Members

Directora representativa : MUMI KIKUCHI

2014-present : Project researcher

Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Japan

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2013-2014 : Research assistant

Laboratory of Fisheries Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

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2012-2013 : Project researcher

National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan

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2010-2012 : Research assistant

Laboratory of Fisheries Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

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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

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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

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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

AKIHIRO TOMITA

2016 : Participated to the international program in Brazil organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency

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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”