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III Organization

Projects

Subaru Telescope

Okayama Astrophysical Observatory

Nobeyama Radio Observatory

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory

Solar Science 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

Research Enhancement Strategy Office

Research Evaluation Support Office

1. Organization

(~2017.12)

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3. Executives

2. Number of Staff Members

(2018/3/31)Director General 1Research and Academic Staff 151

Professor 25Executive Engineer 0Associate Professor 40Chief Research Engineer 11Assistant Professor 60Research Associate 0Research Engineer 15

Engineering Staff 37Administrative Staff 59Research Administrator Staff 11Employees on Annual Salary System 149Full-time Contract Employees 44Part-time Contract Employees 124Part-time Contract Employees Transferring to the Mandatory Retirement System 3

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 General Ogasawara, RyusukeExecutive Advisor to the Director General Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro


Projects

C ProjectsSubaru Telescope

Director Yoshida, MichitoshiProfessor Ohashi, NagayoshiProfessor Yoshida, MichitoshiAssociate Professor Iwata, IkuruAssociate Professor Noumaru, JunichiAssociate Professor Takato, NaruhisaAssociate Professor Takeda, YoichiAssociate Professor Tanaka, MasayukiChief Research Engineer Iwashita, HiroyukiAssistant Professor Imanishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Komiyama, YutakaAssistant Professor Koyama, YuseiAssistant Professor Minowa, YosukeAssistant Professor Okita, HirofumiAssistant Professor Ono, YoshitoAssistant Professor Onodera, MasatoAssistant Professor Pyo, Tae-SooSpecially Appointed

Assistant ProfessorHayashi, Masao

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Izumi, Takuma

Research Engineer Bando, TakamasaSenior Engineer Namikawa, KazuhitoSenior Engineer Omata, KojiChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriEngineer Sato, TatsuhiroSpecially Appointed

Research Staff Niino, Yuu

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Ikeda, Hiroyuki


Koike, Michitaro


Mineo, Sogo


Nakajima, Masayo


Oishi, Yukie


Okura, Yuki


Taniguchi, Akimitsu


Yamada, Yoshihiko


Yamanoi, Hitomi

Research Expert Kawanomoto, SatoshiAdministrative Supporter Kuwata, Hitomi

Administrative Supporter Noguchi, MasumiAdministrative Supporter Shibata, JunkoAdministrative Supporter Suehiro, YokoAdministrative Supporter Takamoto, MasamiAdministrative Supporter Yoshida, Chie

Administration Department Manager Seto, Yoji

General Affairs SectionChief Chiba, Satoko

Accounting SectionChief Sugawara, Satoshi

RCUHRCUH Alpiche, DexRCUH Aoki, KentaroRCUH Balbarino, MichaelRCUH Boggess, Christopher RCUH Castro, TimothyRCUH Clergeon, ChristopheRCUH Conol, JonahRCUH Doi, YoshiyukiRCUH Elms, BrianRCUH Endo, MariRCUH Ferreira, JamesRCUH Formanek, KeikoRCUH Fujiwara, HideakiRCUH Fujiyoshi, TakuyaRCUH Gaskin, RobertaRCUH Gorman, WilliamRCUH Guyon, OlivierRCUH Hasegawa, KumikoRCUH Hattori, TakashiRCUH Inagaki, TakeshiRCUH Jeschke, EricRCUH Kackley, RussellRCUH Kakazu, YukoRCUH Kerns, MichaelRCUH Kim, Ji HoonRCUH Koshida, ShintaroRCUH Kudo, TomoyukiRCUH Kyono, EijiRCUH Lee, Chien-HsiuRCUH Lemmen, MichaelRCUH Letawsky, MichaelRCUH Lozi, JulienRCUH Medeiros, CarolynRCUH Mieda, EtsukoRCUH Morris, MaritaRCUH Murai, RiekoRCUH Nabeshima, YoshitakeRCUH Nakata, FumiakiRCUH Niimi, YukaRCUH Nishimura, TetsuoRCUH Otsuki, Noriko

4. Research Departments


RCUH Ramos, LucioRCUH Roth, NorikoRCUH Rousselle, JulienRCUH Rusu, CristianRCUH Sahoo, AnanyaRCUH Schubert, KiainaRCUH Spencer, RobinRCUH Suh, HyewonRCUH Sur, RyokoRCUH Suzuki, YukoRCUH Tait, PhilipRCUH Tajitsu, AkitoRCUH Takagi, YuheiRCUH Takiura, KokiRCUH Tamae, RichardRCUH Tanaka, MakotoRCUH Tanaka, YokoRCUH Terai, TsuyoshiRCUH Tomono, DaigoRCUH Toyofuku, RalphRCUH Tsang, EmikoRCUH Wahl, Matthew RCUH Weber, MarkRCUH Williams, JoshuaRCUH Winegar, TomRCUH Wung, MatthewRCUH Yoshida, HiroshigeRCUH Yoshiyama, Naomi

Okayama Astrophysical ObservatoryDirector Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Ukita, NobuharuSpecially Appointed

Associate Professor Kambe, Eiji

Assistant Professor Yanagisawa, KenshiEngineer Tsutsui, HironoriSpecially Appointed

Research Staff Matsubayashi, Kazuya


Fukui, Akihiko

Research Expert Kuroda, DaisukeResearch Supporter Toda, Hiroyuki

Administration OfficeAdministration Section

Chief Tanabe, KeizoAdministrative Supporter Katayama, KumikoAdministrative Supporter Shibukawa, HirokoAdministrative Supporter Yamashita, AyakoAdministrative

Maintenance Staff Koyama, Shoji

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Watanabe, Noriaki

Nobeyama Radio ObservatoryDirector Tatematsu, Kenichi

Professor Tatematsu, KenichiChief 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 Kurakami, TomioSenior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, KazuhikoSenior Engineer Shinohara, NoriyukiEngineer Nishitani, HiroyukiEngineer Wada, TakuyaSpecially Appointed

Research Staff Kaneko, Hiroyuki

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Kim, Gwanjeong


Miyamoto, Yusuke


Hamada, Kaname


Kinugasa, Kenzo


Oya, Masaaki

Research Expert Maekawa, JunResearch Expert Takahashi, ShigeruTechnical Expert Hayashi, MitsuruTechnical Expert Ide, HidemiTechnical Expert Inoue, NorioResearch Supporter Matsuo, MitsuhiroAdministrative Supporter Hatakeyama, Eiko

Administration OfficeDeputy Manager Otsuka, Tomoyoshi

General Affairs SectionChief Otsuka, TomoyoshiAdministrative Supporter Kikuchi, KikueAdministrative Supporter Shinkai, HisakoAdministrative Supporter Yoda, ChizukoAdministrative

Maintenance Staff Fuji, Shigeru


Hinata, Shigeto


Ide, Hiroko


Kadoshima, Junko


Kikuchi, Michiko


Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi


Koike, Ikuko



Tsuchiya, Junko


Yokomori, Yasuyuki

Accounting SectionChief Miyabara, YasuhideSenior Staff Takahashi, MasaruAdministrative 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 Staff Akahori, Takuya


Hanayama, Hidekazu


Horiuchi, Takashi


Sakai, Nobuyuki


Sugiyama, Koichiro


Tazaki, Fumie


Adachi, Yuki


Kim, Mi Kyoung


Miura, Mitsuo


Nagayama, Takumi


Oyama, Tomoaki


Ozawa, Tomohiko

Technical Expert Asakura, YuTechnical Expert Hachisuka, KazuyaTechnical Expert Matsukawa, Yuki

Technical Expert Sato, GenTechnical Expert Sato, KaoriTechnical Expert Shimada, KanaeTechnical Expert Takahashi, KenTechnical Expert Yamashita, KazuyoshiTechnical Expert Yoshida, ToshihiroAdministrative Expert Endo, KanaResearch Supporter Kudo, YoheiResearch Supporter Matsueda, ChikaTechnical Supporter Konishi, SatoruAdministrative Supporter Komori, AkiyoAdministrative Supporter Uekiyo, Hatsue

Administration OfficeDeputy Manager Hommyo, Susumu

General Affairs SectionChief Hommyo, SusumuStaff Iida, NaotoAdministrative Supporter Murakami, MieAdministrative Supporter Oizumi, YukaAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, Mie

Accounting SectionChief Ito, HiromasaAdministrative Supporter Kikuchi, SachikoAdministrative Supporter Takahashi, Yumi

Ishigakijima Astronomical ObservatoryDirector Honma, Mareki

Time Keeping OfficeDirector Sato, Katsuhisa

Solar Science ObservatoryDirector Watanabe, TetsuyaProfessor Watanabe, TetsuyaAssociate Professor Hanaoka, YoichiroAssociate Professor Katsukawa, YukioAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriAssociate Professor Sekii, TakashiSenior Engineer Shinoda, KazuyaSpecially Appointed

Research StaffJoshi, Anand Diwakar


Lee, Kyoung Sun


Morita, Satoshi

Research Expert Hagino, MasaokiResearch Expert Yaji, KentaroTechnical Expert Inoue, NaokoResearch Supporter Ishii, ShuichiAdministrative Supporter Kano, KaoriAdministrative Supporter Sugimoto, Junko

NAOJ Chile ObservatoryDirector Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Kameno, SeijiProfessor Mizuno, NorikazuProfessor Ogasawara, Ryusuke


Professor Sakamoto, SeiichiSpecially Appointed

Professor Hasegawa, Tetsuo

Associate Professor Asaki, YoshiharuAssociate Professor Asayama, ShinichiroAssociate Professor Gonzalez Garcia,

AlvaroAssociate Professor Iono, DaisukeAssociate Professor Kiuchi, HitoshiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Okuda, TakeshiSpecially Appointed

Associate Professor Espada Fernandez,

DanielSpecially Appointed

Associate Professor Kawamura, Akiko

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Nagai, Hiroshi


Nakanishi, Koichiro


Tafoya Martinez, Daniel

Chief Research Engineer Kikuchi, KenichiChief Research Engineer Nakamura, KoujiChief Research Engineer Watanabe, ManabuAssistant Professor Ezawa, HajimeAssistant 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 Professor Akiyama, Eiji


Egusa, Fumi


Hull, Charles Lindsay Hopkins


Miura, Rie


Okamoto, Joten


Saigou, Kazuya


Ueda, Junko

Research Engineer Ashitagawa, KyokoResearch Engineer Nakazato, TakeshiResearch Engineer Yamada, MasumiSenior Engineer Kato, YoshihiroSenior Engineer Kobiki, ToshihikoSenior Engineer Nakamura, KyokoChief Engineer Ito, TetsuyaEngineer Shizugami, Makoto


Ao, Yiping


Guzman Fernandez, Andres Ernesto


Hashimoto, Takuya


Izumi, Natsuko


Kroug, Matthias Nils


Lu, Xing


Nishimura, Yuri


Salinas Poblete, Vachail Nicolas


Sanhueza Nunez, Patricio Andres


Silva Bustamante, Andrea Ludovina


Takahashi, Sanemichi


Tanaka, Kei


Tokuda, Kazuki


Walker, Daniel Lewis


Wang, Tao


Wu, Yu-Ting


Zahorecz, Sarolta


Fujimoto, Yasuhiro


Fukui, Hideharu


Furutani, Akio


Horie, Yosaku


Ikeda, Emi


Kawakami, Kazuyuki


Kawasaki, Wataru


Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi


Konuma, Mika


Matsui, Takayuki


Miel, Renaud Jean Christophe



Miyachi, Akihira


Morita, Eisuke


Nakamoto, Takashi


Nakanishi, Takashi


Niizeki, Yasuaki


Nishikawa, Tomoko


Nukatani, Sorahiko


Okumura, Yuji


Otawara, Kazushige


Shimoda, Takanobu


So, Ryoken


Uemizu, Kazunori


Yoshino, Akira

Research Expert Sakuma, NaokoTechnical Expert Tanaka, RieAdministrative Expert Kamada, MasakoResearch Supporter Ban, MakikoResearch Supporter Yamazaki, ToshitakaTechnical Supporter Hayashi, RitsukoAdministrative Supporter Kono, IzumiAdministrative Supporter Otawara, HikaruAdministrative Supporter Saito, Naoko

Chile EmployeeChile Employee Aguilera, JavierChile Employee Ichiyama, KotoyoChile Employee Jara, RicardoChile Employee Krapivka, GabrielaChile Employee Toro, LorenaChile Employee Zenteno, Javier

Administration DepartmentManager Okumura, Yuji

General Affairs SectionChief Tsukano, Satomi

Accounting SectionChief Okumura, Yuji

Center for Computational AstrophysicsDirector Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroAssistant Professor Osuga, KenSpecially Appointed

Assistant Professor Takahashi, Hiroyuki


Asahina, Yuta


Ohtani, Yukari


Oshino, Shoichi

Research Expert Kato, TsunehikoResearch Expert Nakayama, HirotakaResearch Expert Wakita, ShigeruResearch Supporter Fukushi, HinakoResearch Supporter Hasegawa, SatokiResearch Supporter Oshigami, ShokoResearch Supporter Taki, TetsuoAdministrative Supporter Kimura, Yuko

B ProjectsGravitational Wave Project Office

Director Flaminio, RaffaeleSpecially Appointed

ProfessorFlaminio, Raffaele

Associate Professor Aso, YoichiAffiliated Associate

Professor Ando, Masaki

Assistant Professor Akutsu, TomotadaAssistant Professor Leonardi, MatteoAssistant Professor Ohishi, NaokoAssistant Professor Takahashi, RyutaroSpecially Appointed

Assistant Professor Shoda, Ayaka

Research Engineer Ishizaki, HideharuChief Engineer Tanaka, NobuyukiSpecially Appointed

Research Staff Barton, Mark Andrew


Capocasa, Eleonora


Pena Arellano, Fabian Erasmo


Zeidler, Simon


Hirata, Naoatsu


Tapia, San Martin Enzo Nicolas

Administrative Expert Ohyama, MegumiResearch Supporter Harada, MikikoAdministrative Supporter Sakamoto, EriAdministrative Supporter Yoshizumi, Mizuho

TMT-J Project OfficeDirector Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Saito, MasaoProfessor Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Yamashita, TakuyaAssociate Professor Aoki, WakoAssociate Professor Hayashi, Saeko


Associate Professor Kashikawa, NobunariAssociate Professor Sugimoto, MasahiroAssociate Professor Terada, HiroshiSpecially Appointed

Associate Professor Oya, Shin

Chief Research Engineer Miyashita, TakaakiAssistant Professor Yasui, ChikakoSpecially Appointed

Assistant Professor Hattori, Masayuki


Harakawa, Hiroki


Kubo, Mariko


Ozaki, Shinobu


Schramm, Malte


Chapman, Junko


Endo, Tatsuki


Kozu, Akihito


Kusumoto, Hiroshi


Shindo, Miwa


Sugiyama, Motokuni

Research Expert Ishii, MikiSpecial Senior Specialist Inatani, JunjiResearch Supporter Tajima, ToshiyukiAdministrative Supporter Haranaka, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Tabata, MiwaAdministrative Supporter Tatsugi, TomokoAdministrative Supporter Yamaguchi, ChiyuRCUH Iye, Masanori

A ProjectsJASMINE Project Office

Director Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Gouda, NaoteruAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Ueda, AkitoshiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiSpecially Appointed

Research Staff Baba, Junichi

Research Supporter Mase, IchiroResearch Supporter Utsunomiya, ShinTechnical Supporter Kashima, ShingoResearch Assistant Kumamoto, Jun

Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office (~2017.12)

Director Tamura, MotohideAssistant Professor* Kotani, Takayuki

Assistant Professor* Nakajima, TadashiAssistant Professor Nishikawa, JunAssistant Professor* Suto, HiroshiSpecially Appointed

Assistant Professor*Hashimoto, Jun

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor*

Hori, Yasunori

Specially Appointed Research Staff*

Komatsu, Yu


Konishi, Mihoko


Kuzuhara, Masayuki


Omiya, Masashi


Suzuki, Taiki

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 Staff Higuchi, Arika


Kawamura, Taichi


Yamamoto, Keiko

Administrative Supporter Sato, Sayaka

SOLAR-C Project OfficeDirector Ichimoto, KiyoshiProfessor Ichimoto, KiyoshiAssociate Professor* Goto, MotoshiAssociate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Kano, RyouheiAssistant Professor Ishikawa, RyokoAssistant Professor Kubo, MasahitoAssistant Professor Narukage, NoriyukiSpecially Appointed

Research Staff Song, Donguk

Research Supporter Tsuchiya, ChieAdministrative 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 Staff Honma, Hidetomo


Sorahana, Satoko


Kamegai, Kazuhisa


Makiuchi, Shinichiro


Ozawa, Takeaki


Tanaka, Nobuhiro


Yamanaka, Satoshi


Zapart, Christopher Andrew

Research Expert Furusawa, JunkoResearch Expert Isogai, MizukiResearch Supporter Fujikawa, MakikoResearch Supporter Noda, SachiyoResearch Supporter Utsumi, MotomuAdministrative Supporter Ishii, Yuko

JVO ProjectDirector Ohishi, Masatoshi

Advanced Technology CenterDirector Noguchi, TakashiProfessor Noguchi, TakashiProfessor Takami, HidekiAssociate Professor Hayano, YutakaAssociate Professor Matsuo, HiroshiAssociate Professor Miyazaki, SatoshiAssociate Professor Shan, WenleiChief Research Engineer Fujii, YasunoriChief Research Engineer Okada, NorioAssistant Professor Kojima, TakafumiAssistant Professor Nakaya, HidehikoAssistant Professor Oshima, TaiAssistant Professor Suzuki, RyujiResearch Engineer Fukushima, MitsuhiroResearch Engineer Obuchi, YoshiyukiResearch Engineer Sato, NaohisaSenior Engineer Kamata, Yukiko

Senior Engineer Kubo, KoichiSenior Engineer Takahashi, ToshikazuSenior Engineer Uraguchi, FumihiroChief Engineer Fukuda, TakeoChief Engineer Ikenoue, BungoChief Engineer Inata, MotokoChief Engineer Iwashita, HikaruChief Engineer Kaneko, KeikoChief Engineer Mitsui, KenjiChief Engineer Waseda, KoichiEngineer Ezaki, ShoheiEngineer Sakai, RyoEngineer Tsuzuki, ToshihiroSpecially Appointed

Research Staff Hayashi, Kohei


Nagai, Makoto


Uchiyama, Mizuho


Saito, Sakae

Technical Expert Aiba, KazukiyoTechnical Expert Katsumoto, tatsuoAdministrative Supporter Kuroda, KyokoAdministrative Supporter Murakami, HiromiAdministrative Supporter Yoshida, TaekoResearch 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, ShogoChief of Library Section Todoriki, TatsuyaSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistCheung, Sze Leung


Ishikawa, Naomi


Lundock, Ramsey Guy


Pires Canas, Lina Isabel


Tsuzuki, Hiroko


Usuda-Sato, Kumiko

Research Expert Ono, TomokoResearch Expert Takata, HiroyukiResearch Supporter Kume, KaoriPublic Outreach Official Endo, IsaoPublic Outreach Official Fujimura, AyakoPublic Outreach Official Fujita, Tokiko


Public Outreach Official Hamura, TaigaPublic Outreach Official Hatano, SatomiPublic Outreach Official Ishizaki, MasaharuPublic Outreach Official Ito, HironoriPublic 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 AstronomyDivision Chair Kashikawa, NobunariProfessor Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Ohashi, NagayoshiProfessor Saito, MasaoProfessor Sekiguchi, KazuhiroProfessor Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Yamashita, TakuyaProfessor Yoshida, MichitoshiSpecially Appointed

Professor* Tamura, Motohide

Associate Professor Aoki, WakoAssociate Professor Aso, YoichiAssociate Professor Hayashi, SaekoAssociate Professor Iwata, IkuruAssociate Professor Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Kashikawa, NobunariAssociate Professor Noumaru, JunichiAssociate Professor Sugimoto, Masahiro

Associate Professor Takato, NaruhisaAssociate Professor Takeda, YoichiAssociate Professor Tanaka, MasayukiAssociate Professor Terada, HiroshiAssociate Professor Ukita, NobuharuChief Research Engineer Iwashita, HiroyukiChief Research Engineer Miyashita, TakaakiAssistant Professor Akutsu, TomotadaAssistant Professor Imanishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Komiyama, YutakaAssistant Professor* Kotani, TakayukiAssistant Professor Koyama, YuseiAssistant Professor Leonardi, MatteoAssistant Professor Minowa, YosukeAssistant Professor Morino, Jun-ichiAssistant Professor* Nakajima, TadashiAssistant Professor Nishikawa, JunAssistant Professor Ohishi, NaokoAssistant Professor Okita, HirofumiAssistant Professor Ono, YoshitoAssistant Professor Onodera, MasatoAssistant Professor Pyo, Tae-sooAssistant Professor Sôma, MitsuruAssistant Professor* Suto, HiroshiAssistant Professor Takahashi, RyutaroAssistant Professor Tatsumi, DaisukeAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Ueda, AkitoshiAssistant Professor Yagi, MasafumiAssistant Professor Yanagisawa, KenshiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiAssistant Professor Yasui, ChikakoSpecially Appointed

Assistant Professor* Hashimoto, Jun

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor*

Hori, Yasunori

Research Engineer Bando, TakamasaResearch Engineer Ishizaki, HideharuSenior Engineer Namikawa, KazuhitoSenior Engineer Omata, KojiChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriChief Engineer Tanaka, NobuyukiEngineer Sato, TatsuhiroEngineer Tsutsui, HironoriSpecially Appointed

Research Staff* Komatsu, Yu


Konishi, Mihoko


Kuzuhara, Masayuki


Omiya, Masashi


Suzuki, Taiki

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist*

Kusakabe, Nobuhiko


Administrative Supporter Kimura, HirokoResearch Assistant Onoue, Masafusa*concurrently appointed in NINS

Division of Radio AstronomyDivision Chair Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Honma, MarekiProfessor Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Kameno, SeijiProfessor Kawabe, RyoheiProfessor Kobayashi, HideyukiProfessor Mizuno, NorikazuProfessor Namiki, NoriyukiProfessor Ogasawara, RyusukeProfessor Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Tatematsu, KenichiAssociate Professor Asaki, YoshiharuAssociate Professor Asayama, ShinichiroAssociate Professor Gonzalez Garcia,

AlvaroAssociate 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 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, Tomofumi

Research 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, ToshihikoSenior Engineer Kurakami, TomioSenior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, KazuhikoSenior Engineer Nakamura, KyokoSenior Engineer Shinohara, NoriyukiChief Engineer Ito, TetsuyaChief Engineer Ueno, YujiEngineer Hirano, KenEngineer Nishitani, HiroyukiEngineer Shizugami, MakotoEngineer Wada, TakuyaSpecially Appointed

Senior Specialist Takebayashi, Yasuo

Research Supporter Tsuneyama, JunkoResearch Assistant Taniguchi, Kotomi

Division of Solar and Plasma AstrophysicsDivision Chair Hanaoka, YoichiroProfessor Watanabe, TetsuyaAssociate Professor Hanaoka, YoichiroAssociate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Kano, RyouheiAssociate Professor Katsukawa, YukioAssociate Professor Sekii, TakashiAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriAssistant Professor Ishikawa, RyokoAssistant Professor Kubo, MasahitoAssistant Professor Narukage, NoriyukiSpecially Appointed

Assistant ProfessorToriumi, Shin

Senior Engineer Shinoda, Kazuya

Division of Theoretical AstronomyDivision Chair Tomisaka, KohjiProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Tomisaka, KohjiProfessor Yoshida, HaruoAssociate Professor Kajino, ToshitakaAssociate Professor Nakamura, FumitakaAssistant Professor Hamana, TakashiAssistant Professor Kataoka, AkimasaAssistant Professor Ohsuga, KenAssistant Professor Takiwaki, TomoyaAssistant Professor Tanaka, Masaomi



Moriya, Takashi


Nozawa, Takaya


Ogihara, Masahiro


Shirasaki, Masato


Sotani, Hajime


Kawashima, Tomohisa


Kusune, Takayoshi


Wu, Benjamin

Administrative Supporter Izumi, Shioko


Research Enhancement Strategy OfficeDirector Kobayashi, HideyukiSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistAsaga, Akitaka


Chapman, Junko


Fukui, Hideharu


Hasuo, Ryuichi


Hori, Kuniko


Lundock, Ramsey Guy


Miura, Mitsuo


Noda, Noboru


Okamoto, Koichi


Suzui, Mitsukazu


Yamamiya, Osamu

Research Evaluation Support OfficeDirector Watanabe, Jun-ichiSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistHori, Kuniko

Office of International RelationsDirector Hasuo, RyuichiSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistHaruki, Mutsumi


Hasuo, Ryuichi


Komiyama, Hiroko


Matsumoto, Mizuho

Support DeskResearch Supporter Shirato, ReikoResearch Supporter Yamanaka, Wakana

Human Resources Planning OfficeDirector Yamamiya, OsamuSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistNoda, Noboru


Yamamiya, Osamu

Safety and Health Management OfficeDirector Okamoto, Koichi


Okamoto, Koichi

Technical Expert Kashiwagi, YujiTechnical Expert Tsuchiya, Tatsumi

Engineering Promotion OfficeDirector Takami, HidekiChief Research Engineer Kawashima, SusumuSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistSuzui, Mitsukazu

Administration DepartmentGeneral Manager Sasagawa, Hikaru

General Affairs DivisionManager Harada, EiichiroDeputy Manager Furuhata, TomoyukiSpecialist (Information

Technology)Chiba, Yoko

Specialist (Personnel Accounting)

Ishii, Katsuhiko


Noguchi, Koki


Takahashi, Hidehiro


Yamamoto, Chieko

General Affairs SectionChief Chiba, YokoStaff Matsukura, Koji Staff Mochimaru, ShioriStaff Morita, AkitsuguVehicle Driver Amemiya, HidemiAdministrative Expert Murakami, SachikoAdministrative Expert Noguchi, UtakoAdministrative Supporter Kobayashi, KayoAdministrative Supporter Seki, Kumi

Personnel SectionChief Yamanouchi, MikaStaff Isozaki, YukaStaff Iwasaki, YumiStaff Sakamoto, Misato

Payroll SectionChief Ishii, KatsuhikoStaff Furukawa, ShinichiroStaff Inoue, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Aiba, NarukazuAdministrative Supporter Momma, Yoko

Employee Affairs SectionChief Yamaura, MariStaff Ouchi, KaoriStaff Saito, MasahiroAdministrative Expert Noguchi, Megumi

5. Research Support Departments


Research Promotion DivisionManager Ishibashi, KazuyaSenior Specialist Onishi, TomoyukiAdministrative Supporter Ito, Yoshihisa

Research Support SectionChief Goto, MichiruStaff Nakagawa, YukieAdministrative Expert Tanaka, MidoriAdministrative Expert Yoshizawa, MarikoAdministrative Supporter Komoda, ChizuruAdministrative Supporter Suzuki, YoshikoAdministrative Supporter Torii, MakikoAdministrative Supporter Urushibata, Kozue

Graduate School SectionChief Fujimori, MihiroAdministrative Expert Inoue, Mizuho

International Academic Affairs SectionStaff Takada, Miyuki

MEXT TraineeStaff Yamafuji, Yasuto

Financial Affairs DivisionManager Honda, DaisukeDeputy Manager Ikeda, HiroshiSpecialist (Audit) Ishikawa, JunyaStaff Hiramatsu, Naoya

General Affairs SectionChief Yamamoto, ShinichiAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, Sayuri

Budget SectionChief Akaike, MakotoStaff Masuda, AkioAdministrative Supporter Ishida, Mikiko

Asset Management SectionChief Kikkawa, HirokoStaff Takahashi, Sachiko

Purchase Validation CenterChief Kikkawa, HirokoAdministrative Supporter Nakagomi, KimitoshiAdministrative Supporter Shibui, JunkoAdministrative Supporter Tsukamoto, Satoko

Accounting DivisionManager Tanaka, MasaruSpecialist (Contract) Miura, Susumu

Accounting SectionChief Sato, YokoStaff Okubo, KazuhikoAdministrative Supporter Kobayashi, RinaAdministrative Supporter Shinomiya, MihoAdministrative Supporter Suzuki, Yukiko

Procurement SectionChief Yamazaki, GoStaff Kayamori, ShinjiStaff Sugimoto, Naomi

Staff Takai, TetsuyaConsultant Hyuga, TadayukiAdministrative Expert Sato, MasakoAdministrative Supporter Ochiai, Nana

Facilities DivisionManager Takahashi, Kazuhisa

General Affairs SectionChief Kawashima, RyotaStaff Tamura, MakotoAdministrative Supporter Hasegawa, Chisato

Planning SectionChief Murakami, KazuhiroAdministrative Supporter Nagata, Yomogi

Maintenance SectionChief Narisawa, Hiroyuki


6. Personnel change

Director General

Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position

2018/3/31 Hayashi, Masahiko Contract Expired

(Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy, Professor) Director General

Research and Academic StaffDate Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position

2017/4/1 Yoshida, Michitoshi Hired Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Professor

(Hiroshima University Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Professor)

2017/10/1 Leonardi, Matteo HiredDivision of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Gravitational Wave Project Office), Assistant Professor

(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Postdoctoral Researcher)

2017/11/1 Ono, Yoshito Hired Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Assistant Professor

(Laboratory of Astrophysics of Marseille, Post-doctoral Fellow)

2017/12/1 Kataoka, Akimasa Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Assistant Professor

(Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)

2018/3/1 Tanaka, Masayuki Hired Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Associate Professor

(Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)

2017/4/30 Kodama, Tadayuki Resigned (Tohoku University Graduate School of Science, Professor)

Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Associate Professor

2017/9/30 Sekimoto, Yutaro Resigned

(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Department of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, Professor)

Advanced Technology Center, Associate Professor

2018/3/31 Takami, Hideki Resigned(Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Professor (Distinguished Professor))

Advanced Technology Center, Professor

2018/3/31 Tanaka, Masaomi Resigned (Tohoku University Graduate School of Science, Associate Professor)

Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Assistant Professor

2018/3/31 Ohsuga, Ken Resigned (University of Tsukuba Center for Computational Sciences, Professor)

Division of Theoretical Astronomy (Center for Computational Astrophysics), Assistant Professor

2018/3/31 Noguchi, Takashi Retired Advanced Technology Center, Professor

2018/3/31 Watanabe, Tetsuya RetiredDivision of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (Solar Science Observatory), Professor

2018/3/31 Ukita, Nobuharu RetiredDivision of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Okayama Astrophysical Observatory), Associate Professor

2018/3/31 Hanada, Hideo Retired Division of Radio Astronomy (RISE Project), Associate Professor

2018/3/31 Miyashita, Takaaki RetiredDivision of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (TMT-J Project Office), Chief Research Engineer

2018/3/31 Kawashima, Susumu RetiredDivision of Radio Astronomy (Engineering Promotion Office), Chief Research Engineer


2018/3/31 Sato, Katsuhisa RetiredDivision of Radio Astronomy (Mizusawa VLBI Observatory), Chief Research Engineer

2017/12/1 Katsukawa, Yukio PromotedDivision of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (Solar Science Observatory), Associate Professor

Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (SOLAR-C Project Office), Assistant Professor

2017/12/1 Gonzalez Garcia, Alvaro Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ

Chile Observatory), Associate Professor

Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Assistant Professor

Engineering Staff


2017/4/1 Sakai, Ryo Hired Advanced Technology Center, Engineer

2018/3/1 Kurakami, Tomio Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama Radio Observatory), Senior Engineer

Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama Radio Observaory), Chief Engineer

2018/3/1 Uraguchi, Fumihiro Promoted Advanced Technology Center, Senior Engineer

Advanced Technology Center, Chief Engineer

Administrative Staff


2017/4/1 Ishibashi, Kazuya Hired Administration Department Research Promotion Division, Manager (University of Toyama)

2017/4/1 Honda, Daisuke Hired Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, Manager

(Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan)

2017/4/1 Takahashi, Kazuhisa Hired Administration Department Facilities Division, Manager (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

2017/4/1 Ishii, Katsuhiko Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division Payroll Section, Chief (Tokyo Gakugei University)

2017/4/1 Fujimori, Mihiro HiredAdministration Department Research Promotion Division Graduate Student Affairs Section, Chief

(The University of Tokyo)

2017/4/1 Miura, Susumu HiredAdministration Department Research Promotion Division External Funding Specialist

(Tokyo Gakugei University)

2017/4/1 Iwasaki, Yumi Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division Personnel Section, Staff

2017/4/1 Okubo, Kazuhiko Hired Administration Department Accounting Division Accounting Section, Staff

(The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

2017/4/1 Tamura, Makoto Hired Administration Department Facilities Division General Affairs Section, Staff

2017/8/1 Takahashi, Masaru HiredNobeyama Radio Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Senior Staff

(Shinshu University)

2017/7/31 Iijima Kunio Resigned (Shinshu University)Nobeyama Radio Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Senior Staff

2018/3/31 Amemiya, Hidemi Retired (Administration Department General Affairs Division, Consultant)

Administration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Vehicle Driver


2018/3/31 Hommyo, Susumu Retired (Mizusawa VLBI Observatory Administration Office, Consultant)

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory Administration Office, Deputy Manager and Chief of General Affairs Section

2017/8/1 Sugawara, Satoshi Promoted Subaru Telescope Administration Department Accounting Section, Chief

Subaru Telescope Administration Department Accounting Section, Senior Staff

Employee on Annual Salary System


2017/4/1 Izumi, Takuma Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/4/1 Kataoka, Akimasa Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/4/1 Sugiyama, Koichiro Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/4/1 Tazaki, Fumie Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

(Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)

2017/4/1 Saito, Toshiki Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/4/1 Nishimura, Yuri Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/4/1 Wang, Tao Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/4/1 Baba, Jun'ichi Hired JASMINE Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/4/1 Nagai, Makoto Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/4/1 Kinugasa, Kenzo Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Hamada, Kaname Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Morita, Satoshi Hired Solar Science Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Yamada, Yoshihiko Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Koike, Michitaro Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Mineo, Sogo Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Oshino, Shoichi Hired Center for Computational Astrophysics, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Miyachi, Akihira Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Otawara, Kazushige Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)

2017/4/1 Furutani, Akio Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)

2017/4/1 Tanaka, Nobuhiro Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Yamanaka, Satoshi Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/1 Usuda, Kumiko Hired Public Relations Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist


2017/4/1 Saito, Sakae Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/4/10 Sasada, Mahito Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/5/1 Adachi, Yuki Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/5/1 Nishikawa, Tomoko Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/6/5 Kusune, Takayoshi Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/7/1 Hanayama, Hidekazu Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially

Appointed Research Staff

2017/8/1 Higuchi, Arika Hired RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/8/1 Okura, Yuki Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/9/1 Hull, Charles Lindsay Hopkins Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially

Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/9/1 Shirasaki, Masato Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/9/1 Walker, Daniel Lewis Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/9/1 Nakajima, Masayo Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/10/1 Akahori, Takuya Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/10/1 Wu, Yu-Ting Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/10/1 Hayashi, Kohei Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/10/1 Kim, Mi Kyoung Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/10/1 Yamanoi, Hitomi Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/10/1 Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/10/1 Matsumoto, Mizuho Hired Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/11/1 Tafoya Martinez, Daniel Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially

Appointed Associate Professor

2017/11/1 Kim, Gwanjeong Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/11/1 Wu, Benjamin Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/12/1 Hattori, Masayuki Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/12/1 Horiuchi Takashi Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/12/1 Nakanishi, Takashi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/12/1 Endo, Tatsuki Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/1/1 Tanaka, Kei Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2018/1/15 Capocasa, Eleonora Hired Gravitational Wave Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff


2018/2/1 Ueda, Junko Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2018/2/1 Salinas Poblete, Vachail Nicolas Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially


2018/2/1 Silva Bustamante, Andrea Ludovina Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially


2018/2/13 Guzman Fernandez, Andres Ernesto Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially


2018/3/1 Ozawa, Tomohiko Hired Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/3/1 Shindo, Miwa Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/3/1 Haruki, Mutsumi Hired Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/3/1 Takahashi, Hidehiro HiredAdministration Department General Affairs Division, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/6/9 Neelamkodan, Naslim Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially


2017/6/15 Hayashi, Yusuke Resigned Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/6/22 Muller, Erik Michael Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor

2017/8/31 Dominjon, Agnes Micheline Resigned Advanced Technology Center,


2017/9/30 Hasebe, Takashi Resigned Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/10/31 Takagi, Yuhei Resigned Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/11/30 Kataoka, Akimasa Resigned (Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Assistant Professor)

Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/12/31 Sasada, Mahito Resigned Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2018/2/28 Tanaka, Masayuki Resigned(Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Associate Professor)

Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2018/3/20 Sugimoto, Kanako Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/3/31 Kawamura, Taichi Resigned RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2018/3/31 Hayashi, Kohei Resigned Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2018/3/31 Yamanaka, Satoshi Resigned Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/5/18 Wu, Yuanwei Contract Expired

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/9/30 Saito,Toshiki Contract Expired

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/9/30 Kuniyoshi, Masaya Contract Expired

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/1/31 Saito, Motoi Contract Expired



2018/3/31 Kambe, Eiji Contract Expired

(Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Associate Professor)

Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor

2018/3/31 Kawamura, Akiko Contract Expired

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor

2018/3/31 Akiyama, Eiji Contract Expired

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2018/3/31 Miyamoto, Yusuke Contract Expired

(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)

Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2018/3/31 Matsubayashi, Kazuya

Contract Expired

Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2018/3/31 Asahina, Yuta Contract Expired

Center for Computational Astrophysics, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2018/3/31 Konuma, Mika Contract Expired


2018/3/31 Nukatani, Sorahiko Contract Expired


2018/3/31 Kozu, Akihito Contract Expired

TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/3/31 Komiyama, Hiroko Contract Expired

Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/9/1 Flaminio, Raffaele Changed(Seconded)

Gravitational Wave Project Office, Specially Appointed Professor*Seconded based on the Agreement of Cross Appointment with Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Gravitational Wave Project Office, Specially Appointed Professor

2018/1/1 Omiya, Masashi ReassignedAstrobiology Center Astrobiology Equipment Development Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2018/1/1 Konishi, Mihoko ReassignedAstrobiology Center Astrobiology Equipment Development Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

Research Administrator Staff


2017/4/1 Okamoto, Koichi HiredResearch Enhancement Strategy Office (Safety and Health Management Office), Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/10/1 Suzui, Mitsukazu HiredResearch Enhancement Strategy Office (Engineering Promotion Office), Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/11/1 Asaga, Akitaka Hired Research Enhancement Strategy Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/1/1 Noda, Noboru HiredResearch Enhancement Strategy Office (Human Resources Planning Office), Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2018/3/31 Yamamiya, Osamu Contract Expired

Research Enhancement Strategy Office (Human Resources Planning Office), Specially Appointed Senior Specialist


Foreign Visiting ResearcherName Period Affiliated Institute

Richmond, Michael William 2017/4/1 ~ 2017/5/30 Rochester Institute of Technology (U.S.A.)

Norman, Colin Arthur 2017/4/2 ~ 2017/5/1 Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy & Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.A.)

Deliduman, Cemsinan 2017/4/2 ~ 2017/7/30 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Turkey)Deliduman, Yamac 2017/4/2 ~ 2017/7/30 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Turkey)

Pipin, Valerii 2017/4/4 ~ 2017/6/29 Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Tan, Jonathan 2017/4/15 ~ 2017/5/15 University of Florida (U.S.A.)Brun, Allan Sacha Rodolphe 2017/9/14 ~ 2017/12/15 CEA-Saclay (France)Overzier, Roderik Adriaan 2017/11/1 ~ 2017/11/30 National Observatory, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)Andreani, Paola Michela 2018/1/14 ~ 2018/2/24 European Southern Observatory (Germany)


From universities and related institutesChiba, Seiji Graduate 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

Ichimoto, Kiyoshi Hida Observatories, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Kajita, Takaaki Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo

Matsushita, Kyoko Faculty of Science Division1, 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

Sugita, Seiji School of Science, The University of Tokyo

From NAOJGouda, Naoteru JASMINE Project Office Hasegawa, Tetsuo NAOJ Chile ObservatoryHonma, Mareki Mizusawa VLBI ObservatoryKobayashi, Hideyuki Mizusawa VLBI Observatory Kokubo, Eiichiro Center for Computational

AstrophysicsSakamoto, Seiichi NAOJ Chile ObservatoryTakami, Hideki Advanced Technology CenterTomisaka, Kohji Division of Theoretical Astronomy Usuda, Tomonori TMT-J Project Office

● Watanabe, Jun-ichi Public Relations Center Yoshida, Michitoshi Subaru Telescope

● Chairperson ○ Vise-ChairpersonPeriod: April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2018

7. Advisory Committee for Research and Management

Members


Professors Emeriti (NAOJ)Kakuta, Chuichi Hiei, EijiroYamashita, Yasumasa Nishimura, ShiroHirayama, 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, TakashiArimoto, NobuoKobayashi, YukiyasuMizumoto, Yoshihiko

8. Professors Emeriti

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