Members
STAFF
- Masayuki Hirata Specially Appointed Professor
- Board Certification : Board Certificated Neurosurgeon and Training Physician of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, Board Certificated Clinical Epileptologist and Training Physician of the Japan epilepsy society, Board Certificated Clinical Neurophysiologist of Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG, EMG), Board Certificated Neuroendovascular Surgeon of the Japanese Society for Neuroendovascular Therapy
- Clinical Specialty : Epilepsy Surgery, Functional Neurosurgery, Functional Brain Mapping
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface,Functional Brain Analysis
- Interest : Saltwater Lure Fishing
- Goichi Beck Specially Appointed Associate Professor
- Board Certification : Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, Board Certificated Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology, Board Certificated Clinical Neurophysiologist of the Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG, EMG), Board Certificated Neuropathologist of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology
- Clinical Specialty : Neurology, Neuropathology
- Research Area : Neuromuscular disorders, Neuropathology
- Interest : Travelling
- Miyako Asai Specially Appointed Researcher
- Research Area : Software Engineering, Signal Processing
- Interest : Watching movies, Bakery hopping
- Yan Tianfang Specially Appointed Researcher
- Clinical Specialty : Neurosurgery
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface
- Interest : Tour, Movie, Museum
- Yan Liu Specially Appointed Researcher
- Clinical Specialty : Neurosurgery(China)
- Research Area : language related brain function research, language brain-computer interface
- Interest : Travel, Photography
- Hiroaki Hashimoto Invited Faculty,
Research Staff, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School., Overseas Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion - Board Certification :Board Certified Neurosurgeon and Training Physician of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, Board Certified Clinical Epileptologist of the Japan Epilepsy Society, Board Certified Clinical Neurophysiologist (EEG section) of the Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (JSCN), Board Certified Clinical Neurophysiologist (intraoperative neuromonitoring section) of JSCN, Technical Board Certified Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgeon of the Japan Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Board Certified Physician of the Japan Stroke Society, Board Certified Neurosurgeon of the Japanese Society for Neuroendovascular Therapy
- Clinical Specialty : Functional neurosurgery 【 ORCiD 】
- Research Area : Orofacial neural function, Epilepsy, Deep brain stimulation
- Interest : Drive, Reading
- Hitoshi Maezawa Specially Appointed Researcher
- Research Area : “Meal” Neurosciences, Functional Brain Analysis, Neuromodulation, the Brain Machine Interface

- Takuma Nakamura Specially Appointed Researcher
- Board Certification : Board-certified neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology
- Clinical Specialty : Neurology
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface
- Interest : baseball
STUDENTS
- Kim Namheon Graduate Student (D4)
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface
- Interest : Igo
- Misa Taguchi Graduate Student (D4)
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface
- Interest : MATLAB, K-Dramas
- Takeru Kuratomi Graduate Student (D3)
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface, Robotics
- Interest : Reading, Electronics, Exercise, Art

- Itsuki Shinohara Graduate Student (M2)
- Research Area : Biophysical Engineering
- Interest : Skiing, Piano
- Liu Lingjun Graduate Student (M2)
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface, Neuromodulation
- Interest : Reading, Movie, Game
- Haruki Okubo Graduate Student (M1)
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface
- Interest : Baseball
- Ricky Yoshitake Graduate Student (M1)
- Research Area : Brain Machine Interface
- Interest : Playing the guitar/bass, Cars
Research Assistants
Keiko Kawamura
Kyoko Koezuka
Kaho Isshiki
Kazuho Kamada
Researchers who were enrolled
Benjamin Fortune
Appointed R&D Engineer at Clever First Aid in 2024
Masayuki Nakamori
Appointed as a Professor of the Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University in January 2023
Seiji Kameda
Appointed as CTO of JiMED Co., Ltd. in April 2020
Noriaki Hattori
Appointed as a Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Toyama in January 2020
Masato Inoue
Appointed as an Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University in April 2019
Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem
Appointed as an Assistant Professor at UA in January 2019
Hiroki Hamanaka
Appointed as a Researcher of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in July 2019
Graduated graduate students
Shohei Yoshida
Joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC in April 2024
Takuto Emura
Appointed as Vice Director of Neurosurgery at Rinku General Medical Center in April 2024
He Xin
Appointed as a postdoctoral fellow in Osaka University Neurosurgery in April 2020
Hiroaki Hashimoto
Invited Researcher in April 2020
Researchers (short stay)
Chen Chao
Invited Researcher Until March 2019, Associate Professor at Tianjin University of Technology in China
Reinmar Kobler
Invited Researcher Until December 2018, Graz University of Technology in Austria