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Insect-Based Food Production Consortium
Participating Institution

  • Ochanomizu University

  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

  • Tokushima University

  • Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

  • Waseda University

  • Fisheries Research and Education Agency

  • National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

  • University of Human Environments

  • RIKEN

  • Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

  • The University of Tokyo

  • Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Fishery and Ocean

  • 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 13 Apr 2023

【Research institute・Government agency・NGO・NPO】

  • International Support and Partnership for Health（ISAPH）

  • Livestock Development for Community Livelihood Organization（LDC）

  • National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  • Osaka Metropolitan University

  • Kanagawa University of Human Services

  • National Institute of Infectious Diseases

  • Kyushu University

  • Kyoto University

  • Edible Insect Science Meeting

  • University of Tsukuba

  • Tokushima Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Technology Support Center

  • The University of Tokyo

  • Tokyo University Of Agriculture

  • Tohoku University

  • Nagasaki University

  • Shobara High School, Hiroshima

  • Fukui Prefectural University

  • Mogami-machi, Yamagata

  • University of the Ryukyus

【Company】

  • amulapo Inc.

  • BugMo Co., Ltd.

  • BugMo Co., Ltd.

  • EAGLYS Inc.

  • ECOLOGGIE Inc.

  • FTS CO.,LTD.

  • Join Earth Co.,Ltd.

  • OIKAWA Trading Co.,Ltd.

  • TAKEO,LLC

  • TML Co.,Ltd.

  • AGRI-TECHNO Co.,Ltd.

  • Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

  • Hermetia

  • OPTORUN Co.,Ltd.

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

  • Kewpie Corporation

  • KYORAKU Co., Ltd.

  • QUNIE CORPORATION.

  • kuraray trading Co.,Ltd

  • greenase Inc.

  • CWP Co,.Ltd.

  • Gryllus Co., Ltd.

  • Sustainable Energy .inc

  • JTEKT CORPORATION

  • Shikoku Instrumentation CO.,LTD.

  • TAIYO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

  • Nishidayoukeijyou

  • NICHIA CORPORATION

  • NICHIREI CORPORATION.

  • NIKKEI PANEL SYSTEM

  • Novelgen Co.,Ltd.

  • BioAlechemy

  • Hanna Project Co.,Ltd.

  • HIGASHIMARU CO.,LTD.

  • Bizen Chemical Co.,LTD

  • FEED ONE CO., LTD.

  • FUEGO international CO.LTD.

  • Primestyle Co.,Ltd.

  • Preppers Corporation.

  • meistier corporation

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

  • MEIDENSHA CORPORATION

  • euglena Co.,Ltd.

  • Ryohin Keikaku Co.,Ltd.

【Company（Venture Capital）】

  • IGP X Inc.

  • Scrum Ventures LLC

  • WERU INVESTMENT Co., Ltd.

  • Corundum Innovation Co. Ltd.

Implementation structure

*BSF: Black Soldier Fly

Reseacher introduction
Project Manager

Kei YURA

Professor, Ochanomizu University / 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- Project Manager and a Principal Investigator Moonshot Research and Development Program, Cabinet Office
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

  • Teikichi IKURA

    Project Associate Professor, Institute for Human Life Innovation, Ochanomizu University

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Biophysics, Structural biochemistry, Systems genomics

  • 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

    Research Scientist, Insect Interaction Research Unit,
    National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Applied Entomology, Chemical Ecology

  • Taishi UMEZAWA

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

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Plant Molecular Biology

  • Atsushi OGURA

    Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bioengineering

    PI

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Bioinformatics, Population Genomics

  • Soho OYAMA

    Researcher, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

    Insect-derived Food Development

    Medical Science, Pathology

  • Kosuke KATAOKA

    Junior Researcher (Assistant Professor), Comprehensive Research Organization, Waseda University

    ADG

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics

  • Naoki KABEYA

    Assistant 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

  • Hiroyuki KAWACHI

    Associate Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Molecular Biology, Animal Physiology

  • Hajime KUMAGAI

    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Animal Science, Animal Feed Science

  • Masakazu SAITO

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

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Genome editing, Genetic engineering

  • Kiyo SAKAGAMI

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

    Cricket-derived Food Development

    Developmental Biology, Neuroscience

  • 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

  • Tsuyoshi SHIMMURA

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

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Systems Ethology

  • Takeshi SUZUKI

    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, 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

    Assistant professor, Faculty of Science (Biology), Niigata University

    PI

    Insect-derived Food Development

    Molecular biology, Entomology

  • Takuya TANIGUCHI

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

    Development of Eco-friendly Insect Production Systems

    Materials Informatics, Functional Organic Materials

  • Hiromasa TABATA

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

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology

  • Hiroko TABUNNOKI

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

    Development of Elemental Technologies for Space Exploration

    Insect Biochemistry

  • 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

  • Ryuhei NAKAMURA

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

    PI

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Electrochemistry

  • 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

    Associate 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 Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Veterinary Microbiology

  • Yasuki MATANO

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

    Cricket-derived Food Development

    Experimental animal science

  • 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

    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Science, 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

  • Shinsuke MORIOKA

    Professor, University of Human Environments

    PI

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Fish ecology, Aquaculture

  • Yasujiro MORIMITSU

    Professor, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Ochanomizu University

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Food Chemistry, Food Functionality

  • 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

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry / Bio-Innovation Research Center, Tokushima University

    PI

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Applied entomology, Morecular Biology

  • Liu CHIA-MING

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

    Insect Genome Breeding

    Chemical Ecology, Applied Entomology

  • Wuled LENGGORO

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

    Development of Insect-derived Fishery and Livestock Feed

    Chemical Engineering, Particle Technology

OB・OG

  • Ki-Hyeon SEONG

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

  • Yuki MITAKA

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

  • Yukana TERASAWA

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