About IISEE
List of IISEE Staff
-As of April 2026-
Director
| Name | Position | Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. FUJII, Yushiro | Director of IISEE | Seismology, Tsunami |
Research Fellow
| Name | Position | Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. KIKITSU, Hitomitsu | Research Fellow (concurrent post) |
Earthquake Engineering |
Senior Fellow
| Name | Position | Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. AZUHATA, Tatsuya | Senior Fellow | Earthquake Engineering |
| Dr. SHIBAZAKI, Bunichiro | Senior Fellow | Seismology |
| Dr. KOYAMA, Shin | Senior Fellow (concurrent post) |
Earthquake Engineering |
Administrative staff
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mr. IITAKE, Yoshihiro | Head, Administration Division |
| Ms. IDE, Mayuko | Trainer of Training and General Affairs, Administration Division |
| Mr. NANTO, Kazuya | Adiministrative of Training and General Affairs, Administration Division |
Research staff
| Name | Position | Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. KITA, Saeko | Chief Research Scientist | Seismology |
| Dr. HAYASHIDA, Takumi | Chief Research Scientist | Seismology |
| Dr. WATANABE, Hidekazu | Chief Research Engineer | Earthquake Engineering |
| Dr. ITO, Mai | Chief Research Engineer | Earthquake Engineering |
| Dr. OTSUKA, Yuri | Senior Research Engineer | Earthquake Engineering |
| Dr. MATOBA, Moeko | Senior Research Engineer | Earthquake Engineering |
| Dr. HARA, Tatsuhiko | Research Scientist | Seismology |
| Dr. ITO, Eri | Research Scientist | Seismology |
Visiting Research Fellow/Lecturer *In the order of the Japanese syllabary
| Name | Affiliate | Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. INUKAI, Mizuo | Earthquake Engineering | |
| Dr. INOUE, Hiroshi | Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University | Seismology |
| Dr. KASHIMA, Toshihide | Earthquake Engineering | |
| Dr. KOBAYASHI, Katsumi | Earthquake Engineering | |
| Dr. SAITO, Taiki | Toyohashi University of Technology | Earthquake Engineering |
| Dr. SUWADA, Haruhiko | Shinshu University | Earthquake Engineering |
| Dr. SEKI, Matsutaro | Earthquake Engineering | |
| Dr. TSUJI, Yoshinobu | Seismology | |
| Dr. NAKAI, Shoichi | Earthquake Engineering | |
| Dr. NARAHU, Tatsuo | Earthquake Engineering | |
| Dr. YANAGISAWA, Hideaki | Tohoku Gakuin University | Tsunami Disaster Mitigation |
| Dr. YOKOI, Toshiaki | Seismology |
* Please contact us for staff e-mail address. E-mail to iisee@kenken.go.jp