Atsushi Mori

Graduated from the Faculty of School Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education. Completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Language and Society, Osaka University of Foreign Studies. Ph.D. in Language and Culture.

Masako Okubo

Completed the doctoral program in Japanese Language Education at the Graduate School of Japanese Applied Linguistics, Waseda University. Ph.D. in Japanese Language Education. Has held positions as a part-time lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University and Sophia University, and as an assistant professor at the Japanese Language Education, University of Tokyo, before assuming the current position. Specializes in Japanese pronunciation education, phonology acquisition, and Japanese phonetics.

Shino Takanashi

Graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Osaka University and received a Ph.D. in Language and Culture Studies from Osaka University of Foreign Studies (now Osaka University) in 2007. Served as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Letters, Osaka University, a lecturer at Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, and a professor at the International Student Center of Kobe University (now the Global Education Center) before assuming the current position in 2017.

Chieko NAKABASAMI

Graduated from the Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University. Completed the Master's Program in Information and Mathematical Sciences at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University (Ph.D. in Academic). Previously worked as a research fellow in the Faculty of Geography at the University of Strasbourg in France for one year. Research fields include cultural tourism and multicultural communication.

Michiya SUZUKI

Graduated from the Faculty of Humanities at Tohoku University. Completed the doctoral program in the Graduate School of Humanities at Tohoku University (Ph.D. in Literature). After serving as a special researcher at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD), a lecturer and associate professor in the Faculty of Education at Saitama University, and a visiting researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), currently holds the present position. Specializes in Western medieval history.

Naomi TAKAHASHI

Graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Gunma Prefectural Women's University. Completed the Master's Program in Education at Gunma University (Master of Education). Completed all coursework for the doctoral program in the Graduate School of Literature at Toyo University but left before obtaining the degree. Specializes in Kenji Miyazawa and Enryo Inoue.

Kazuhiro ANDO

Graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University, completed LL.M. programs at Franklin Pierce Law Center and the University of Washington School of Law, and completed doctoral coursework in the Graduate School of Law at Waseda University (Doctor of Laws). After working as a high school teacher and at music publishers Nippon Ongaku Shuppansha, Kitty Music, PolyGram Music Japan, and Septima Lei, and serving as a specially appointed professor at the Graduate School of Law at Hokkaido University, currently a professor in the Faculty of Law at Toyo University.

Naotoshi FURUTA

Graduated from the Department of English Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Sophia University. Completed the Master's Program in the School of English (Medieval English Literature) at the University of Leeds and the Master's Program in the Department of English (TESOL) at San Francisco State University. Completed all coursework for the doctoral program in Language and Information Sciences at the raduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, but left before obtaining the degree. Holds a master's degree in Medieval English Literature and TESOL.