Professional background and research experience 1986.3 Graduate from Osaka University Medical School 1986.4-1991.3 Department of Urology, Osaka University (Post graduate course) 1991.11-1993.12 National Institutes of Health/Bethesda (Visiting Fellow) 1994.1-1998.7 Assistant professor, Department of Urology, Osaka University 1998.8-2010.9 Associate professor, Department of Urology, Osaka University 2010.10-present Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Osaka University Research interests (Urological malignancies (Prostate cancer, Testicular cancer, Renal cell carcinoma) Memberships The Japanese Urological Association (Council member) The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology (Executive board member) The Japanese Cancer Association (Council member) The Japanese Association of Andrology (Executive board member) The Japan Society for Sexual Medicine (Executive board member) American Urological Association Society for Basic Urology Research (Executive member) European Association of Urology The American Association of Cancer Research The Japanese Association of Andrology (Executive board member)