Staff Profile

Staff Profile

Yumiko FURUICHI Ph.D.

Professor, Deputy Director of The Division of Global Education
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Japanese Language Education, Inter-cultural Communication、Teacher Developmen

Hobbies : Travel, Tennis, Ⅿountaineering,

Message to students : Do challenge! Chances are waiting for you after challenge.

Asuka ICHIHARA Ph.D.

Project Associate Professor
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Sociolinguistics, Japanese Language Education, Pragmatics

Hobbies : Horseback riding, hot spring hopping, Japanese flower arrangement

Message to students : Languages differ not to fight, but to encounter others. May there be many wonderful encounters here.
Research activities:https://researchmap.jp/ichiharaasuka

Kazuko USHIYAMA Ph.D.

Project Associate Professor
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Second language acquisition, Business japanese

Hobbies : Cooking, Take a walk

Message to students : Toward your own target, let's learn Japanese together.

Miho IGARI

Project Lecturer
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Japanese Language Education, Second Language Acquisition

Hobbies : hiking, watching sports

Message to students : We will always support you in your studying Japanese and research life.
See you in Japanese class!
Research activities:https://researchmap.jp/mihoigari/

Youjin KIM Ph.D.

Project Assistant Professor
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Education of pronunciation/listening, Second language acquisition

Hobbies : Go to a concert/rakugo, Studying foreign languages

Message to students : If you study a language, you can make more vast world.
Research activities: https://researchmap.jp/youjinkim/

Luolin LIU Ph.D.

Project Assistant Professor
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Education of Pronunciation and Listening, Japanese Language Education

Hobbies : Travel, Watching movies, Gourmet

Message to students : May learning Japanese language open a new door for you, rather than being just a single page of your life!
Research activities:https://researchmap.jp/liu_luolin/

Ayumi UCHIDA

Lecturer

Second Language Acquisition, Computer Assisted Language Learning

Hobbies : Eating sweets

Message to students : I will help you make your studies and life in Japan wonderful.

Yumi ONISHI Ph.D.

Lecturer 

Second language acquisition, Motivation

Hobbies : Travel, Ⅿountaineering

Message to students : I'm always behind you!

Sayuri KATAOKA

Lecturer

Japanese pedagogy, Pragmatics, Inter-culture communication

Hobbies : Music, Bicycling

Message to students : I look forward to having you in my Japanese class in order to communicate, consider and share different ideas in Japanese together.

Akiko KOMETANI

Lecturer

Applied Japanese Linguistics

Hobbies : Running

Message to students : Let's learn and discover Japanese language and culture together!

Mizue SATO

Lecturer 

Japanese Language education, Kanji education

Hobbies : Piano, travel

Message to students : Let’s have various experiences in Japan!

Eri SUZUKI

Lecturer

Japanese Language Education, Inter-cultural Communication

Hobbies : Travel, Sewing

Message to students : Every experience here is a valuable asset!

Satoko TAKEDA

Lecturer

Japanese Language Education, Business Japanese

Hobbies : Watching dramas, animes, and movies, Reading Manga, Traveling

Message to students : I would like to learn a lot from you, too!

Ami NAKAMURA

Lecturer

particles, Japanese Language Education

Hobbies : fishing

Message to students : The longest journey begins with a single step.

Fumie HOWARD

Lecturer

Bilingualism, Second Language Acquisition

Hobbies : Travel around the world – love to communicate with people

Message to students : Be positive!! That’s the way to your success!!

Fukumi HIGASHIHIRA

Lecturer

History of Japanese Language Education, Education Policy

Hobbies : Cooking, Eating

Message to students : I hope that you will be a bridge between your country and Japan.

Mina HISADA

Lecturer

Socioliguistics, Japanese Pedagogy

Hobbies : Travelling to the islands,Yoga

Message to students : I look forward to meeting you all in the classroom!

Akiko FUJII

Lecturer

The development of second language reading, motivation

Hobbies : Visiting museums, watching movies

Message to students : I hope you’re enjoying learning Japanese language.

Mari MIYASE

Lecturer

Second language acquisition

Hobbies : Museum Hopping. Watching movies

Message to students : Believe in yourself, and your dreams will come true.

Miwako HAYASAKA

Assistant
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Hobbies : Bird-watching

Message to students : Please ask me any questions such as shops, restaurant, karaoke, and love. I am always happy to help you.

Megumi YAMAHATA

assistant
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Hobbies : Study English by myself , Watching movies

Message to students : If you have a chance, I recommend that you do Domestic travel. Because Japan has many different impressions by each region.