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.

Kazuhiro OMORI

Graduated from Senshu University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Japanese Literature in March 1996. Obtained a junior high school and high school Japanese language teaching license.
Joined NX WANBISHI ARCHIVES CO., LTD. in April 1996 and Engaged in BtoB solution sales for data storage and operations targeting businesses.

Mariko MIYAGAI

Graduated from the Department of German Studies, School of Foreign Studies, Osaka University.
Completed the Graduate School of System Design and Management at Keio University.
Currently in the second year of the Master's program in Urban Policy and Regional Economy at the Graduate School of Urban Management, Osaka Metropolitan University.
After graduating from Osaka University, started a translation and interpretation company. At Keio University, researched 'Japanese that is easy to translate into English.

Stefan BRUECKNER

Graduated from the Faculty of Sociology at the Uniersity of Munich. Completed the doctoral program at the Graduate school of Media and Governance, Keio University. Ph.D in Media and Governance. After serving as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University, currently a full-time lecturer in the Faculty of Business Administration at Toyo University. Specializes in Media and Communication Studies, with a particular focus on the reception of digital games and their impact on society.

Kazuko MIYAKE

Completed from the Graduate school of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba. Ph.D. in Literature. Specializes in sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and Japanese language education. Developed an interest in the relationship between language and society, triggered by involvement in Japanese language education at a University in the United Kingdom.

Kouta NAGASHIMA

Graduated from the School of Commerce, Waseda University. D. from the Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University. Master of Commerce. After working as a full-time lecturer at Tokyo International University, he assumed his current position. He is currently responsible for teaching Direct Marketing Theory and Special Topics in Service Marketing at the Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Marketing, Toyo University. His specialty is marketing, especially direct marketing.
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Hajime KIMURA

Graduated from Toyo University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Japanese Literature. Withdrew from Toyo University's Graduate School of Letters, Doctoral Program in Japanese Literature. D. (Literature) (Rikkyo University). After working as an assistant at the Faculty of Letters, Toyo University, and as a full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Meikai University, he assumed his current position.

Kiyomi NAGASAKI

Part-time lecturer at Komazawa University and Tokyo Institute of Technology. After working for a steel manufacturer, she started teaching Japanese in 1992. After teaching at local Japanese language classes and schools(Japanese language school, vocational school, and university), she was posted to Kenya as a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV) and experienced working in a cross-cultural environment.