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Insect-Based Food Production Consortium
Participating Institution

  • Waseda University

  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

  • Tokushima University

  • Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

  • Fisheries Research and Education Agency

  • National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

  • Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

  • The University of Tokyo

  • Hearts

  • Kyoto University

  • Yamaguchi University

  • Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

  • Niigata University

  • Hiroshima University

iF3 (Insect Researches for Food, Fishery and Farming of the Future) Alliance
Cooperative organizationAs of 20 Aug 2025

  • ECOLOGGIE Inc.

  • Ochanomizu University

  • Kyoto Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center

  • Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Fishery and Ocean

  • TAIYO GREEN ENERGY CO., LTD.

  • TAKEO Inc.

  • HIGASHIMARU CO.,LTD.

  • Preppers Corporation.

  • Euglena Co., Ltd.

  • RIKEN

Supporting organizationAs of 20 Aug 2025

  • International Support and Partnership for Health（ISAPH）

  • IGP X Inc.

  • AGRI-TECHNO Co.,Ltd.

  • Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

  • amulapo Inc.

  • EAGLYS Inc.

  • National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

  • WERU INVESTMENT Co., Ltd.

  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency（JAXA）

  • Hermetia

  • OIKAWA Trading Co.,Ltd.

  • Osaka Metropolitan University

  • ORC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

  • OPTORUN Co.,Ltd.

  • Scientific Feed Laboratory Co.,Ltd. (SFL)

  • Kanagawa University of Human Services

  • National Institute of Infectious Diseases

  • Kyushu University

  • Kewpie Corporation

  • KYORAKU Co., Ltd.

  • QUNIE CORPORATION.

  • kuraray trading Co.,Ltd

  • CWP Co,.Ltd.

  • greenase Inc.

  • Corundum Innovation Co. Ltd.

  • Sustainable Energy .inc

  • JTEKT CORPORATION

  • Shikoku Instrumentation CO.,LTD.

  • Edible Insect Science Meeting

  • Shobara High School, Hiroshima

  • Join Earth Co.,Ltd.

  • Scrum Ventures LLC

  • University of Tsukuba

  • TML Co.,Ltd.

  • Mitsui DM Sugar Co.,Ltd.

  • Tokyo University Of Agriculture

  • Tohoku University

  • Nagasaki University

  • Nishidayoukeijyou

  • NICHIREI CORPORATION.

  • Novelgen Co.,Ltd.

  • BioAlechemy

  • BugsWell Inc.

  • BugMo Co., Ltd.

  • Hanna Project Co.,Ltd.

  • Bizen Chemical Co.,LTD/p>

  • FEED ONE CO., LTD.

  • Fukui Prefectural University/p>

  • Primestyle Co.,Ltd.

  • meistier corporation

  • Cadeau d'Insectes, Institute of Insect Resources, and Cricket Farm

  • MEIDENSHA CORPORATION

  • Mogami-machi, Yamagata

  • The Livestock Development for Community Livelihood Organization（LDC）

  • University of the Ryukyus

  • Ryohin Keikaku Co.,Ltd.

Implementation structure

*BSF: Black Soldier Fly

Reseacher introduction
Project Manager

Kei YURA

Professor, Waseda University


【Position】
Project Manager
Principal Investigator
Cricket Group Leader

【Sub-projects】
Insect Genome Breeding

【Specialty】
Computational Biology

【Brief history】
1999 PhD degree at Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nagoya University
2008- Professor at the Division of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences at Ochanomizu University
2017- Professor at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2020- Moonshot Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research and Development Program, Project Manager

PI…Principal Investigato　DPM…Deputy Project Manager

Cricket GL…Cricket Group Leader　BSF GL…Black Soldier Fly Group Leader

DG…Director General　ADG…Assistant to the Director General　DDG…Deputy Direcotr General

Program Coordinator…Program Coordinator

  • Toru ASAHI

    Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

    PIDPM

    Development of Eco-friendly Insect Production Systems

    Bio-Solid State Science, Chiral Science

  • Tadashi ANDOH

    Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency

    PI

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Growth and Metabolic Analysis, Fish Physiology

  • Yoshihito IUCHI

    Professor, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University

    Insect-derived Food Development

    Biochemistry, Functional Food Chemistry

  • Kazumasa IKUTA

    Executive Director, Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Japan

    BSF GLDPM

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Fisheries Science, Aquaculture Technology, Fish Physiologu, Ecology

  • Kenji ISHIHARA

    Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency

    BSF

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Fisheries Processing Technology, Applied Development of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

  • Katsutoshi ITOH

    Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Environmental Conversation

  • Mana ITOH

    Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Environmental Conversation

  • Takuya UEHARA

    Senior Researcher, Insect Design Technology Group,Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Division of Insect Advanced Technology,National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Applied Entomology, Chemical Ecology

  • Atsushi OGURA

    Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bioengineering

    PI

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Bioinformatics, Population Genomics

  • Kosuke KATAOKA

    Associate Professor, Institute of Engineering Division of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University
    Guest Associate Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University

    ADG

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics

  • Naoki KABEYA

    Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Aquatic animal nutrition

  • Takashi KAWAI

    Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

    Social Implementation

    Ergonomics

  • Hajime KUMAGAI

    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Animal Science, Animal Feed Science

  • Kenji SATO

    Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

    Insect-derived Food Development

    Food Science

  • Kazuhiro SATOMURA

    Project Assistant Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, appointed in April 2021

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Population Genetics, Molecular Cytogenetics, Bioinformatics

  • Masami SHIMODA

    Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

    PI

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Applied Entomology

  • Takeshi SUZUKI

    Professor,Graduate School of Advanced Interdisciplinary Science,Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

    PIDG

    Development of Eco-friendly Insect Production Systems

    Applied Entomology

  • Mitsutoshi SETOU

    Professor, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

    Insect-derived Food Development

    Medical Science, Anatomy, Mass spectrometry

  • Mamoru TAKATA

    Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

    Development of Eco-friendly Insect Production Systems

    Insect Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Behavioral Ecology

  • Akira TAKAHASHI

    Professor, School of Medical Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima University

    Development of Elemental Technologies for Space Exploration

    Nutrition, Infectious disease

  • Eisuke TASAKI

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Science (Biology), Niigata University

    PI

    Insect-derived Food Development

    Molecular biology, Entomology

  • Takuya TANIGUCHI

    Associate Professor, Center for Data Science, Waseda University

    Development of Eco-friendly Insect Production Systems

    Materials Informatics, Functional Organic Materials

  • Yosuke CHOMEI

    Associate professor, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University

    PI

    Social Implementation

    Agricultural economics

  • Yoko TSUKAHARA

    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Animal Science, Livestock Production

  • Nozomu TOGAWA

    Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

    Development of Elemental Technologies for Space Exploration

    IoT Design, Security, Next-gen Computing

  • Shozo TOMONAGA

    Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Animal Nutrition

  • Nobuo NAGAI

    Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

    Cricket-derived Food Development

    Physiology, Neuroscience, Experimental animal science

  • Yuichi NAKAJIMA

    Project Assistant Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, appointed in April 2021

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Genomics-assised breeding, Ecology

  • Osamu NAKAMURA

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

    Social Implementation

    Media Communication, Science journalism

  • Takeshi NIKAWA

    Professor, Institute of Medical Biosciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
    Manager, Insitute of Space Nutrition, Tokushima University

    Cricket-derived Food Development

    Molecular Nutrition, Space Biology

  • Yutaka HAGA

    Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

    PI

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Fish Nutrition

  • Nobuhiko HIBARA

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University

    Social Implementation

    Venture Capital Finance, Finacing of Innovation

  • Hiroyuki HIROOKA

    Emeritus Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

    Social Implementation

    Animal Science, Livestock systems

  • Tetsuya FURUYA

    Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Veterinary Microbiology

  • Kenji MATSUURA

    Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

    PI

    Development of Eco-friendly Insect Production Systems

    Insect Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Behavioral Ecology

  • Taro MITO

    Professor, The Bio-Innovation Research Center / Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry(Concurrent appointment), Tokushima University

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Developmental Biology, Insect Science

  • Katsuyuki MIYAWAKI

    Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University
    Institute for Bio-Innovation Research Center, Tokushima University (Concurrent appointment)

    Development of Eco-friendly Insect Production Systems

    Genetic engineering, Agricultural and environmental engineering

  • Tetsuya YASUDA

    Manager, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

    PIDDG

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Conservation science, Entomology, Chemical Ecology

  • Takahiko YANAGITANI

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

    Development of Eco-friendly Insect Production Systems

    Ultrasonics, Medical Devices

  • Hiroaki YAMAMOTO

    Emeritus Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

    Social Implementation

    Genomics

  • Hironori WASHIZAKI

    Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

    Development of Elemental Technologies for Space Exploration

    Computer Science, Software Engineering for Business and Society

  • Takahito WATANABE

    Associate Professor, The Bio-Innovation Research Center / Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry(Concurrent appointment), Tokushima University

    PI

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Applied entomology, Morecular Biology

  • Chia-Ming LIU

    Researcher,Insect Design Technology Group,Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Division of Insect Advanced Technology,National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Chemical Ecology, Applied Entomology

  • Tetsuya KOBAYASHI

    Leader, Insect Design Technology Group, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Division of Insect Advanced Technology, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Insect Science, Ecology, Molecular Cell Biology

  • Koji TAKEDA

    Researcher, Insect Design Technology Group, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Division of Insect Advanced Technology, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Developmental Biology、Insect Science、Molecular Cell Biology

  • ISLAM MD SHORIFUL

    Researcher, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

    Insect-derived Food Development

    Cellular & Molecular Anatomy

  • Chihiro NOZAKI

    Associate Professor(without tenure), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

    Insect-derived Food Development

    Pharmacology ,Neuroscience-general

OB・OG

  • Teikichi IKURA

    （Former Affiliation and Position）
    Project Associate Professor, Institute for Human Life Innovation, Ochanomizu University

  • Taishi UMEZAWA

    Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

  • Soho OYAMA

    Researcher, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

  • Hiroyuki KAWACHI

    Associate Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

  • Masakazu SAITO

    Project Lecturer, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, appointed in April 2021

  • Kiyo SAKAGAMI

    Project Assistant Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Appointed in April 2021

  • Ki-Hyeon SEONG

    （Former Affiliation and Position）
    Insect Interaction Research Unit, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
    Tenured Researcher

  • Hiromasa TABATA

    Project Assistant Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

  • Hiroko TABUNOKI

    Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

  • Yukana TERASAWA

    （Former Affiliation and Position）
    Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
    Assistant Professor

  • Ryuhei NAKAMURA

    Team Leader, Biofunctional catalyst research team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Professor, Earth-Life science institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology

  • Tsuyoshi SHIMMURA

    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

  • Yasuki MATANO

    （Former Affiliation and Position）Project Assistant Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

  • Yuki MITAKA

    （Former Affiliation and Position）
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

  • Shinsuke MORIOKA

    Professor, University of Human Environments

  • Yasujiro MORIMITSU

    Professor, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Ochanomizu University

  • Wuled LENGGORO

    Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology