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Biography

Short Biography

Kentaro Hiromitsu, Ph.D., is a Project Researcher at the Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. He is a neuropsychologist and is registered in Japan as a Certified Public Psychologist.

He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Chuo University in 2019 and subsequently served as a JSPS Research Fellow (PD) at The University of Tokyo. Before joining RACE, he was a Researcher in the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), where he remains affiliated as a Collaborative Researcher. From 2012 to 2023, he worked in the Department of Neurosurgery at Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital.

His research investigates disturbances of the self in individuals with brain lesions and seeks to elucidate the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the sense of self, drawing on experimental psychology, neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience.

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Current Appointments

  • May 2026–present

    Project Researcher

    Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

  • May 2026–present

    Collaborative Researcher

    Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Mechanisms Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)

  • Apr 2019–present

    Visiting Researcher

    Institute of Cultural Sciences, Chuo University

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Education

  • Apr 2014–Mar 2019

    Ph.D. in Psychology

    Graduate School of Letters, Chuo University

  • Apr 2012–Mar 2014

    M.A. in Psychology

    Graduate School of Letters, Chuo University

  • Apr 2008–Mar 2012

    B.A. in Education

    Faculty of Letters, Chuo University

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Previous Appointments

  • Apr 2023–Apr 2026

    Researcher

    Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Mechanisms Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)

  • Apr 2020–Mar 2023

    JSPS Research Fellow (PD)

    Imamizu Laboratory
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

  • Jun 2018–Mar 2021

    Project Researcher

    Imamizu Laboratory
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

  • Sep 2014–Mar 2019

    Associate Researcher and Research Assistant

    Institute of Cultural Sciences, Chuo University

  • Apr 2012–Mar 2023

    Neuropsychologist

    Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital

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Teaching Experience

  • Apr 2021–Mar 2022

    Part-Time Lecturer

    Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, Ochanomizu University

    Cognitive Neuroscience

  • Apr 2019–Mar 2023

    Part-Time Lecturer

    Faculty of Psychology, Atomi University

    Psychological Experiments

  • Apr 2016–Aug 2019

    Part-Time Teaching Staff

    Faculty of Human Sciences, Musashino University

    Experimental Psychology Practicum I and II

  • Apr 2016–Mar 2019

    Part-Time Lecturer

    Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Seibu Gakuen College of Medical Technology

    Psychology

  • Apr 2016–Mar 2018

    Part-Time Lecturer

    School of Distance Learning, Musashino University

    Psychological Measurement

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Professional Qualification

  • Apr 2021

    Certified Public Psychologist

    National qualification, Japan