Staff

The Research Center personnel are involved with the center?s duties and also carry out research work.

We?d like to introduce the Director of the Research Center, full-time faculty members and our technical assistant along with each member?s background and particular field.

Director of the Center? Hidenaga Arai
(Additional post: Professor, Faculty of Literature/Doctor of Literature)
Brief history
March 2010: Tohoku University with a doctorate in Literature.
April 2021: Assumed the post of Director at Kumamoto University Research Center for
Buried Cultural Properties.
Associate Professor Yukiko Otsubo
(Doctor of Literature)
Brief history
March 2011: Completed doctoral program at Kumamoto University, Graduate School of
Social and Cultural Science.
October 2011: Assumed the post of Associate Professor at Kumamoto University Research
Center for Buried Cultural Properties.
Particular field: Burial systems and Accessories in East Asia
Assistant Professor Kenyojiro Yamano
(Doctor of Literature)
Brief history
March 2012: Completed doctoral program at Kumamoto University, Graduate School of
Social and Cultural Science.
October 2013: Assumed the post of Assistant Professor at Kumamoto University Research
Center for Buried Cultural Properties.
Particular field: Shell products and the manufacturing technology of the Ryukyu Islands
Technical Assistant Yuuki Shino
Brief history
1993: Graduated from Ryukyu University.
April 2017: Assumed the post of Technical Assistant at Kumamoto University Research
Center for Buried Cultural Properties.