin, Patrick Resigned Hinode Science Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Furusawa, Shun ResignedCenter for Computational Astrophysics, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Nishimura, Atsushi Resigned Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Yamada, Masumi Resigned (Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Research Engineer)
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2015/8/11 Packham, Christopher Charles
Contract Expired
TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
2015/8/31 Gizon, Laurent Claude
Contract Expired
Hinode Science Center, Specially Appointed Professor
2015/11/9 Mathews, Grant James
Contract Expired
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Professor
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Foreign Visiting ResearcherName Period Affiliated Institute
Hensler, Gerhard Max Franz2015/4/10 ~ 2015/5/20
University of Vienna (Austria)2015/10/7 ~ 2015/11/25
Cheoun, Myung-Ki 2015/12/26 ~ 2016/2/24 Soongsil University (South Korea)
Kinoshita, Daisuke2015/7/2 ~ 2015/9/5
Institute of Astronomy, National Central University (Taiwan)2016/1/21 ~ 2016/2/15
Kozak, Pavlo2015/5/12 ~ 2015/7/10 Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv,
Taras Shevchenko National University (Ukraine)2015/7/21 ~ 2015/9/19Koda, Jin 2016/1/1 ~ 2016/3/31 The State University of New York at Stony Brook (U.S.A)
In the Research and Academic Staff personel list, we only listed reassignments from Engineering Staff.In the Research and Academic Staff and Administrative Staff personel lists, we only listed reassignments from/to other NINS organizations.
2015/11/23 Balantekin, Akif Baha
Contract Expired
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Professor
2015/11/23 Deliduman, Yamac Contract Expired
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Professor
2015/11/23 Famiano, Michael Andrew
Contract Expired
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
2016/3/31 Renzini, Alvio Contract Expired
Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Professor
2016/3/31 Fujimoto, Keizo Contract Expired
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2016/3/31 Hashimoto, Tetsuya Contract Expired
TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Yamaguchi, Masaki Contract Expired
JASMINE Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Kawashima, Tomohisa
Contract Expired
Center for Computational Astrophysics, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Michikoshi, Shugo Contract Expired
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Yoshida, Tessei Contract Expired
Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/3/31 Kurono, Yasutaka Contract Expired
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2015/4/1 Narita, Norio Reassigned Astrobiology Center Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
NAOJ Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Research Administrator Staff
Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2015/4/1 Yamaguchi, Takahiro Hired
Research Enhancement Strategy Office, Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
(NAOJ Chile Observatory Administration Department, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)
2016/3/31 Chiba, Kurazo Contract Expired
Research Enhancement Strategy Office, Engineering Promotion Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
III Organization 141
From universities and related institutesUmemura, Masayuki Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences,
University of TsukubaOhta, Kouji Graduate School of Science,
Kyoto UniversityOkumura, Sachiko Graduate School of Science,
Japan Women’s UniversityKajita, Takaaki Institute for Cosmic Ray Research,
The University of Tokyo○ Kusano, Kanya Institute for Space-Earth
Environmental Research, Nagoya University
Sugita, Seiji Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Nakagawa, Takao Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Murakami, Izumi National Institute for Fusion ScienceMomose, Munetake College of Science,
Ibaraki UniversityYamada, Toru Institute of Space and Astronautical
Science
From NAOJArimoto, Nobuo Subaru Telescope Usuda, Tomonori TMT-J Project OfficeGouda, Naoteru JASMINE Project Office Kobayashi, Hideyuki Mizusawa VLBI Observatory Sakurai, Takashi Solar Observatory Takami, Hideki Advanced Technology CenterTomisaka, Kohji Division of Theoretical Astronomy Noguchi, Takashi Advanced Technology CenterHasegawa, Tetsuo NAOJ Chile Observatory
● Watanabe, Junichi Public Relations Center
● Chairperson ○ Vise-ChairpersonPeriod: April 1, 2014 – March 31, 2016
7. Advisory Committee for Research and Management
Members
142 III Organization
Professors Emeriti (NAOJ)Kakuta, Chuichi Hiei, EijiroYamashita, Yasumasa Nishimura, ShiroKozai, YoshihideHirayama, Tadashi Miyamoto, Masanori Nariai, KyoujiOkamoto, IsaoNakano, Takenori Kodaira, Keiichi Yokoyama, Koichi Oe, MasatsuguKinoshita, HiroshiNishimura, TetsuoKaifu, NorioIshiguro, Masato Inoue, MakotoKawano, Nobuyuki Andou, HiroyasuKaroji, HiroshiChikada, Yoshihiro Noguchi, KunioFujimoto, MasakatsuManabe, SeijiMiyama, Shoken Kawaguchi,Noriyuki Iye, MasanoriShibasaki,Kiyoto
Professors Emeriti (Tokyo Astronomical Observatory)Akabane, KenjiMoriyama, FumioKozai, Yoshihide
8. Professors Emeriti and Staffs Emeriti