Contact Information
HCD-Net Headquarter
Attn. JustStaff
Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan
E-mail : secretariat@hcdnet.org
Secretary Member:
Haruhiko Urokohara
Atsushi Hasegawa
Rie Amano
Hiroshi Obama
Kim HyangSook
Kyoko Saito
Miki Fujioka
Web Design: Concent Inc.
Atsushi Hasegawa
Rie Amano
Hiroshi Obama
Kim HyangSook
Kyoko Saito
Miki Fujioka
Overview of the organization
Board Members
Chief Director
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Masaaki Kurosu | Professor, The Open University of Japan, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies |
Director of Secretariat
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Haruhiko Urokohara | Representative Director, U'eyes Design Inc. |
Deputy Chief Directors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Toshikazu Shinohara | President, Sociomedia, Inc. |
| Seiji Hayakawa | General Manager, Ricoh Co., Ltd. |
| Kazuhiko Yamazaki | Professor, Chiba Institute of Technology |
Directors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Masaya Ando | Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology |
| Jun Itoh | Senior Service Specialist, Sony Inc. Director, Human Interface Society |
| Shunji Ogawa | Director, Kai Design Inc. |
| Mitsuhiko Karashima | Professor, Tokai University |
| Kentaro Go | Associate Professor, University of Yamanashi |
| Tadashi Kobayashi | Professor, Aichi Institute of Technology |
| Masaaki Takahashi | Councilor, Japan Technical Communicators Association |
| Tetsuya Tarumoto | Usability Engineer |
| Atsushi Hasegawa | President, Concent Inc. |
| Hideyuki Matsubara | Manager, Canon Inc. |
| Toshiki Yamaoka | Professor, Wakayama University |
| Makoto Yamasaki | Senior User Research Specialist, Adobe Systems Inc. |
| Rika Waida | Victor Company of Japan |
Statutory Auditors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Daizo Kato | Coordinator, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Masaharu Wakamatsu | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. |
Secretariat
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Haruhiko Urokohara | U'eyes Design Inc. |
| Atsushi Hasegawa | Concent, Inc. |
| Rie Amano | |
| Hiroshi Obama | |
| HyanSook Kim | Secretariat Inc. |
| Kyoko Saito | |
| Miki Fujioka | Secretariat Inc. |
| Web Design | Concent, Inc. |
Councilors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Satoshi Asano | Yokohama Digital Arts |
| Masako Itoh | Tokiwa University |
| Akio Inui | |
| Masayuki Inoue | Seiko Epson, Corp. |
| Takushi Imai | Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. |
| Tomohiro Uemura | Tama Art University |
| Naoki Endo | beBit Inc. |
| Makoto Okamoto | Future University-Hakodate |
| Noriko Osaka | Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. |
| Yasuyoshi Onoue | InterSoft Co., Ltd. |
| Mitsugu Obata | Human Interface Inc. |
| Hideaki Kasai | NEC Software Hokkaido, Ltd. |
| Hiroshi Kajii | NTT Advanced Technology, Corp. |
| Takashi Kato | Kansai University |
| Toyohiro Kanayama | |
| Muneo Kitajima | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| Yosuke Kinoe | Hosei University |
| Katsuhiko Kushi | Kyoto Institute of Technology |
| Hirokazu Kobayashi | Japan Patent Office |
| Akira Kondo/td> | Hitachi Intermedix Co., Ltd./td> |
| Toru Koyama | Kindai Kagaku Sha Co., Ltd. |
| Takeshi Sunaga | Tama Art University |
| Chika Sekine | UDIT Inc. |
| Yasuaki Takamoto | FUJITSU |
| Hideo Terasawa | Future University-Hakodate |
| Mikio Tozaki | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Kazuo Nakamura | FourLink Systems |
| Kimitake Hasuike | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Shoichi Hachiya | GAIA System Solutions Inc. |
| Naotake Hirasawa | Associate Professor, Otaru University of Commerce |
| Shoichi Hosoda | Showa Women’s University |
| Sadao Horino | Kanagawa University |
| Yasuhiro Horibe | Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. |
| Sachi Mizobuchi | Toyota InfoTechnology Center Co., Ltd. |
| Katsumi Miyasaka | K-attack, Inc. |
| Hirohiko Mori | Tokyo City University |
| Kiyotaka Morozumi | Tohoku Institute of Technology |
| Ohiko Yagi | Emeritus Professor, Future University-Hakodate |
| Koji Yanagida | Kurashiki University of Science and The Arts |
| Toshio Yamamoto | Future University-Hakodate |
| Hideo Yokota | Novas, Inc. |
| Akio Yoshihashi | Tama Art University |
| Xiangshi Ren | Kochi University of Technology |
| Masayoshi Watanabe | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
（Japanese Alphabetical）
International Advisory Board
List of IAB members is shown in a separate page
Members of the HCD-Net
All of our members are keenly aware of the critical importance of usability in the process of developing products. Members are from various fields:
Planners, developers and manufacturers of products
System engineers & software programmers
Requirement engineers
User centered designers
User Interface designers
Interaction designers
Information architects
Technical writers
Usability engineers
Government officials
User service personnel
CEOs and Managers
Usability experts
Researchers and Educators affiliated with various research associations such as:
Human Interface Society, Japan
Ergonomics Society
Division of information design of Japanese Society for the Science of Design
Japanese Cognitive Science Society.
Ergonomics Society
Division of information design of Japanese Society for the Science of Design
Japanese Cognitive Science Society.