Faculty Members

Faculty supervisors are marked with an asterisk (*).

(Alphabetical order / Incumbent, 2026)

Sociology

Position	Name	Area and Subject	Research Theme(s)
	Sonoko Azuma	Cultural Sociology / Gender Studies	Representation of Gender in Japanese Popular Culture
＊	Atsuko Fujino	Population and Labor Studies	Empirical studies on population and labor issues
	Tsuyoshi Hamano	Health Sociology	Research on the effect of social and geographic factors on health
	Takashi Ito	Political Sociology	Political Sociology on Public Opinion and Political Participation
	Yu Kagimoto	Sociology on Self, Media Sociology	Sociology on Dismantling the Self
＊	Jun Kanamitsu	Quantatative and Mathematical Social Research	Quantatative analyses of art tourism using social network methods
＊	Atsufumi Kato	Cultural Anthropology	Anthropological field research on local governance in Vietnam
＊	Kenji Mimino	Social Philosophy	Law and Philosophy of German Civil Society in the 19th Century
＊	Mutsuko Okuda	Sport Sociology	Sport Sociology on Inclusive Sport
＊	Emiko Ochiai	Sociology of the family and gender	Sociology of gender, Comparative study of Asian families
＊	Piya Pongsapitaksanti	Media Studies, Advertising Studies (Research Profile)	Advertising Research, International Comparison of Advertising,Thai BL Drama
＊	Hiroki Shigeno	Sociology of Local Community, Regional Policy Studies	Community development in a shrinking society
＊	Hiroshi Sowaki	Education Policy	Education Policy, Evidence Based Education
	Sho Sugawara	Cultural Sociology, Central and East European Studies	Memory of socialism in Post-socialist Poland
＊	Michihisa Suzuki	Cultural Theory of Water	Research on the role that water plays in the community
	Kohei Tahata	Humanistic and social informatics	Regional vitalization by advanced technology for creating contents
＊	Noriko Wakihama	Digitization and Media, Local Media	The Digital Transition of Local News and Information
＊	Chie Yamanaka	Popular Culture Studies/Media Studies (Research Profile)	East Asian Comics/Manga Studies