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I was born in 1968 in Kobe, Japan. I studied Electrical Engineering at Kobe City College of Technology and Yamanashi University, but switched to Physics for my graduate studies at the University of British Columbia in Canada, where I received my PhD in 1999. After working at CERN in Geneva for five years as a University of Tokyo JSPS Fellow and a RIKEN Fellow, I recently took a job as a research scientist at TRIUMF, Canada’s National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, located in Vancouver. I also hold appoints as a faculty member of Green College at the University of British Columbia, and a collaborative scientist at RIKEN in Japan. At TRIUMF, I am working on a project called TWIST (The TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test). We use an intense beam of muons from the TRIUMF cyclotron to study the weak interaction, one of the basic forces of nature.
 I have also been involved in the ATHENA experiment at CERN which studies antihydrogen, the simplest form of atomic antimatter. In 2002, we succeeded in producing cold atoms of antihydrogen for the first time, which was one of the most exciting things that happened to me since my favourite baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the Japanese Championship in 1985! The ATHENA experiment is now finishing, but I am a part of a team of physicists trying to start up a new experiment, ALPHA (Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus) in order to continue our studies on antimatter.
 2005 will be an exciting year for both of my physics projects. TWIST is in its production phase, and important physics results should be coming out this year. ALPHA, on the other hand, is in its infancy, and we are building a new experiment from scratch. They both have their own fun and challenges. While juggling through these two experiments, which are physically apart by several thousand kilometres, I also hope to find time to squeeze in some of my favourite activities which include bar/club-crawling, salsa dancing, Karaoke singing as well as skiing and playing soccer.
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