Professional Experience and Education
2016-present Professor Emeritus Hokkaido University, Japan
2016-2019 Specially Appointed Professor and Chairman, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
1999-2016 Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthodontics, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
1995-1999 Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
1992-1995 Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tokyo and Dental University, Japan
1982-1992 Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
1978-1982 Graduate School of Dentistry, (Ph.D. course of Orthodontics) Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
1972-1978 School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Honors and Awards
2015 Ryus Lecture Award, Korean Association of Orthodontists
1988 Hatton Award Competition, First Prize of Post-Doctoral Category, International Association for Dental Research
1978 Nagao Academic Award, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Research Interests
Biological background of orthodontic tooth movement
Muscular functions around the mouth
Research regarding jaw deformities
Research related cleft lip and palate patients