Research Institute for Global Change

Research Director [Principal Research Scientist]

Masao Fukasawa

Ocean Climate Change Research Program

Program Director [Principal Research Scientist]	Takeshi Kawano
[Principal Research Scientist]	Masao Fukasawa

Strategic Ocean Monitoring Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Toshio Suga
Deputy Team Leader [Research Scientist]	Shigeki Hosoda
[Senior Scientist]	Taiyo Kobayashi
[Scientist]	Fumiaki Kobashi
[Scientist]	Ryuichiro Inoue
[Engineer]	Kanako Sato
[Technical Support Staff]	Naoko Ogita
[Technical Support Staff]	Mizue Hirano

Ocean Circulation Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Research Scientist]	Akihiko Murata
[Senior Scientist]	Katsuro Katsumata
[Scientist]	Shinya Kouketsu
[Senior Research Scientist]	Yuichiro Kumamoto
[Senior Research Scientist]	Hiroshi Uchida
[Research Scientist]	Kenichi Sasaki
[Senior Engineer]	Kazuhiko Hayashi

Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Yoshimi Kawai
[Principal Scientist]	Hiroshi Ichikawa
[Scientist]	Akira Nagano
[Scientist]	Masanori Konda
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Vincent Luc Pierre Henri Faure
[Technical Support Staff]	Hiroyuki Tomita
[Technical Support Staff]	Kyoko Taniguchi

Ocean Data Assimilation Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Shuhei Masuda
[Principal Research Scientist]	Toshiyuki Awaji
[Senior Research Scientist]	Nozomi Sugiura
[Engineer]	Toshimasa Doi
[Engineer]	Hiromichi Igarashi

Tropical Climate Variability Research Program

Program Director [Principal Research Scientist]	Keisuke Mizuno
[Principal Research Scientist]	Masanori Yoshizaki

Indo-Pacific Ocean Climate Variations Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Research Scientist]	Kentaro Ando
[Scientist]	Iwao Ueki
[Scientist]	Takanori Horii
[Scientist]	Takuya Hasegawa
[Principal Research Scientist]	Yuji Kashino
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Rahmat Hidayat

Monsoon Hydrological Cycle Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Jun Matsumoto
[Senior Scientist]	Baimei Go
[Senior Scientist]	Takao Yoshikane
[Senior Scientist]	Shinya Ogino
[Scientist]	Hisayuki Kubota
[Scientist]	Kei Yoshimura
[Senior Research Scientist]	Nobuhiko Endo
[Research Scientist]	Miki Hattori

Maritime Continent Climate Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Research Scientist]	Shuichi Mori
[Principal Scientist]	Manabu Yamanaka
[Senior Scientist]	Takao Yoshikane
[Scientist]	Kinpei Ichiyanagi
[Senior Research Scientist]	Masaki Katsumata
[Research Scientist]	Junichi Hamada
[Research Scientist]	Miki Hattori
[Engineer]	Hideyuki Kamimera

MJO Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Research Scientist]	Kunio Yoneyama
[Senior Scientist]	Kazuaki Yasunaga
[Senior Scientist]	Yukari Takayabu
[Senior Research Scientist]	Masaki Katsumata
[Research Scientist]	Chiharu Takahashi

Intra-Seasonal Variations and Related Phenomena Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Research Scientist]	Ryuichi Shirooka
[Senior Scientist]	Hiroyuki Yamada
[Scientist]	Hisayuki Kubota
[Scientist]	Kosaku Moteki
[Scientist]	Ayako Seiki
[Scientist]	Naoki Sato
[Senior Research Scientist]	Masaki Katsumata
[Senior Research Scientist]	Biao Geng
[Research Scientist]	Jyunko Suzuki

Northern Hemisphere Cryosphere Program

Program Director [Principal Scientist]	Tetsuo Ohata
[Scientist]	Yuji Kodama

Arctic Ocean Climate System Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Research Scientist]	Takashi Kikuchi
[Senior Scientist]	Jun Inoue
[Research Scientist]	Shigeto Nishino
[Research Scientist]	Motoyo Ito
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Yusuke Kawaguchi

Terrestrial Environment Change Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Research Scientist]	Hironori Yabuki
[Senior Scientist]	Konosuke Sugiura
[Senior Scientist]	Kazuyoshi Suzuki
[Senior Scientist]	Yoshihiro Iijima
[Senior Scientist]	Katsunori Tanaka
[Scientist]	Kazuyuki Saito
[Scientist]	Ho Taek Park
[Scientist]	Keiko Konya
[Scientist]	Mamoru Ishikawa
[Research Scientist]	Masayuki Hara
[Technical Support Staff]	Hideyuki Kitabata
[Technical Support Staff]	Tsutomu Kadota

Climate Dynamics Research Team

Team Leader [Scientist]	Yoshihiro Tachibana
[Senior Scientist]	Yoshihiro Iijima
[Senior Scientist]	Jun Inoue
[Scientist]	Masayo Ogi
[Scientist]	Masatake Hori
[Scientist]	Akiharu Honda
[Research Worker]	Masashi Itou

Environmental Biogeochemical Cycle Research Program

Program Director [Principal Scientist]	Toshiro Saino
[Principal Scientist]	Michio Kishi
[Principal Scientist]	Takakiyo Nakazawa
[Principal Scientist]	Ryuji Tada
[Principal Scientist]	Toshihiko Hara

Marine Biogeochemical Cycle Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Research Scientist]	Makio Honda
[Principal Scientist]	Toshiro Saino
[Scientist]	Masahide Wakita
[Scientist]	Kosei Sasaoka
[Scientist]	Tetsuichi Fujiki
[Scientist]	Yoshihisa Mino
[Research Scientist]	Kazuhiko Matsumoto
[Research Scientist]	Hajime Kawakami
[study support part timer]	Miki Hasegawa
[study support part timer]	Mayu Iimura

Atmospheric Geochemical Cycle Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Masayuki Takigawa
[Principal Scientist]	Takakiyo Nakazawa
[Principal Scientist]	Shamil Maksyutov
[Principal Scientist]	Itushi Uno
[Senior Scientist]	Prabir K. Patra
[Senior Scientist]	Kengo Sudo
[Scientist]	Kazuyo Yamaji
[Scientist]	Kentaro Ishijima
[Scientist]	Kazuyuki Miyazaki
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Ignacio Pisso
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Ryu Saito
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Kohei Ikeda

Marine Ecosystem Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Sanae Chiba
[Principal Scientist]	Michio Kishi
[Senior Scientist]	Yoshikazu Sasai
[Senior Scientist]	Yasuhiro Yamanaka
[Senior Scientist]	Akio Ishida
[Scientist]	Sherwood Lan. Smith
[Research Scientist]	Maki Noguchi
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Eiji Watanabe
[study support part timer]	Keiko Yamamoto

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Rikie Suzuki
[Senior Scientist]	Akihiko Ito
[Scientist]	Hideki Kobayashi
[Scientist]	Reiichiro Ishii
[Scientist]	Takeshi Ise
[Research Scientist]	Shin Nagai
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Tomohiro Hajima
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Hadi Fadaei
[study support part timer]	Yukiko Katayama

Atmospheric Composition Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Yugo Kanaya
[Senior Scientist]	Yuichi Komazaki
[Scientist]	Hitoshi Irie
[Scientist]	Fumikazu Taketani
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Hisahiro Takashima
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Xiaole Pan

Paleooceanography Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Research Scientist]	Naomi Harada
[Principal Scientist]	Ryuji Tada
[Senior Scientist]	Yusuke Okazaki
[Scientist]	Kana Nagashima
[Senior Research Scientist]	Katsunori Kimoto
[Technical Support Staff]	Yuriko Nakamura
[Technical Support Staff]	Miyako Sato
[study support part timer]	Naoko Matsuura
[study support part timer]	Asako Ino
[study support part timer]	Yumie Yoshitomi
[study support part timer]	Manami Kurata
[study support part timer]	Akiko Miyakubo
[Research Worker]	Yoshimi Kubota
[Research Worker]	Miho Fukuda
[Research Worker]	Megumi Matsuoka
[Scientist]	Jonaotaro Onodera

Global Change Projection Research Program

Program Director [Principal Research Scientist]	Akira Noda
[short-term part-time]	Takanori Watanabe
[study support part timer / Research Worker]	Hiroaki Yamato

Integrated Earth System Modeling Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Michio Kawamiya
[Senior Scientist]	Shingo Watanabe
[Scientist]	Ainori Ito
[Scientist]	Hideki Okajima
[Scientist]	Kaoru Tachiiri
[Scientist]	Etsushi Kato
[Engineer]	Koji Ishihara
[Technical Support Staff]	Akitomo Yamamoto

Climate Modeling Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Scientist]	Tatsushi Tokioka
[Principal Scientist]	Masato Sugi
[Senior Scientist]	Masayoshi Ishii
[Senior Scientist]	Mikio Nakanishi
[Scientist]	Minoru Chikira
[Senior Scientist]	Takashi Mochizuki
[Engineer]	Teruyuki Nishimura
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Masato Nozu
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Hiroshi Koyama

Global Change Analysis Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Research Scientist]	Akira Noda
[Principal Scientist]	Kozo Ninomiya
[Senior Scientist]	James Annan
[Scientist]	Yoshio Kawatani

Global Hydro-climate Process Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Scientist]	Tetsuzo Yasunari
[Principal Scientist]	Taikan Oki
[Senior Scientist]	Kazuyoshi Suzuki
[Senior Scientist]	Kumiko Takata
[Senior Scientist]	Yoshiki Fukutomi
[Senior Scientist]	Xu Jianqing
[Senior Scientist]	Katsunori Tanaka
[Senior Scientist]	Tomohiko Tomita
[Scientist]	Kazuyuki Saito
[Scientist]	Masayo Ogi
[Scientist]	Hyung Jin Kim
[Scientist]	Hiroshi Takahashi
[Research Scientist]	Masayuki Hara

Paleo-climate Modeling Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Ayako Abe
[Senior Scientist]	Julia Hargreaves
[Scientist]	Fuyuki Saito
[Scientist]	Megumi Chikamoto
[Research Scientist]	Rumi Ogaito
[Research Scientist]	Kunio Takahashi
[Research Scientist]	Tetsuo Sueyoshi

Climate Variation Predictictability and Applicability Research Program

Program Director [Principal Scientist]

Yukio Masumoto

Low-latitude Climate Prediction Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Swadhin K. Behera
[Senior Scientist]	Jingjia Luo
[Scientist]	Jayanthi Venkata Ratnam
[Scientist]	Ingo Richter
[Engineer]	Zhang Ruochao

Mid- and High-latitude Climate Predictability Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Masami Nonaka
[Senior Scientist]	Kotaro Takaya
[Senior Scientist]	Mototaka Nakamura
[Senior Scientist]	Hisashi Nakamura
[Senior Scientist]	Yoichi Tanimoto
[Scientist]	Toru Miyama
[Engineer]	Zhang Ruochao

Ocean Downscaled Prediction Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Yasumasa Miyazawa
[Senior Scientist]	Sergey M. Varlamov
[Senior Scientist]	Guo Xinyu
[Senior Scientist]	Takuji Waseda
[Scientist]	Toru Miyama
[Scientist]	Hitoshi Tamura
[Engineer]	Zhang Ruochao

Climate Variation Informatics Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Hirofumi Sakuma
[Senior Scientist]	Hidenori Aiki
[Senior Scientist]	Mototaka Nakamura
[Engineer]	Zhang Ruochao

Advanced Atmosphere-Ocean-Land Modeling Program

Program Director [Principal Scientist]	Fujio Kimura
[study support part timer / Research Worker]	Rie Seto

Global Cloud-Resolving Modeling Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Masaki Sato
[Senior Scientist]	Tomoe Nasuno
[Senior Scientist]	Kazuyoshi Ouchi
[Senior Scientist]	Hirofumi Tomita
[Scientist]	Akira Noda
[Scientist]	Hiroaki Miura
[Research Scientist]	Masayuki Hara
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Chihiro Kodama

Advanced Ocean Modeling Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Yukio Tanaka
[Senior Scientist]	Motohiko Tsugawa
[Scientist]	Tatsuo Suzuki
[Scientist]	Yoshiki Komuro
[Scientist]	Hiroaki Tatebe
[Scientist]	Takashi Sakamoto
[Scientist]	Masao Kurogi

Cloud, Precipitation and Radiation Process Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Kozo Nakamura
[Principal Scientist]	Masanori Yamasaki
[Principal Scientist]	Yasushi Fujiyoshi
[Senior Scientist]	Kazuhisa Tsuboki
[Scientist]	Naomi Kuba
[Scientist]	Yoshifumi Ota

Land Surface Modeling Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Ma Xieyao
[Senior Scientist]	Takao Yoshikane
[Senior Scientist]	Katsunori Tanaka
[Scientist]	Mikiko Fujita
[Research Scientist]	Masayuki Hara

Regional Climate Modeling Research Team

Team Leader [Principal Scientist]	Fujio Kimura
[Senior Scientist]	Takao Yoshikane
[Scientist]	Keiko Konya
[Scientist]	Hiroaki Kawase
[Scientist]	Noriko Nohara
[Scientist]	Yasutaka Wakazuki
[Research Scientist]	Masayuki Hara
[Postdoctoral Researcher]	Sachiho Aoki

Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Observation and Modeling Research Team

Team Leader [Senior Scientist]	Tomoe Nasuno
[Senior Scientist]	Hiroyuki Yamada
[Senior Scientist]	Kazuaki Yasunaga
[Senior Scientist]	Kazuyoshi Ouchi
[Senior Scientist]	Masaki Sato
[Scientist]	Ryo Onishi
[Principal Research Scientist]	Masanori Yoshizaki
[Principal Research Scientist]	Shuichi Mori
[Senior Research Scientist]	Kunio Yoneyama
[Senior Research Scientist]	Ryuichi Shirooka
[Engineer]	Mikiko Ikeda