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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
Engineering Promotion 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 Advisors 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
(2017/3/31)Regular Employees
Director General 1Research and Academic Staff 152
Professor 27Executive Engineer 0Associate Professor 39Chief Research Engineer 11Assistant Professor 59Research Associate 0Research Engineer 16
Engineering Staff 36Administrative Staff 57Research Administrator Staff 7Employees on Annual Salary System 117
Fixed-term EmployeesFull-time Contract Employees 56Part-time Contract Employees 131
Director General Hayashi, MasahikoVice-Director General
on General Affairs Watanabe, Jun-ichion Finance Kobayashi, Hideyuki
Director of Engineering Takami, HidekiDirector of Research Coordination Gouda, Naoteru
Executive Advisor to the Director GeneralExecutive Advisor to the Director General
Ogasawara, RyusukeSekiguchi, Kazuhiro
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Projects
C ProjectsSubaru Telescope
Director Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Ohashi, NagayoshiAssociate Professor Hayashi, SaekoAssociate Professor Iwata, IkuruAssociate Professor Kodama, TadayukiAssociate Professor Noumaru, JunichiAssociate Professor Takato, NaruhisaAssociate Professor Takeda, YoichiChief Research Engineer Iwashita, HiroyukiAssistant Professor Imanishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Komiyama, YutakaAssistant Professor Koyama, YuseiAssistant Professor Minowa, YosukeAssistant Professor Okita, HirofumiAssistant Professor Onodera, MasatoAssistant Professor Pyo, Tae-sooSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorHayashi, Masao
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Tanaka, Masayuki
Research Engineer Bando, TakamasaSenior Engineer Namikawa, KazuhitoSenior Engineer Omata, KojiChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriEngineer Sato, TatsuhiroSpecially Appointed
Research StaffNiino, Yuu
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Takagi, Yuhei
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Toshikawa, Jun
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Hayashi, Yusuke
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Ikeda, Hiroyuki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Oishi, Yukie
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Taniguchi, Akimitsu
Research Expert Kawanomoto, SatoshiResearch Expert Koike, MichitaroResearch Expert Mineo, SogoResearch Expert Yamada, YoshihikoResearch Expert Yamanoi, HitomiAdministrative Supporter Kuwata, HitomiAdministrative Supporter Noguchi, MasumiAdministrative Supporter Suehiro, Yoko
Administrative Supporter Takamoto, MasamiAdministrative Supporter Yamada, NarumiAdministrative Supporter Yoshida, Chie
Administration Department Manager Seto, Yoji
General Affairs SectionChief Chiba, Satoko
Accounting SectionSenior Staff Sugawara, Satoshi
RCUHRCUH Alpiche, DexRCUH Aoki, KentaroRCUH Aso, YusukeRCUH Balbarino, MichaelRCUH Berghuis, JennieRCUH Bulger, JoannaRCUH Castro, TimothyRCUH Clergeon, ChristopheRCUH Currie, ThayneRCUH Conol, JonahRCUH Cook, DavidRCUH Doi, YoshiyukiRCUH Doughty, DanielleRCUH Elms, BrianRCUH Endo, MariRCUH Ferreira, JamesRCUH Finet, FrancoisRCUH Formanek, KeikoRCUH Fujiwara, HideakiRCUH Fujiyoshi, TakuyaRCUH Gaskin, RobertaRCUH Gorman, WilliamRCUH Guthier, DebbieRCUH Guyon, OlivierRCUH Hasegawa, KumikoRCUH Hattori, TakashiRCUH Hopkins, JamesRCUH Inagaki, TakeshiRCUH Jeschke, EricRCUH Jovanovic, NemanjaRCUH Kackley, RussellRCUH Kakazu, YukoRCUH Kerns, MichaelRCUH Kim, Ji HoonRCUH Koshida, ShintaroRCUH Kudo, TomoyukiRCUH Kyono, EijiRCUH Lee, Chien-HsiuRCUH Lemmen, MichaelRCUH Letawsky, MichaelRCUH Lozi, JulienRCUH Morris, MaritaRCUH Murai, Rieko
4. Research Departments
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RCUH Nabeshima, YoshitakeRCUH Nakata, FumiakiRCUH Niimi, YukaRCUH Nishimura, ReidRCUH Nishimura, TetsuoRCUH Otsuki, NorikoRCUH Pathak, PrashantRCUH Ramos, LucioRCUH Roth, NorikoRCUH Rousselle, JulienRCUH Schubert, KiainaRCUH Spencer, RobinRCUH Sur, RyokoRCUH Suzuki, YukoRCUH Tait, PhilipRCUH Tajitsu, AkitoRCUH Takiura, KokiRCUH Tamae, RichardRCUH Tanaka, MakotoRCUH Tanaka, YokoRCUH Terai, TsuyoshiRCUH Tomono, DaigoRCUH Toyofuku, RalphRCUH Tsang, EmikoRCUH Weber, MarkRCUH Williams, JoshuaRCUH Winegar, TomRCUH Wung, MatthewRCUH Yoshiyama, Naomi
Okayama Astrophysical ObservatoryDirector Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Ukita, NobuharuSpecially Appointed
Associate ProfessorKanbe, Eiji
Assistant Professor Yanagisawa, KenshiEngineer Tsutsui, HironoriSpecially Appointed
Research StaffMatsubayashi, Kazuya
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Fukui, Akihiko
Research Expert Kuroda, DaisukeResearch Expert Maehara, HiroyukiResearch Supporter Toda, Hiroyuki
Administration OfficeAdministration Section
Chief Tanabe, KeizoAdministrative Supporter Katayama, KumikoAdministrative Supporter Shibukawa, HirokoAdministrative Supporter Yamashita, AyakoAdministrative
Maintenance StaffKoyama, Shoji
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Watanabe, Noriaki
Nobeyama Radio ObservatoryActing Director Kobayashi, HideyukiChief Research Engineer Kanzawa, TomioAssistant Professor Ishizuki, SumioAssistant Professor Minamidani, TetsuhiroAssistant Professor Umemoto, TomofumiSpecially Appointed
Assistant Professor Torii, Kazufumi
Research Engineer Mikoshiba, HiroshiSenior Engineer Handa, KazuyukiSenior Engineer Miyazawa, KazuhikoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Shinohara, NoriyukiChief Engineer Kurakami, TomioEngineer Nishitani, HiroyukiEngineer Wada, TakuyaSpecially Appointed
Research Staff Kaneko, Hiroyuki
Specially Appointed Research Staff Miyamoto, Yusuke
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Oya, Masaaki
Research Expert Kinugasa, KenzoResearch Expert Maekawa, JunResearch Expert Takahashi, ShigeruResearch Expert Tatamitani, YoshioTechnical Expert Hayashi, MitsuruTechnical Expert Nishioka, MakikoAdministrative Supporter Hatakeyama, EikoAdministrative Supporter Ide, HidemiResearch Assistant Fujita, ShinjiResearch 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
Hinata, Shigeto
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
Saito, Arayo
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Administrative Maintenance Staff
Tsuchiya, Junko
Administrative Maintenance Staff
Yokomori, Yasuyuki
Accounting SectionChief Miyabara, YasuhideSenior Staff Iijima, KunioAdministrative Supporter Kodaira, ToshikoAdministrative Supporter Takasawa, MitsueAdministrative Supporter Takemura, MiwakoAdministrative Supporter Tokui, Chisato
Mizusawa VLBI ObservatoryDirector Honma, MarekiProfessor Honma, MarekiProfessor Kobayashi, HideyukiAssociate 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 Ishikawa, ToshiakiResearch Engineer Suzuki, SyunsakuChief Engineer Ueno, YujiEngineer Hirano, KenSpecially Appointed
Research StaffMatsumoto, Naoko
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
Technical Expert Asakura, YuTechnical Expert Funayama, HiroshiTechnical Expert Hachisuka, KazuyaTechnical Expert Kim, Jeoung SookTechnical Expert Matsukawa, YukiTechnical Expert Nishizawa, AkihisaTechnical Expert Sato, KaoriTechnical Expert Takahashi, KenTechnical Expert Yamashita, KazuyoshiTechnical Expert Yoshida, ToshihiroResearch Supporter Matsueda, Chika
Administrative Supporter Komori, AkiyoAdministrative Supporter Uekiyo, Hatsue
Administration OfficeDeputy Manager Hommyo, Susumu
General Affairs SectionChief Hommyo, SusumuStaff Iida, NaotoAdministrative Supporter Oizumi, YukaAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, MieAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, Mie
Accounting SectionChief Ito, HiromasaAdministrative Supporter Kikuchi, SachikoAdministrative Supporter Takahashi, Yumi
Ishigakijima Astronomical ObservatoryDirector Honma, MarekiResearch Expert Hanayama, Hidekazu
Time Keeping OfficeDirector Sato, Katsuhisa
Solar ObservatoryDirector Suematsu, YoshinoriAssociate Professor Hanaoka, YoichiroSenior Engineer Shinoda, KazuyaSpecially Appointed
Research StaffJoshi, Anand Diwakar
Research Expert Hagino, MasaokiResearch Expert Morita, SatoshiResearch Expert Yaji, KentaroAdministrative Supporter Sugimoto, Junko
NAOJ Chile ObservatoryDirector Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Kameno, SeijiProfessor Mizuno, NorikazuProfessor Ogasawara, RyuusukeProfessor Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Tatematsu, KenichiSpecially Appointed
ProfessorHasegawa, Tetsuo
Associate Professor Asaki, YoshiharuAssociate Professor Asayama, ShinichiroAssociate Professor Iono, DaisukeAssociate Professor Kiuchi, HitoshiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Okuda, TakeshiSpecially Appointed
Associate ProfessorMuller, Erik Michael
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Espada Fernandez, Daniel
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Kawamura, Akiko
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Nagai, Hiroshi
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Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Nakanishi, Koichiro
Chief Research Engineer Kikuchi, KenichiChief Research Engineer Nakamura, KoujiChief Research Engineer Watanabe, ManabuAssistant Professor Ezawa, HajimeAssistant Professor Gonzalez Garcia,
AlvaroAssistant Professor Hiramatsu, MasaakiAssistant Professor Hirota, AkihikoAssistant Professor Ishii, ShunAssistant Professor Kamazaki, TakeshiAssistant Professor Matsuda, YuichiAssistant Professor Sawada, TsuyoshiAssistant Professor Shimojo, MasumiAssistant Professor Takahashi, SatokoSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorAkiyama, Eiji
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Egusa, Fumi
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Miura, Rie
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Okamoto, Joten
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Saigou, Kazuya
Research Engineer Ashitagawa, KyokoResearch Engineer Nakazato, TakeshiResearch Engineer Yamada, MasumiSenior Engineer Kato, YoshihiroSenior Engineer Kobiki, ToshihikoSenior Engineer Nakamura, KyokoChief Engineer Ito, TetsuyaEngineer Shizugami, MakotoSpecially Appointed
Research StaffAo, Yiping
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Hashimoto, Takuya
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Izumi, Natsuko
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Lu, Xing
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Kroug, Matthias Nils
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Morokuma, Kana
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Neelamkodan, Naslim
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Sanhueza Nunez, Patricio Andres
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Takahashi, Sanemichi
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Takekoshi, Tatsuya
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Tokuda, Kazuki
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Zahorecz, Sarolta
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Fujimoto, Yasuhiro
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Fukui, Hideharu
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Furutani, Akio
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Horie, Yosaku
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Ikeda, Emi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kawakami, Kazuyuki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kawasaki, Wataru
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Konuma, Mika
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kuniyoshi, Masaya
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Matsui, Takayuki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Miel, Renaud Jean Christophe
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Morita, Eisuke
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Nakamoto, Takashi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Niizeki, Yasuaki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Nukatani, Sorahiko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Okumura, Yuji
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
Uemizu, Kazunori
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Yoshino, Akira
Research Expert Sakuma, NaokoResearch Expert Tomimuro, HisashiAdministrative Expert Kamada, MasakoResearch Supporter Uchida, AyakoResearch Supporter Yamazaki, ToshitakaTechnical Supporter Hayashi, RitsukoAdministrative Supporter Kono, IzumiAdministrative Supporter Otawara, Hikaru
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Administrative Supporter Saito, NaokoChile Employees
Chile Employee Aguilera, JavierChile Employee Krapivka, GabrielaChile Employee Toro, LorenaChile Employee Zenteno, Javier
Administration DepartmentManager Okumura, Yuji
General Affairs SectionChief Tsukano, Satomi
Accounting SectionChief Okumura, YujiStaff Hiramatsu, Naoya
Center for Computational AstrophysicsDirector Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroAssistant Professor Ohsuga, KenSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorTakahashi, Hiroyuki
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Asahina, Yuta
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Ohtani, Yukari
Research Expert Kato, TsunehikoResearch Expert Nakayama, HirotakaResearch Expert Oshino, ShoichiResearch Expert Wakita, ShigeruResearch Supporter Fukushi, HinakoResearch Supporter Hasegawa, SatokiResearch Supporter Taki, TetsuoResearch Supporter Tanaka, YukiAdministrative Supporter Kimura, Yuko
Hinode Science CenterDirector Watanabe, TetsuyaAssociate Professor Sekii, TakashiAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriAssistant Professor Ishikawa, RyokoAssistant Professor Katsukawa, YukioAssistant Professor Kubo, MasahitoSpecially Appointed
Research StaffLee, Kyoung Sun
Technical Expert Inoue, NaokoResearch Supporter Ishii, ShuichiResearch Supporter Tsuchiya, ChieAdministrative Supporter Kano, Kaori
B ProjectsGravitational Wave Project Office
Director Flaminio, RaffaeleSpecially Appointed
ProfessorFlaminio, Raffaele
Associate Professor Aso, YoichiAffiliated Associate
ProfessorAndo, Masaki
Assistant Professor Akutsu, TomotadaAssistant Professor Ohishi, NaokoAssistant Professor Takahashi, RyutaroAssistant Professor Tatsumi, DaisukeSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorShoda, Ayaka
Research Engineer Ishizaki, HideharuChief 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
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Tapia, San Martin Enzo Nicolas
Administrative Expert Ohyama, MegumiResearch Supporter Harada, MikikoAdministrative Supporter Sakamoto, EriAdministrative Supporter Yoshizumi, MizuhoResearch Assistant Guo, Yuefan
TMT-J Project OfficeDirector Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Saito, MasaoProfessor Yamashita, TakuyaAssociate Professor Aoki, WakoAssociate Professor Kashikawa, NobunariAssociate Professor Sugimoto, MasahiroAssociate Professor Terada, HiroshiSpecially Appointed
Associate ProfessorOya, Shin
Chief Research Engineer Miyashita, TakaakiAssistant Professor Yasui, ChikakoSpecially Appointed
Research StaffHarakawa, Hiroki
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Kubo, Mariko
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Ozaki, Shinobu
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Schramm, Malte
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Chapman, Junko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kozu, Akihito
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kusumoto, Hiroshi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Sugiyama, Motokuni
Research Expert Ishii, MikiSpecial Senior Specialist Inatani, JunjiResearch Supporter Tajima, Toshiyuki
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Administrative Supporter Haranaka, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Yamaguchi, ChiyuRCUH Iye, Masanori
A ProjectsJASMINE Project Office
Director Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Kobayashi, YukiyasuAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Ueda, AkitoshiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiResearch Supporter Utsunomiya, ShinTechnical Supporter Kashima, Shingo
Extrasolar Planet Detection Project OfficeDirector Tamura, MotohideAffiliated Professor Tamura, MotohideAssistant Professor Kotani, Takayuki*Assistant Professor Nakajima, Tadashi*Assistant Professor Nishikawa, JunAssistant Professor Suto, Hiroshi*Affiliated Assistant
ProfessorNarita, Norio
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Hashimoto, Jun*
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Hori, Yasunori*
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Konishi, Mihoko
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Omiya, Masashi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kusakabe, Nobuhiko*
Research Supporter Kurokawa, Takashi*concurrently appointed in NINS
RISE ProjectDirector Namiki, NoriyukiProfessor Namiki, NoriyukiAssociate Professor Hanada, HideoAssociate Professor Matsumoto, KojiChief Research Engineer Tsuruta, SeiitsuAssistant Professor Araki, HiroshiAssistant Professor Noda, HirotomoResearch Engineer Asari, KazuyoshiResearch Engineer Tazawa, SeiichiSpecially Appointed
Research StaffKawamura, Taichi
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Yamamoto, Keiko
Administrative Supporter Sato, Sayaka
SOLAR-C Project OfficeDirector Ichimoto, KiyoshiProfessor Ichimoto, Kiyoshi
Professor Watanabe, TetsuyaAssociate Professor Goto, Motoshi*Associate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Kano, RyouheiAssistant Professor Narukage, NoriyukiSpecially Appointed
Research StaffSong, Donguk
Administrative Supporter Fujiyoshi, Marie*concurrently appointed in NINS
Centers
Astronomy Data CenterDirector Takata, TadafumiAssociate Professor Ichikawa, ShinichiAssociate Professor Ohishi, MasatoshiAssociate Professor Takata, TadafumiAssistant Professor Furusawa, HisanoriAssistant Professor Ito, TakashiAssistant Professor Oe, MasafumiAssistant Professor Shirasaki, YujiResearch Engineer Inoue, GokiSpecially Appointed
Research StaffHomma, Hidetomo
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Sorahana, Satoko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Kamegai, Kazuhisa
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Makiuchi, Shinichiro
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Ozawa, Takeaki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Zapart, Christopher Andrew
Research Expert Furusawa, JunkoResearch Expert Isogai, MizukiResearch Expert Tanaka, NobuhiroResearch Supporter Fujikawa, MakikoResearch Supporter Noda, SachiyoResearch Supporter Utsumi, MotomuAdministrative Supporter Ishii, YukoResearch Assistant Suzuki, Taiki
JVO ProjectDirector Mizumoto, Yoshihiko
Advanced Technology CenterDirector Noguchi, TakashiProfessor Noguchi, TakashiProfessor Takami, HidekiAssociate Professor Hayano, YutakaAssociate Professor Matsuo, HiroshiAssociate Professor Miyazaki, SatoshiAssociate Professor Sekimoto, YutaroAssociate Professor Shan, WenleiChief Research Engineer Fujii, Yasunori
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Chief Research Engineer Okada, NorioAssistant Professor Kojima, TakafumiAssistant Professor Nakaya, HidehikoAssistant Professor Oshima, TaiAssistant Professor Suzuki, RyujiResearch Engineer Fukushima, MitsuhiroResearch Engineer Noguchi, MotokazuResearch Engineer Obuchi, YoshiyukiResearch Engineer Sato, NaohisaSenior Engineer Kamata, YukikoSenior Engineer Kubo, KoichiSenior Engineer Takahashi, ToshikazuChief Engineer Fukuda, TakeoChief Engineer Ikenoue, BungoChief Engineer Inata, MotokoChief Engineer Iwashita, HikaruChief Engineer Kaneko, KeikoChief Engineer Mitsui, KenjiChief Engineer Uraguchi, FumihiroChief Engineer Waseda, KoichiEngineer Ezaki, ShoheiEngineer Tsuzuki, ToshihiroSpecially Appointed
Research StaffDominjon,
Agnes MichelineSpecially Appointed
Research StaffHasebe, Takashi
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Uchiyama, Mizuho
Research Expert Saito, SakaeTechnical Expert Nishino, TetsuoTechnical Expert Suzuki, YoshinoriAdministrative Supporter Kuroda, KyokoAdministrative Supporter Murakami, HiromiAdministrative Supporter Yoshida, TaekoResearch Assistant Abdelouahab,
Valentin AdelResearch Assistant Gobin, NicolasResearch Assistant Kozuki, Yuto
Public Relations CenterDirector Fukushima, ToshioProfessor Fukushima, ToshioProfessor Watanabe, Jun-ichiAssociate Professor Agata, HidehikoAssociate Professor Yamaoka, HitoshiResearch Engineer Katayama, MasatoChief Senior Engineer Matsuda, KoChief Engineer Nagayama, ShogoSpecially 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
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Tsuzuki, Hiroko
Research Expert Ono, TomokoResearch Expert Takata, HiroyukiResearch Expert Usuda, KumikoResearch Supporter Kume, KaoriPublic 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 Ogoe, OsamuPublic Outreach Official Oguri, JunkoPublic Outreach Official Shibata, YukikoPublic Outreach Official Shioya, YasuhisaPublic Outreach Official Takabatake, NorikoPublic Outreach Official Takeda, TakaakiAdministrative Supporter Aoki, MakikoAdministrative Supporter Noguchi, Sayumi
Public Relations OfficeDirector Yamaoka, Hitoshi
Outreach and Education OfficeDirector Agata, Hidehiko
Ephemeris Computation OfficeDirector Katayama, Masato
LibraryChief Todoriki, Tatsuya
Publications OfficeDirector Fukushima, Toshio
The Office for Astronomy Outreach of the IAUDirector Agata, Hidehiko
Administration OfficeDirector Matsuda, Ko
Divisions
Division of Optical and Infrared AstronomyDirector Mizumoto, YoshihikoProfessor Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Kobayashi, YukiyasuProfessor Mizumoto, YoshihikoProfessor Ohashi, NagayoshiProfessor Saito, MasaoProfessor Sekiguchi, KazuhiroProfessor Usuda, Tomonori
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Professor 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 Nishikawa, JunAssistant Professor Ohishi, NaokoAssistant Professor Okita, HirofumiAssistant Professor Onodera, MasatoAssistant Professor Pyo, Tae-sooAssistant Professor Sôma, MitsuruAssistant Professor Takahashi, RyutaroAssistant Professor Tatsumi, DaisukeAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Ueda, AkitoshiAssistant Professor Yagi, MasafumiAssistant Professor Yanagisawa, KenshiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiAssistant Professor Yasui, ChikakoResearch Engineer Bando, TakamasaResearch Engineer Ishizaki, HideharuSenior Engineer Omata, KojiSenior Engineer Namikawa, KazuhitoChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriChief Engineer Tanaka, NobuyukiEngineer Sato, TatsuhiroEngineer Tsutsui, HironoriAdministrative Supporter Kimura, HirokoResearch Assistant Onoue, MasafusaResearch Assistant Shimakawa, RhythmResearch Assistant Suzuki, Tomoko
Division of Radio AstronomyDirector Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Honma, MarekiProfessor Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Kameno, SeijiProfessor Kawabe, RyoheiProfessor Kobayashi, Hideyuki
Professor Mizuno, NorikazuProfessor Namiki, NoriyukiProfessor Ogasawara, RyusukeProfessor Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Tatematsu, KenichiAssociate Professor Asaki, YoshiharuAssociate Professor Asayama, ShinichiroAssociate Professor Hanada, HideoAssociate Professor Iono, DaisukeAssociate Professor Kiuchi, HitoshiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Matsumoto, KojiAssociate Professor Okuda, TakeshiAssociate Professor Shibata, KatsunoriChief Research Engineer Kanzawa, TomioChief Research Engineer Kawashima, SusumuChief Research Engineer Kikuchi, KenichiChief Research Engineer Nakamura, KoujiChief Research Engineer Sato, KatsuhisaChief Research Engineer Tsuruta, SeiitsuChief Research Engineer Watanabe, ManabuAssistant Professor Araki, HiroshiAssistant Professor Ezawa, HajimeAssistant Professor Gonzalez Garcia,
AlvaroAssistant Professor Hada, KazuhiroAssistant Professor Hiramatsu, MasaakiAssistant Professor Hirota, AkihikoAssistant Professor Hirota, TomoyaAssistant Professor Ishii, ShunAssistant 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, KazuyoshiResearch Engineer Ashitagawa, KyokoResearch Engineer Ishikawa, ToshiakiResearch Engineer Mikoshiba, HiroshiResearch Engineer Nakazato, TakeshiResearch Engineer Suzuki, SyunsakuResearch Engineer Tazawa, SeiichiResearch Engineer Yamada, MasumiSenior Engineer Handa, KazuyukiSenior Engineer Kato, YoshihiroSenior Engineer Kobiki, Toshihiko
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Senior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, KazuhikoSenior Engineer Nakamura, KyokoSenior Engineer Shinohara, NoriyukiChief Engineer Ito, TetsuyaChief Engineer Kurakami, TomioChief Engineer Ueno, YujiEngineer Hirano, KenEngineer Nishitani, HiroyukiEngineer Shizugami, MakotoEngineer Wada, TakuyaSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistTakebayashi, Yasuo
Research Supporter Tsuneyama, Junko
Division of Solar and Plasma AstrophysicsDirector Hanaoka, YoichiroProfessor 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, MasahitoAssistant Professor Narukage, NoriyukiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorToriumi, Shin
Senior Engineer Shinoda, Kazuya
Division of Theoretical AstronomyDirector Tomisaka, KohjiProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Tomisaka, KohjiProfessor Yoshida, HaruoAssociate Professor Kajino, ToshitakaAssociate Professor Nakamura, FumitakaAssistant Professor Hamana, TakashiAssistant Professor Ohsuga, KenAssistant Professor Takiwaki, TomoyaAssistant Professor Tanaka, MasaomiSpecially Appointed
Assistant ProfessorMoriya, Takashi
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Nozawa, Takaya
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Ogihara, Masahiro
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Sotani, Hajime
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Zenitani, Seiji
Specially Appointed Research Staff
Kawashima, Tomohisa
Administrative Supporter Izumi, Shioko
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Research Enhancement Strategy OfficeDirector Kobayashi, HideyukiSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistChapman, Junko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Fukui, Hideharu
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Hasuo, Ryuichi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Hori, Kuniko
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Lundock, Ramsey Guy
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Miura, Mitsuo
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Yamamiya, Osamu
Research Evaluation Support OfficeDirector Watanabe, Jun-ichiSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistHori, Kuniko
Office of International RelationsDirector Hasuo, RyuichiSpecially Appointed
Senior SpecialistHasuo, Ryuichi
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Komiyama, Hiroko
Research Expert Yoshida, FumiSupport Desk
Research Supporter Shirato, Reiko
Human Resources Planning OfficeDirector Yamamiya, Osamu
Safety and Health Management OfficeDirector Takami, HidekiTechnical Expert Kashiwagi, Yuji
Engineering Promotion OfficeDirector Takami, HidekiChief Research Engineer Kawashima, Susumu
Administration DepartmentGeneral Manager Sasagawa, Hikaru
General Affairs DivisionManager Harada, EiichiroDeputy Manager Furuhata, TomoyukiSenior Specialist Onishi, TomoyukiSpecialist (Information
Technology) Chiba, Yoko
Specialist (Personnel Accounting) Watanabe, Yukika
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist Noguchi, Koki
Specially Appointed Senior Specialist Yamamoto, Chieko
General Affairs SectionChief Chiba, YokoStaff Morita, AkitsuguStaff Yoshimura, TetsuyaVehicle Driver Amemiya, HidemiAdministrative Expert Murakami, SachikoAdministrative Expert Noguchi, UtakoAdministrative Supporter Kobayashi, KayoAdministrative Supporter Seki, Kumi
Personnel SectionChief Yamanouchi, MikaStaff Isozaki, YukaStaff Sakamoto, Misato
Payroll SectionChief Watanabe, YukikaStaff Furukawa, ShinichiroStaff Inoue, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Aiba, NarukazuAdministrative Supporter Momma, Yoko
Employee Affairs SectionChief Yamaura, MariStaff Saito, MasahiroAdministrative Expert Noguchi, Megumi
MEXT TraineeStaff Matsukura, Koji
Maternity LeaveStaff Ouchi, Kaori
Spouse Accompaniment LeaveStaff Mochimaru, Shiori
Research Promotion DivisionActing Manager Sasagawa, HikaruSenior Specialist
(International Relations)Furuhata, Tomoyuki
Administrative Supporter Torii, MakikoResearch Support Section
Chief Goto, MichiruStaff Yamafuji, YasutoAdministrative Expert Haruki, MutsumiAdministrative Supporter Hagimoto, MiyaAdministrative Supporter Komoda, ChizuruAdministrative Supporter Urushibata, KozueAdministrative Supporter Yasuda, Masako
Graduate School SectionChief Kikkawa, HirokoAdministrative Expert Inoue, Mizuho
International Academic Affairs SectionStaff Takada, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Ito, Yoshihisa
5. Research Support Departments
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Financial Affairs DivisionManager Nemoto, NobuyukiDeputy Manager Ikeda, HiroshiSpecialist (Audit) Ishikawa, Junya
General Affairs SectionChief Yamamoto, ShinichiAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, Sayuri
Budget SectionChief Akaike, MakotoStaff Masuda, AkioAdministrative Supporter Ishida, Mikiko
Asset Management SectionChief Sato, KanakoStaff Takahashi, Sachiko
Purchase Validation CenterChief Sato, KanakoAdministrative Supporter Hosoi, ChihoAdministrative Supporter Nakagomi, KimitoshiAdministrative Supporter Tsukamoto, Satoko
Accounting DivisionManager Tanaka, MasaruSpecialist (Contract) Yamazaki, Go
Accounting SectionChief Sato, YokoStaff Miyata, YusukeAdministrative Supporter Kobayashi, RinaAdministrative Supporter Nagasawa, FumiAdministrative Supporter Suzuki, Yukiko
Procurement SectionChief Yamazaki, GoStaff Kayamori, ShinjiStaff Sugimoto, NaomiStaff Takai, TetsuyaConsultant Hyuga, TadayukiAdministrative Expert Sato, MasakoAdministrative Supporter Ochiai, Nana
Facilities DivisionManager Watanabe, MatsuoAdministrative Expert Asada, Tsuneaki
General Affairs SectionChief Kawashima, RyotaStaff Nakagawa, YukieAdministrative Supporter Hasegawa, Chisato
Planning SectionChief Murakami, KazuhiroAdministrative Supporter Nagata, Yomogi
Maintenance SectionChief Narisawa, HiroyukiSenior Staff Hayashigura, Koji
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6. Personnel change
Research and Academic StaffDate Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2016/4/1 Yamaoka, Hitoshi Hired Public Relations Center, Associate Professor (Kyushu University Graduate School of Science, Assistant Professor)
2016/4/1 Gonzalez Garcia, Alvaro Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile
Observatory), Assistant Professor(Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
2016/4/1 Yamada, Masumi Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Research Engineer
(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)
2016/5/1 Yasui, Chikako Hired Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (TMT-J Project Office), Assistant Professor
2016/7/1 Narukage, Noriyuki Hired Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (SOLAR-C Project Office), Assistant Professor
(Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff)
2016/7/1 Nakamura, Kouji Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Chief Research Engineer
(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)
2016/10/1 Ishii, Shun Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Assistant Professor
2016/7/31 Espada Fernandez, Daniel Resigned (NAOJ Chile Observatory Specially
Appointed Associate Professor)
Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Associate Professor
2016/10/31 Inoue, Tsuyoshi Resigned (Nagoya University Graduate School of Science, Associate Professor)
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Assistant Professor
2017/3/31 Arimoto, Nobuo RetiredDivision of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Professor
2017/3/31 Kobayashi, Yukiyasu Retired
Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (JASMINE Project Office), Professor
2017/3/31 Mizumoto, Yoshihiko Retired Division of Optical and Infrared
Astronomy, Professor
2017/3/31 Noguchi, Motokazu Retired Advanced Technology Center, Research Engineer
2017/3/1 Mizuno, Norikazu Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Professor
Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Associate Professor
2017/3/1 Saito, Masao Promoted Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (TMT-J Project Office), Professor
Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama Radio Observatory), Associate Professor
2016/4/1 Nakajima, Tadashi ReassignedNational Institutes of Natural Sciences Astrobiology Center Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office, Assistant Professor
Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office), Assistant Professor
Engineering Staff
Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2016/12/1 Ezaki, Shohei Hired Advanced Technology Center, Engineer (NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)
2016/6/30 Negishi, Satoru Resigned Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Chief Engineer
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2016/4/1 Namikawa, Kazuhito Promoted Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy
(Subaru Telescope), Senior Engineer
Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Chief Engineer
2016/4/1 Kato, Yoshihiro Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Senior Engineer
Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Chief Engineer
2017/3/1 Omata, Koji Promoted Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Senior Engineer
Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Chief Engineer
2017/3/1 Kamata, Yukiko Promoted Advanced Technology Center, Senior Engineer
Advanced Technology Center, Chief Engineer
Administrative Staff
Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2016/4/1 Sasagawa, Hikaru Hired General Manager (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
2016/4/1 Ikeda, Hiroshi Hired Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, Deputy Manager (The University of Tokyo)
2016/4/1 Yamazaki, Go Hired Administration Department Accounting Division Procurement Section, Chief (Tokyo Gakugei University)
2016/4/1 Narisawa, Hiroyuki Hired Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Chief (The University of Tokyo)
2016/4/1 Tanabe, Keizo HiredOkayama Astrophysical Observatory Administration Office Administration Section, Chief
(Okayama University Hospital)
2016/4/1 Morita, Akitsugu Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Staff
2016/4/1 Inoue, Miyuki Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division Payroll Section, Staff
2016/4/1 Takahashi, Sachiko Hired Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Asset Management Section, Staff
2016/8/1 Miyabara, Yasuhide Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Chief (Shinshu University)
2016/7/31 Shimizu, Hidetoshi Resigned (Shinshu University)Nobeyama Radio Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Chief
2017/3/31 Nemoto, Nobuyuki Resigned (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan)
Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, Manager
2017/3/31 Watanabe, Yukika Resigned (Tokyo Gakugei University) Administration Department General Affairs Division Payroll Section, Chief
2017/3/31 Sato, Kanako Resigned (Tokyo Gakugei University)Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Asset Management Section, Chief
2017/3/31 Hayashigura, Koji Resigned (Tokyo National Museum)Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Senior Staff
2017/3/31 Yoshimura, Tetsuya Resigned (The University of Tokyo)Administration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Staff
2017/3/31 Miyata, Yusuke Resigned (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Administration Department Accounting Division Accounting Section, Staff
2017/3/31 Watanabe, Matsuo Retired Administration Department Facilities Division, Manager
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2016/4/1 Kawashima, Ryota Promoted Administration Department Facilities Division General Affairs Section, Chief
Administration Department Facilities Division General Affairs Section, Senior Staff
2016/4/1 Hayashigura, Koji Promoted Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Senior Staff
Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Staff
2016/7/1 Goto, Michiru Promoted Administration Department General Affairs Division Research Support Section, Chief
Administration Department General Affairs Division Research Support Section, Senior Staff
2016/8/1 Furuhata, Tomoyuki Promoted Administration Department General Affairs Division, Deputy Manager
Subaru Telescope Administration Department Accounting Section, Chief
2016/8/1 Sugawara, Satoshi PromotedSubaru Telescope Administration Department Accounting Section, Senior Staff
Subaru Telescope Administration Department General Affairs Section, Staff
2016/7/1 Yokota, Banri ReassignedNational Institutes of Natural Sciences Administrative Bureau Liaison and Planning Division Research Support Section, Staff
Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Budget Section, Staff
2016/7/1 Masuda, Akio Reassigned Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Budget Section, Staff
National Institutes of Natural Sciences Administrative Bureau Liaison and Planning Division Research Support Section, Staff
Employee on Annual Salary System
Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2016/4/1 Hasegawa, Tetsuo Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Professor (Distinguished Professor)
(Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Professor)
2016/4/1 Hayashi, Masao Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2016/4/1 Okamoto, Takenori Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2016/4/1 Moriya, Takashi Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2016/4/1 Ogihara, Masahiro Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2016/4/1 Niino, Yuu Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Takagi, Yuhei Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Joshi, Anand Diwakar Hired Solar Observatory, Specially Appointed
Research Staff
2016/4/1 Kroug, Matthias Nils Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Izumi, Natsuko Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Ohtani, Yukari Hired Center for Computational Astrophysics, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Lee, Kyoung Sun Hired Hinode Science Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Ozaki, Shinobu Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Kubo, Mariko Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Schramm, Malte Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
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2016/4/1 Konishi, Mihoko Hired Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Yamamoto, Keiko Hired RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Homma, Hidetomo Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Hasebe, Takashi Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Uchiyama, Mizuho Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/1 Taniguchi, Akimitsu Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/4/1 Oya, Masaaki Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/4/1 Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/4/1 Kusumoto, Hiroshi Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/4/1 Makiuchi, Shin'ichiro Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed
Senior Specialist
2016/4/1 Ozawa, Takeaki Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/4/1 Kamegai, Kazuhisa Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/4/1 Komiyama, Hiroko Hired Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/5/1 Torii, Kazufumi Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2016/7/1 Kanbe, Eiji Hired Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
2016/7/1 Egusa, Fumi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)
2016/8/1 Espada Fernandez, Daniel Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially
Appointed Associate Professor
(Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Associate Professor)
2016/8/1 Lu, Xing Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/9/1 Saigou, Kazuya Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2016/9/12 Tsuzuki, Hiroko Hired Public Relations Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/9/21 Neelamkodan, Naslim Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially
Appointed Research Staff
2016/10/1 Kawashima, Tomohisa Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially
Appointed Research Staff
2016/10/1 Fukui, Akihiko Hired Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
(Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)
2016/10/25 Tapia San Martin, Enzo Nicolas Hired Gravitational Wave Project Office, Specially
Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/11/1 Matsubayashi, Kazuya Hired Okayama Astrophysical Observatory,
Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/11/1 Kawamura, Taichi Hired RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/11/1 Sorahana, Satoko Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
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2016/12/1 Zapart, Christopher Andrew Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed
Senior Specialist(Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff)
2017/1/16 Hashimoto, Takuya Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/1/16 Song, Donguk Hired SOLAR-C Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/2/1 Tokuda, Kazuki Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/2/1 Zahorecz, Sarolta Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/3/1 Shoda, Ayaka Hired Gravitational Wave Project Office, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2017/3/31 Takahashi, Sanemichi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially
Appointed Research Staff
2016/4/30 Higuchi, Yuichi Resigned Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/6/30 Egusa, Fumi Resigned (NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/6/30 Narukage, Noriyuki Resigned (Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics SOLAR-C Project Office, Assistant Professor)
Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/7/1 Nakamura, Kouji Resigned (Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Chief Research Engineer)
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/9/30 Motogi, Kazuhito Resigned(Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Assistant Professor)
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/11/30 Zapart, Christopher Andrew Resigned (Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed
Senior Specialist)Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/11/30 Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/11/30 Ezaki, Shohei Resigned (Advanced Technology Center, Engineering Staff)
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/12/31 Hatsukade, Bun'yo Resigned(The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Department of Astronomy, Assistant Professor)
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2017/1/15 Matsuoka, Yoshiki Resigned (Ehime University Research Center for Space and Cosmic Evolution, Associate Professor)
Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2017/2/28 Karatsu, Miki Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2017/3/31 Tazaki, Fumie Resigned (Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/3/31 Kanaguchi, Masahiro Resigned Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2017/3/31 Furutani, Akio Resigned (NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/9/30 Fukui, Akihiko Contract Expired
(Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)
Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/9/30 Yamada, Ryuhei Contract Expired
RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2016/11/30 Kim, Jeoung Sook Contract Expired
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/3/31 Zenitani, Seiji Contract Expired
Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
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2017/3/31 Matsumoto, Naoko Contract Expired
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/3/31 Toshikawa, Jun Contract Expired
Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/3/31 Morokuma, Kana Contract Expired
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/3/31 Takekoshi, Tatsuya Contract Expired
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff
2017/3/31 Otawara, Kazushige Contract Expired
(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)
NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Research Administrator Staff
Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position
2016/7/1 Hasuo, Ryuichi HiredResearch Enhancement Strategy Office, Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2016/7/31 Yamaguchi, Takahiro Resigned
Research Enhancement Strategy Office, Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
2017/1/31 Ota, Masahiko Contract Expired
Research Enhancement Strategy Office, Safety and Health Management Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist
Foreign Visiting ResearcherName Period Affiliated Institute
Kokkotas, Konstantinos 2016/4/26 ~ 2016/6/3 Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen (Germany)Packham, Christopher Charles 2016/5/16 ~ 2016/8/17 University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)Koda, Jin 2016/4/1 ~ 2016/8/12 The State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA)Overzier, Roderik Adriaan 2016/4/2 ~ 2016/5/1 National Observatory, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)Chibueze, James Okwe 2016/7/1 ~ 2016/9/29 University of Nigeria (Nigeria)
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From universities and related institutes
Ichimoto, KiyoshiHida Observatories,
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Kajita, Takaaki Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo
Sugita, Seiji School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Chiba, SeijiGraduate School of Science and
Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
Doi, Mamoru School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Fujisawa, Kenta The Research Institute for Time Studies at Yamaguchi University
Matsushita, Kyoko Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
Mitsuda, Kazuhisa Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Murakami, Izumi National Institute for Fusion Science
○ Momose, Munetake College of Science, Ibaraki University
From NAOJArimoto, Nobuo Subaru Telescope Usuda, Tomonori TMT-J Project OfficeGouda, Naoteru JASMINE Project Office
Kokubo, Eiichiro Center for Computational Astrophysics
Kobayashi, Hideyuki Mizusawa VLBI Observatory Sakamoto, Seiichi NAOJ Chile ObservatoryTakami, Hideki Advanced Technology CenterTomisaka, Kohji Division of Theoretical Astronomy Hasegawa, Tetsuo NAOJ Chile ObservatoryHonma, Mareki Mizusawa VLBI Observatory
● Watanabe, Jun-ichi Public Relations Center
● Chairperson ○ Vise-ChairpersonPeriod: April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2018
7. Advisory Committee for Research and Management
Members
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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, NoriyukiIye, MasanoriShibasaki, Kiyoto Sakurai, Takashi
Professors Emeriti (Tokyo Astronomical Observatory)Moriyama, FumioKozai, Yoshihide
8. Professors Emeriti