- Director / Vice President of Yokohama National University
- Professor, Graduate School of Urban Innovation, Yokohama National University
- Director of Sustainable Mobility Research Center
- Graduated from the Department of Urban Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, and completed the master’s program at the same graduate school. Doctor of engineering. After working as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, an assistant professor at Asian Institute of Technology, and an assistant professor at Yokohama National University, he has been a professor since 2004 and has been in his current position since 2011.
- Specializes in urban transportation planning, transportation facility planning, and urban planning in developing countries.
- Representative books include “Mobility Design for Urban Transportation: Focusing on Town Development and Public Transportation”, “Bus Changes Town-BRT Introduction Planning Method-“, “Bus Town Development” and many others.
