Earn PhD at Nagoya University, Japan in 1999. Specialized in computational biology. Work as research associate in Nagoya University from 1993 to 2001. Work as senior researcher in Japan Atomic Energy Institute from 2002 to 2007. Work as full professor at Ochanomizu University from 2008. Work as adjunct professor at Waseda University from 2017. Protein structure prediction, protein function prediction, genome annotation of bacteria, invertebrates, and vertebrates.