Researcher Profile and Settings

Profile and Settings

Name

• Name

  SAKURAI Shinji

Affiliations

Affiliation (Master)

• School of Health and Sport Sciences, Professor
• Department of Health Science, Professor
• Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences, Professor
• Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, Researcher

Education, Etc.

Education

• Aug. 1981
• Apr. 1979, Mar. 1981
• Apr. 1974, Mar. 1979

Degree

• Dec. 1994
• Mar. 1981
• Mar. 1979

その他基本情報

Committee Memberships

• Apr. 2017, Mar. 2019
• Apr. 2017, Mar. 2019
• Apr. 2001
• Apr. 2016
• Sep. 2000

Research Activities

Book, papers, etc

Published Papers

• Quantitative analysis of angular momentum generation in the triple-loop in figure skating
  Gansukh, M.-E., Ando, Y., and Sakurai, S
  Sports Biomechanics., 20, 100, 110, 2025, refereed, Joint Work
• Men-strike Motion in Kendo Eighth-Dan Practitioners. A Time-Series Analysis of Joint and Shinai Angle Commonalities and Variability
  Murase N., Suzuki Y., Nakashima H., Sakurai S
  21, 285, 296, 2025, refereed, Joint Work
• Acceptable range of timing error at bat-ball impact in baseball depends on the bat swing path
  Hirotaka Nakashima, Gen Horiuchi, Arata Kimura, Shinji Sakurai
  Front. Sports Act. Living, 7, 159, 165, 2025, refereed, Joint Work
• Comparisons of angular momentum at takeoff in six types of jumps in women's figure skating
  Yamaguchi M and Sakurai S
  Front. Sports Act. Living, 7, 159, 165, 2025, refereed, Joint Work
• 25, 64, 69, 2025, refereed, Joint Work
• IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF HANDLE USE ON A NEW SWIMMING STARTING BLOCK,
  Kazumasa Ozeki, Shummei Ichikawa, Hiroshi Suito and Shinji Sakurai
  ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 43: Iss. 1, Article 66, 66, 69, 2025, refereed, Joint Work
• CHARACTERISTICS OF TURN PERFORMANCE IN ELITE BREASTSTROKE SWIMMERS
  Kazumasa Ozeki, Seiya Kaimasu, Hiroshi Suito and Shinji Sakurai
  ISBS Proceedings Archive, 42, 1, 24, 27, 2024, refereed, Joint Work
• 8, 49, 63, 2024, refereed, Joint Work
• Estimating flight trajectories of breaking balls from four-seam fastballs.
  Arata Kimura, Hirotaka Nakashima, Shuntaro Kuroyanagi, Yuka Ando, Penhao Liao, Shinji Sakurai
  Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5, 1, 8, 2023, refereed, Joint Work
• 55, 56, 2023, refereed, Joint Work
• Kinematic characteristics of athletes obtaining high take-off velocity at the start phase.
  Ozeki, K., Suito, H., & Sakurai, S.
  XIVth International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming Proceedings,, 385, 392, 2023, refereed, Joint Work
• Kinematic characteristics of fastballs and breaking balls thrown by high school baseball pitchers.
  Hirotaka Nakashima, Shuntaro Kuroyanagi, Yuka Ando, Penhao Liao, Shinji Sakurai
  International Journal of Sport and Health Science, 20, 66, 75, 2023, refereed, Joint Work
• 36, 55, 62, 2022, Not refereed, Joint Work
• Kinematic Characteristics of Fastballs and Breaking Balls Thrown by High School Baseball Pitchers
  Hirotaka Nakashima, Shuntaro Kuroyanagi, Yuka Ando, Penhao Liao, Shinji Sakurai
  International Journal of Sport and Health Science, 20, 1, 66, 75, 2022, refereed, Joint Work
• 14, 1, 12, 2022, refereed, Joint Work
• Mechanical energy flow in torso during baseball toss batting
  Gen Horiuchi, Hirotaka Nakashima, Shinji Sakurai
  Sports Biomechanics, 1, 11, 2021, refereed, Joint Work
• 35, 75, 80, 2021, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 35, 65, 70, 2021, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 35, 53, 58, 2021, Not refereed, Joint Work
• Characteristics of a well-done breaking pitch in baseball
  Hirotaka Nakashima, Shinji Sakurai
  Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 38, 372, 375, 2020, refereed, Joint Work
• Kinematics of men striking motion in eighth dan kendo players
  Naoki Murase,Yuki Suzuki,Hirotaka Nakashima,Shinji Sakurai
  Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 38, 532, 535, 2020, refereed, Joint Work
• 12, 341, 353, 2020, refereed, Joint Work
• Biomechanical Study on Different Directions for Running Jumps Focused on the Takeoff Preparation
  Yuki Suzuki, Hirotaka Nakashima, Shuntaro Kuroyanagi, Yuka Ando Mizuki Yamaguchi, Yuma Tsukamoto, Shinji Sakurai
  Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 38, 604, 607, 2020, refereed, Joint Work
• 34, 71, 75, 2020, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 4, 28, 36, 2020, refereed, Joint Work
• 24, 8, 18, 2020, refereed, Joint Work
• 23, 169, 178, 2019, refereed, Joint Work
• 33, 89, 92, 2019, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 33, 73, 82, 2019, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 64, 2, 841, 854, 2019, refereed, Joint Work
• 64, 1, 89, 99, 2019, refereed, Joint Work
• Three-dimensional batted ball in baseball: effect of ball spin on the flight distance.
  Nakashima, H, Horiuchi, G, & Sakurai, S
  Sports Engineering, 21, 493, 499, 2018, refereed, Joint Work
• 36, 843, 851, 2018, refereed, Joint Work
• 63, 479, 493, 2018, refereed, Joint Work
• 63, 695, 705, 2018, refereed, Joint Work
• 32, 37, 39, 2018, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 32, 31, 36, 2018, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 32, 41, 47, 2018, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 62, 691, 703, 2017, refereed, Joint Work
• 67, 590, 597, 2017, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 50, 1, 14, 2017, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 31, 9, 14, 2017, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 31, 33, 38, 2017, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 31, 9, 14, 2017, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 14, 94, 101, 2016, refereed, Joint Work
• 62, 691, 703, 2017, refereed, Joint Work
• 62, 575, 586, 2017, refereed, Joint Work
• 15, 36, 45, 2017, refereed, Joint Work
• 2016
• 2016
• 2016
• 30, 67, 71, 2016, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 43, 2445, 2451, 2015, refereed, Joint Work
• 2015
• 2014
• 2014
• 2014
• 2014
• 2014
• 11, 109, 117, 2013, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 18, 25, 30, 2013, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 27, 61, 65, 2013, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 63, 522, 526, 2013, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 2013
• 23, 29, 2013, refereed, Joint Work
• 2013
• 2013
• 16, 62, 66, 2012, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 2012
• 2012
• 2012
• 84, 5, 7, 2011, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 61, 497, 502, 2011, Not refereed, Joint Work
• 2011
• 2011
• 2011
• 2011
• 2011
• 2011
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Books etc

• 2013
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2011
• 2006
• 2006
• 2004
• 2004
• 2002
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• 1998
• 1994
• 1992

Conference Activities & Talks

• 2025, Joint Work
• 2025, Joint Work
• Accuracy Verification of Markerless Motion Capture During Kendo Equipment Wear
  Nishikawa,K., Tsuruta,O., Suzuki,C., Murase,N., Sakurai,S
  30th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science(ECSS), 2025, Joint Work
• Generation of angular momentum in triple toe-loop in figure skating
  Maral-Erdene Gansukh and Shinji Sakurai
  The 30th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, 2025, Joint Work, ISB, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2025, Joint Work
• 2024, Joint Work
• CHARACTERISTICS OF TURN PERFORMANCE IN ELITE BREASTSTROKE SWIMMERS
  Kazumasa Ozeki, Seiya Kaimasu, Hiroshi Suito and Shinji Sakurai
  International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 2024 Annual Conference, 2024, Joint Work, Salzburg
• 2024, Joint Work
• 2024, Joint Work
• 2024, Joint Work
• 2024, Joint Work
• 2024, Joint Work, Not refereed
• Japanese Society of Biomechanics - Past, Present and Future -
  Shinji Sakurai
  2023 Conference of The Korean Society of Sport Biomechanics, 2023, Single Work, Not refereed, Keynote Speaker, Korean Society of Sport Biomechanics, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
• Relation between throwing arm angle and trajectory of the pitched ball in baseball
  Hirotaka Nakashima, Arata Kimura, Yuma Tsukamoto, Shuntaro Kuroyanagi, Yuka Ando, Shinji Sakurai
  XXIX Congress of International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) and XXIX Congress of Japanese Society of Bimechanics (JSB), 2023, Joint Work, refereed, Fukuoka, Japan
• 2023, Joint Work, refereed
• 2024, Joint Work
• Yin and Yang of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics/Paralympics -Legacy of the 1964 and 2020 Games- (Invited Lecture)
  Shinji Sakurai
  8th Conference of Asian Society of Sports Biomechanics, 2021, Single Work, refereed, Invited Lecyurer, Asian Society of Sports Biomechanics, Taoyuan, Taiwan
• Kinematics of men striking motion in eighth dan kendo players
  Naoki Murase,Yuki Suzuki,Hirotaka Nakashima,Shinji Sakurai
  38th Annual Conference of International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 2020, Joint Work, refereed, ISBS, Liverpool, UK
• 2020, Joint Work, refereed
• 2020, Joint Work, refereed
• Biomechanical Study on Different Directions for Running Jumps Focused on the Takeoff Preparation
  Yuki Suzuki, Hirotaka Nakashima, Shuntaro Kuroyanagi, Yuka Ando Mizuki Yamaguchi, Yuma Tsukamoto, Shinji Sakurai
  38th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 2020, Joint Work, refereed, ISBS, Liverpool, UK
• Characteristics of a well-done breaking pitch in baseball
  Hirotaka Nakashima, Shinji Sakurai
  38th International Society of Biomechanics in Sports Conference, 2020, Joint Work, refereed, ISBS, Liverpool, UK
• Standard of the initial ball velocity for a fly ball in baseball hitting
  Hirotaka Nakashima, Gen Horiuchi, Shinji Sakurai
  The 13th Conference on the Engineering of Sport (International Sports Engineering Association 2020), 2020, Joint Work, refereed, International Sports Engineering Association, Tokyo, Japan
• SPIN OF THE BATTED BALL TOWARD THE OPPOSITE-FIELD IN BASEBALL
  Hirotaka Nakashima, Yoshitaka Morishita, Kentaro Yagi and Shinji Sakurai
  36th Annual Conference of International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 2019, 2019, Joint Work, refereed
• Biomechanical Analysis of the Turn Motion in Mogul Skiing
  Arisa Horishima, Hirotaka Nakashima, Yuma Tsukamoto, Mizuki Yamaguchi, and Shinji Sakurai
  The 6th International Conference on Movement, Health and Exercise (MoHE) & 12th International Sports Science Conference (ISSC) 2019, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, Joint Work, refereed
• Kinetic analysis on increase of throwing distance in soccer throw-in
  Yuma Tsukamoto and Shinji Sakurai
  The 6th International Conference on Movement, Health and Exercise (MoHE) & 12th International Sports Science Conference (ISSC) 2019, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, Joint Work, refereed
• Characteristics of six types of multi-rotation jumps in figure skating
  Miu Sato, Maral-Erdene Gansukh, Hirotaka Nakashima, Yuma Tsukamoto, and Shinji Sakurai
  The 6th International Conference on Movement, Health and Exercise (MoHE) & 12th International Sports Science Conference (ISSC) 2019, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2019, Joint Work, refereed
• Toward 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (Invited Lecture)
  Shinji Sakurai and Senshi Fukashiro
  The 11th National Convention on Sport Science of China, 2019, Joint Work, Invited Lecturer, China Sport Science Society, Nanjing, China
• Biomechanical Research and Support for Para-Sports (Keynote Lecture)
  Shinji SAKURAI
  6th Movement, Health, and Exercise Conference & 12th International Sport Science Conference, 2019, 2019, Single Work, Not refereed, Keynote Lecturer, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
• Generating and Applying Knowledge of Sports Biomechanics into Para-Sports (Keynote Lecture)
  Global Conference on Physical Education and Sports Sciences-2018, 2018, Single Work, Keynote Lecturer, NAPESS, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Vijyayawada, India
• Sports Science Supporting System in Japan towards 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics (Keynote Lecture)
  Shinji Sakurai
  The 20th Congress on Biomechanics in Sports of China, 2018, Single Work, Keynote Lecturer, Lanzhou, China
• 2018, Joint Work
• 2018, Joint Work
• 2017, Joint Work
• 2017, Joint Work
• Sports Biomechanics Research for Paralympics (Special Lecture)
  2017, Single Work
• 2017, Single Work
• 2016 Conference of Taiwanese Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 2016, Single Work
• 2016, Single Work
• 2016, Single Work
• 2014, Single Work
• 2014
• 2013, Single Work
• 2013, Single Work
• 2012, Single Work
• 2012, Single Work
• 2012
• 2011
• 2011
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• 2007, Single Work
• 2007, Single Work
• 2007, Single Work
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• 2004, Single Work
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• 2003, Single Work
• 2003
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• 2000, Single Work
• 2000
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• 1998, Single Work
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Other Research Activities

Awards & Honors

Research Grants & Projects

• Taiwan Textile Research Institute
  Development Methods for the Impact of Smart Clothing on Human Movement and Sports Performance, 2024
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018, 201804, 202103
• 2018, 2016, 2018
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内外研究・留学実績

内外研究・留学実績

Social Contribution

• 200604, 200703

社会貢献活動情報

社会貢献活動

Social Contribution

• 大学基準協会 大学評価委員会分科会委員 （2015-2019年）
• 「International Journal of Sport and Health Sciences」誌 Chief Editor （2013年～2015年）、 Associate Editor （2009年～2013年、2017年～2019年 ）
• 「バイオメカニクス研究」誌 編集委員長（2008年～2013年）、編集委員（1994年～）