KONAN UNIVERSITY

Education and Research Center for Sport and Health Science

Education and Research Center for Sport and Health Science

Since its establishment, Konan University has emphasized physical education for its physical fitness benefits as well as for its role in developing a culture of socialization, moral instruction, and refinement of the will and spirit.
The Center works to transform these ideals into reality through multifaceted research and its application to the human body and exercise. It is involved in many aspects of physical education, including elementary physical training, strength analysis, and a variety of sports. It is believed that health and physical education are indispensable in order to enrich the mind and body for a lifetime.

Faculty member

Name Title Field of Research Subject of Research
KATSURA, Yutaka Professor Majoring Coaching (Soccer) Coaching techniques of soccer (especially for youth) movement; analysis of soccer.
MIZUSAWA, Katsuko Professor Athletic Training Research of athletic training on college athletes: the prevention and the athletic rehabilitation of sport injuries.
ITO, Kouji Professor Methodology of Physical Education Instruction and Motion Analysis in Track and Field.
SOGABE, Akitoshi Professor Sports Medicine, Training Science, Human Growth and Development, Sports Policy, Budo Theory. Development of the training method according to the characteristic. A study of muscle activity and skeletal motion by the different of knee alignment from electromyographic, kinetic and kinematic analysis. Influence of Budo on human development.
YOSHIMOTO, Tadahiro Professor Phenomenological-morphological methodology Methodology of artistic gymnastics.
KATAGAMI, Eriko Associate Professor Sport Psychology, Clinical Psychology social support in sport, psychological support for athletes and sports teams, sports counselling, psychological support for injured athletes, athletes' dual-career
HOSHINO, Utsuru Lecturer Sports Science, Sport Sociology, Sport History Sport and society in France, Sport History in France, Comparative studies of martial arts culture