Members
Directora representativa : MUMI KIKUCHI
2014-present : Project researcher
Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Japan
2013-2014 : Research assistant
Laboratory of Fisheries Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
2012-2013 : Project researcher
National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan
2010-2012 : Research assistant
Laboratory of Fisheries Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
2010 : Graduate school of agricultural and life sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
PhD. in Agriculture
Dissertation: Swimming behaviour of Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis) after releasing into the wild in Brazil. Chair: Dr. Nobuyuki Miyazaki
2007 : Graduate school of agricultural and life sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
M.S. in Agriculture
Thesis: Diving behavior of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) pups during lactation and captive Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) by using an animal-borne acceleration data loggers. Chair: Dr. Katsufumi Sato
2005 : Animal science and resources, Nihon University of Bio-resource Sciences, Japan
Bachelor of Bioresource Science
Graduation thesis; The differences in behavioral responses to a net obstacle between day and night in captive manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus). Chair: Dr. Miwa Suzuki
SHOTA TANAKA
2018 - present : BizReach, Inc.
2015-2016 : Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in Iquitos, Peru
2016 : Participated to the international program in Brazil organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency
2004 - present : Teacher in municipal primary school in Yokohama
HIROSHI KOKUBO
2016 - present : Hitoshizuku Inc. CEO
After starting his career at an advertisement agency, he worked at a public relations agency, where he launched a team specialized in environment and CSR communication. After gaining additional experience from starting up a public relations team at a film production company’s promotion department and a company specializing in social business ventures, he started his own business. He identifies his work as “public relations direction to solve social problems”, and supports people addressing social issues in their public relations area, which also includes building firm public relations foundations for NPOs and NGOs.
Winner of International Marketing Excellence Award 2014: Gold Prize; The 12th JPM Planning Solution Award “Best Promotional Program Award”