Researcher Information
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Research Interests
Research History
- Apr. 2026 - Present
JAMSTEC, MGeo, IMG, Senior Researcher, GL - Apr. 2021 - Present
Waseda University, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Part-time Lecturer - Oct. 2023 - Mar. 2026
JAMSTEC, SDR, IMG, Senior researcher - Apr. 2020 - Sep. 2023
JAMSTEC, SDR, IMG, Researcher - Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
JAMSTEC, SDR, IMG, Research Scientist - Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2019
JAMSTEC, ODS, Research Scientist - Oct. 2007 - Mar. 2015
JGI, Inc., Research and Development Department - Apr. 2007 - Oct. 2007
JAPEX Co. Ltd.
Education
Committee Memberships
- Jan. 2025 - Present
Science Evaluation Panel (SEP) member, International Ocean Discovery Programme (IODP3) - Aug. 2023 - Present
Council member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) - 2020 - Present
Planning Committee, member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan (SEGJ) - 2016 - Present
International Affairs Committee, member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan (SEGJ) - Oct. 2020 - Sep. 2024
Science evaluation panel (SEP) member, International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) - 2016 - 2018
堆積盆地再評価ワーキンググループ 委員, 資源エネルギー庁 - 2013 - 2015
Journal Editorial Committee, member, Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology
Research activity information
Papers
- Kazuya Shiraishi; Tetsuo No
〔Major achievements〕Interbedded low-velocity layer to generate apparent positive-polarity reflection
BUTSURI-TANSA(Geophysical Exploration), 14 May 2026
79, 8, 14
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Gaku Kimura; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Gou Fujie; Paul Caesar. M. Flores
〔Major achievements〕Ridge collision sculpts forearc segmentation along the eastern Nankai Trough
Communications Earth & Environment, 05 May 2026
[Reviewed] - Paul Caesar M. Flores; Shuichi Kodaira; Kazuya Shiraishi; Gou Fujie; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Ryuta Arai
〔Major achievements〕Extensive fluid overpressure in the shallow slow earthquake zone of Nankai Trough off Muroto mapped with high-resolution P-wave velocity
Scientific Reports, 06 Feb. 2026
16, 1, 7636
[Reviewed] - Takeshi Akuhara; Kazuya Shiraishi; Takeshi Tsuji; Yusuke Yamashita; Hiroko Sugioka; Atikul Haque Farazi; Shukei Ohyanagi; Yoshihiro Ito; Ryuta Arai; Eiichiro Araki; Gou Fujie; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Takashi Tonegawa; Ryosuke Azuma; Ryota Hino; Kimihiro Mochizuki; Shunsuke Takemura; Tomoaki Yamada; Masanao Shinohara
〔Major achievements〕Structural barriers control the spatial extent of slow earthquake slip
Nature Communications, 03 Jan. 2026
17, 1431
[Reviewed] - Mehmet Ali Uge; Brian Boston; Gou Fujie; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Shuichi Kodaira
〔Major achievements〕Imaging Continental Rifting Structures From Eastern Gondwana Breakup by Full‐Waveform Inversion of Marine Wide‐Angle Seismic Data
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Dec. 2025
130, 12, e2025JB032388
[Reviewed] - Takashi TONEGAWA; Ryuta ARAI; Kazuya SHIRAISHI; Takeshi AKUHARA
〔Major achievements〕Seismological Structure Around Source Regions of Slow Earthquakes at the Shallow Plate Interface in the Nankai Trough
Zisin (Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan. 2nd ser.), 08 Oct. 2025
78, 187, 198
[Reviewed] - Gou Fujie; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Ryuta Arai
〔Major achievements〕Status of the seismic structural studies in the seismogenic subduction zones around Japan through marine seismic exploration
BUTSURI-TANSA(Geophysical Exploration), Sep. 2025
78, sp62, sp77
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Ryuta Arai; Tetsuo No; Yuka Kaiho; Ryo Miura; Ayako Nakanishi; Seiichi Miura; Gou Fujie; Shuichi Kodaira
〔Major achievements〕Topography of the subducting basement throughout the entire Nankai Trough
Scientific Reports, 30 Jul. 2025
15, 1, 25530
[Reviewed]
Lead - Paul Caesar M. Flores; Shuichi Kodaira; Gaku Kimura; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Gou Fujie; Tetsuo No; Yuka Kaiho
〔Major achievements〕Multiple Seamount Subduction and Lithological Variability Possibly Control Pore Fluid Pressure and Shallow Slow Earthquake Activity in Nankai Trough off Muroto
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19 Apr. 2025
26, 4, e2024GC011926
[Reviewed] - Ryuta Arai; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Gou Fujie; Arata Kioka; Masataka Kinoshita; Rina Fukuchi
〔Major achievements〕Prevalence of mud diapirs in the Hyuga-nada subduction zone, southwest Japan, and its implications on hydrogeological processes
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 17 Feb. 2025
12, 1
[Reviewed] - Ryoichiro Agata; Kazuya Shiraishi; Gou Fujie
〔Major achievements〕Physics-informed deep learning quantifies propagated uncertainty in seismic structure and hypocenter determination
Scientific Reports, 13 Jan. 2025
15, 1, 1846, 1846
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Gou Fujie; Ryuta Arai; Yasuyuki Nakamura
〔Major achievements〕Potential fluid migration process inferred from integrated active-source seismic imaging in the Nankai Trough subduction zone off Cape Muroto, Japan
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Dec. 2024
173, 107258, 107258
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Tetsuo No; Shuichi Kodaira; Kentaro Imai; Koichiro Obana; Gou Fujie; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Kazuya Shiraishi; Ryo Miura; Masao Nakanishi
〔Major achievements〕Mapping normal faults on the outer slope of the western Kuril Trench based on recent seismic reflection and bathymetric data
Earth, Planets and Space, 08 Nov. 2024
76, 1
[Reviewed] - G. Kimura; K. Shiraishi; Y. Nakamura; S. Kodaira; G. Fujie; R. Arai; G. F. Moore
〔Major achievements〕Frontal Thrust Ramp‐Up and Slow Earthquakes Due To Underthrusting of Basement High in the Nankai Trough
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18 Jul. 2024
25, 7
[Reviewed] - Toshiya Kanamatsu; Juichiro Ashi; Kazuya Shiraishi
〔Major achievements〕Controlling factors of a submarine landslide on the Kumano-nada continental slope, West Japan
Tectonophysics, Jul. 2024
883, 230370, 230370
[Reviewed] - Ryuta Arai; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Gou Fujie; Seiichi Miura; Shuichi Kodaira; Dan Bassett; Tsutomu Takahashi; Yuka Kaiho; Yohei Hamada; Kimihiro Mochizuki; Rie Nakata; Masataka Kinoshita; Yoshitaka Hashimoto; Kyoko Okino
〔Major achievements〕Thick slab crust with rough basement weakens interplate coupling in the western Nankai Trough
Earth, Planets and Space, 15 May 2024
76, 1
[Reviewed] - Paul Caesar M. Flores; Shuichi Kodaira; Gaku Kimura; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Gou Fujie; Tetsuo No; Yuka Kaiho
〔Major achievements〕Link Between Geometrical and Physical Property Changes Along Nankai Trough With Slow Earthquake Activity Revealed by Dense Reflection Survey
Geophysical Research Letters, 20 Apr. 2024
51, 8
[Reviewed] - Hiroto Yamaguchi; Shuichi Kodaira; Gou Fujie; Tetsuo No; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Kazuya Shiraishi; Nobukazu Seama
〔Major achievements〕Undulations in Subducted Oceanic Crust Correlate With Shallow Tremor Distribution in the Kuril Trench Off Hokkaido
Geophysical Research Letters, 29 Dec. 2023
51, 1
[Reviewed] - Shuto Takenouchi; Takeshi Tsuji; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Shuichi Kodaira; Gou Fujie; Kota Mukumoto
〔Major achievements〕Identification of active faults and tectonic features through heat flow distribution in the Nankai Trough, Japan, based on high-resolution velocity-estimated bottom-simulating reflector depths
Earth, Planets and Space, 25 Sep. 2023
75, 1
[Reviewed] - Ryoichiro Agata; Kazuya Shiraishi; Gou Fujie
〔Major achievements〕Bayesian seismic tomography based on velocity-space Stein variational gradient descent for physics-informed neural network
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Jul. 2023
61, 4506917
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Toshiki Watanabe
〔Major achievements〕Seismic reflection imaging of deep crustal structures using local earthquakes in the Kanto region, Japan
Earth, Planets and Space, 28 Jan. 2023
75, 1
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - G. Kimura; Y. Nakamura; K. Shiraishi; G. Fujie; S. Kodaira; T. Tsuji; R. Fukuchi; A. Yamaguchi
〔Major achievements〕Nankai Forearc Structural and Seismogenic Segmentation Caused by a Magmatic Intrusion off the Kii Peninsula
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19 Aug. 2022
23, 8
[Reviewed] - Y. Nakamura; K. Shiraishi; G. Fujie; S. Kodaira; G. Kimura; Y. Kaiho; T. No; S. Miura
〔Major achievements〕Structural Anomaly at the Boundary Between Strong and Weak Plate Coupling in the Central‐Western Nankai Trough
Geophysical Research Letters, 13 May 2022
49, 10, e2022GL098180
[Reviewed] - T. Tonegawa; E. Araki; H. Matsumoto; T. Kimura; K. Obana; G. Fujie; R. Arai; K. Shiraishi; M. Nakano; Y. Nakamura; T. Yokobiki; S. Kodaira
〔Major achievements〕Extraction of P Wave From Ambient Seafloor Noise Observed by Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Geophysical Research Letters, 28 Feb. 2022
49, 4, e2022GL098162
[Reviewed] - Yoshitaka Hashimoto; Shigeyuki Sato; Gaku Kimura; Masataka Kinoshita; Ayumu Miyakawa; Gregory F. Moore; Masaru Nakano; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuhiro Yamada
〔Major achievements〕Décollement geometry controls on shallow very low frequency earthquakes
Scientific Reports, Feb. 2022
12, 1, 2677
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Tetsuo No; Gou Fujie
〔Major achievements〕Seismic reflection imaging of deep crustal structures via reverse time migration using offshore wide-angle seismic data on the eastern margin of the Sea of Japan
Earth, Planets and Space, Feb. 2022
74, 1, 28
[Reviewed]
Lead - Hiroyuki Matsumoto; Eiichiro Araki; Toshinori Kimura; Gou Fujie; Kazuya Shiraishi; Takashi Tonegawa; Koichiro Obana; Ryuta Arai; Yuka Kaiho; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Takashi Yokobiki; Shuichi Kodaira; Narumi Takahashi; Robert Ellwood; Victor Yartsev; Martin Karrenbach
〔Major achievements〕Detection of hydroacoustic signals on a fiber-optic submarine cable
Scientific Reports, Dec. 2021
11, 1
[Reviewed] - Takashi Tonegawa; Eiichiro Araki; Hiroyuki Matsumoto; Toshinori Kimura; Koichiro Obana; Gou Fujie; Ryuta Arai; Kazuya Shiraishi; Masaru Nakano; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Takashi Yokobiki; Shuichi Kodaira
Vp and Vs structure estimations from ambient seafloor noise observed by distributed acoustic sensing
08 Jun. 2021 - Kazuya Shiraishi; Toshiki Watanabe
〔Major achievements〕Passive seismic reflection imaging based on acoustic and elastic reverse time migration without source information: theory and numerical simulations
Exploration Geophysics, 21 Apr. 2021
1, 13
[Reviewed]
Lead - Gaku Kimura; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Kazuya Shiraishi; Gou Fujie; Shuichi Kodaira; Asuka Yamaguchi; Rina Fukuchi; Yoshitaka Hashimoto
〔Major achievements〕Rejuvenated extension of the Philippine Sea plate and its effect on subduction dynamics in the Nankai Trough
Island Arc, Apr. 2021
30, 1
[Reviewed] - Takashi Tonegawa; Toshinori Kimura; Kazuya Shiraishi; Suguru Yabe; Yoshio Fukao; Eiichiro Araki; Masataka Kinoshita; Yoshinori Sanada; Seiichi Miura; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Shuichi Kodaira
〔Major achievements〕Weak faults at megathrust plate boundary respond to tidal stress
Earth, Planets and Space, Apr. 2021
73, 1
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuhiro Yamada; Masaru Nakano; Masataka Kinoshita; Gaku Kimura
〔Major achievements〕Three-dimensional topographic relief of the oceanic crust may control the occurrence of shallow very-low-frequency earthquakes in the Nankai Trough off Kumano
Earth, Planets and Space, Dec. 2020
72, 1, 72
[Reviewed]
Lead - K. Shiraishi; Y. Yamada; T. Nibe
〔Major achievements〕Thermogenic petroleum potential of the Nankai subduction zone offshore SW Japan
Journal of Petroleum Geology, Sep. 2019
42, 4, 417, 434
[Reviewed]
Lead - Hung-Yu Wu; Chung-Han Chan; Kazuya Shiraishi; Adam Wspanialy; Takamitsu Sugihara; Yoshinori Sanada
〔Major achievements〕Observed stress state for the IODP Site C0002 and implication to the stress field of the Nankai Trough subduction zone
Tectonophysics, Aug. 2019
765, 1, 10
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Gregory Moore; Yasuhiro Yamada; Masataka Kinoshita; Yoshinori Sanada; Gaku Kimura
〔Major achievements〕Seismogenic Zone Structures Revealed by Improved 3‐D Seismic Images in the Nankai Trough off Kumano
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, May 2019
20, 5, 2252, 2271
[Reviewed]
Lead - Brian Boston; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Flora Gallais; Ron Hackney; Gou Fujie; Shuichi Kodaira; Seiichi Miura; Yuka Kaiho; Saneatsu Saito; Kazuya Shiraishi; Yasuhiro Yamada
〔Major achievements〕Delayed Subsidence After Rifting and a Record of Breakup for Northwestern Zealandia
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Mar. 2019
124, 3057, 3072
[Reviewed] - Masataka Kinoshita; Kazuya Shiraishi; Evi Demetriou; Yoshitaka Hashimoto; Weiren Lin
〔Major achievements〕Geometrical dependence on the stress and slip tendency acting on the subduction megathrust of the Nankai seismogenic zone off Kumano
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Jan. 2019
6, 1
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Masako Robb; Karl Hosgood; Yasuhiro Yamada
〔Major achievements〕Application of common reflection angle migration for imaging deformation structures in an inner accretionary wedge, Nankai Trough, Japan
Geophysical Prospecting, Nov. 2018
67, 2, 317, 330
[Reviewed]
Lead - Kan-Hsi Hsiung; Toshiya Kanamatsu; Ken Ikehara; Kazuya Shiraishi; Chorn-Shern Horng; Kazuko Usami
〔Major achievements〕Morpho-sedimentary features and sediment dispersal systems of the southwest end of the Ryukyu Trench: a source-to-sink approach
GEO-MARINE LETTERS, Dec. 2017
37, 6, 561, 577
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Gou Fujie; Takeshi Sato; Susumu Abe; Eiichi Asakawa; Shuichi Kodaira
〔Major achievements〕Interferometric OBS imaging for wide-angle seismic data
GEOPHYSICS, Sep. 2017
82, 5, Q39, Q51
[Reviewed] - Tatsuya Ishiyama; Hiroshi Sato; Naoko Kato; Shin Koshiya; Susumu Abe; Kazuya Shiraishi; Makoto Matsubara
〔Major achievements〕Structures and active tectonics of compressionally reactivated back-arc failed rift across the Toyama trough in the Sea of Japan, revealed by multiscale seismic profiling
TECTONOPHYSICS, Jul. 2017
710, 21, 36
[Reviewed] - K. Shiraishi; S. Abe, T; Takahashi; N. Tsumura; T. Ito
〔Major achievements〕Subsurface exploration with P-coda of local earthquakes using seismic interferometry
BUTSURI-TANSA, 2016
69, 4, 249, 268
[Reviewed] - Fujie G; S. Kodaira; T. Sato; K. Shiraishi; E. Asakawa; S. Abe; T. Okamoto
〔Major achievements〕Deep crustal imaging by wide-angle seismic data using seismic interferometry and prestack depth migration
JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, 2013
17, 11, 22
[Reviewed] - Shiraishi K; S. Abe; T. Iwasaki; H. Saito; H. Sato; S. Koshiya; N. Kato; R. Arai; T. Kawanaka
〔Major achievements〕Reliability evaluation by initial model randomization for refraction traveltime tomography
BUTSURI-TANSA, 2010
63, 4, 343, 356
[Reviewed]
Lead - 佐藤比呂志; 阿部 進; 河合展夫; 加藤直子; 岩崎貴哉; 石山達也; 斉藤秀雄; 白石和也; 稲葉 充; 深澤 光
〔主要な業績〕ひずみ集中帯地殻構造探査・三条-弥彦測線の成果
地球, 2010
32, 7, 403, 410 - Minato S; T. Tsuji; T. Noguchi; K. Shiraishi; T. Matsuoka; Y. Fukao; G. Moore
〔Major achievements〕Estimation of detailed temperature distribution of sea water using seismic oceanography
BUTSURI-TANSA, 2009
62, 5, 509, 520
[Reviewed] - Shiraishi K; T. Matsuoka; T. Matsuoka; M. Tanoue; S. Yamaguchi
〔Major achievements〕Application of seismic interferometry to inverse VSP data
BUTSURI-TANSA, 2008
61, 111, 120
[Reviewed]
Lead - Shiraishi K; K. Onishi; S. Ito; Y. Yamanaka; T. Aizawa; T. Matsuoka
〔Major achievements〕Experimental study for practical use of subsurface imaging by seismic interferometry
BUTSURI-TANSA, 2008
61, 101, 110
[Reviewed] - Matsuoka T; K. Shiraishi
〔Major achievements〕Synthesis of Green’s function by seismic interferometry and subsurface imaging
BUTSURI-TANSA, 2008
61, 133, 144
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Toshifumi Matsuoka
〔Major achievements〕Wave propagation simulation using the CIP method of characteristic equations
COMMUNICATIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, Jan. 2008
3, 1, 121, 135
[Reviewed] - Shiraishi K; T. Matsuoka; T. Kawanaka
〔Major achievements〕Review of Seismic Interferometry
Journal of Geography, 2008
117, 5, 863, 869
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Toshifumi Matsuoka; Toshiyuki Matsuoka; Masayoshi Tanoue; Shinji Yamagushi
〔Major achievements〕Seismic interferometric imaging from a point source in the ground
JOURNAL OF SEISMIC EXPLORATION, Mar. 2007
15, 4, 323, 332
[Reviewed] - Shiraishi K; Y. Yamada; T. Matsuoka
〔Major achievements〕Synthetic seismic sections of an accretionary prism reproduced by 3D sandbox experiment
Journal of Japan Association of Petroleum Technology, 2007
72, 3, 279, 289
[Reviewed] - Kentaro Torii; Toshifumi Matsuoka; Kyosuke Onishi; Kazuya Shiraishi; Takao Aizawa; Yoshiaki Yamanaka; Syunichiro Ito; Toshinori Kimura; Youichi Asano; Tetsuya Takeda
Application seismic interferometry to natural earthquakes measured by small-scale array
SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, Jan. 2007
26, 1, 1362, 1366
[Reviewed] - K. Shiraishi; K. Onishi; S. Ito; T. Aizawa; T. Matsuoka
Seismic interferometry with underground moving source
Society of Petroleum Engineers, 68th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006, EAGE 2006: Opportunities in Mature Areas, 2006
1, 209, 213 - K. Torii; K. Shiraishi; K. Onishi; T. Kimura; S. Ito; T. Aizawa; K. Tsukada; T. Matsuoka
Cross-hole tomography using seismic interferometry
Society of Petroleum Engineers, 68th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006, EAGE 2006: Opportunities in Mature Areas, 2006
1, 214, 217 - Shiraishi K; T. Matsuoka
〔Major achievements〕The simulation of acoustic wave propagation by using characteristic curves with CIP method
BUTSURI-TANSA, 2006
59, 261, 274
[Reviewed] - Kazuya Shiraishi; Mieko Tanaka; Toshifumi Matsuoka; Toshiyuki Matsuoka
Daylight seismic imaging from a buried point source
Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 75th SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2005, 2005
1265, 1268 - K. Shiraishi; T. Matsuoka
Elastic modeling based on advection equations
67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts, 2005
67, 3029, 3032 - Shiraishi K; T. Matsuoka
〔Major achievements〕Application of empirical mode decomposition to seismic data
BUTSURI-TANSA, 2004
57, 553, 562
[Reviewed]
