Curriculum Vitae
Kohei F. Takeda

update. April, 2025

Current position
Specially appointed assistant professor, Center for the study of CO*Design, Osaka University

Address
e-mail: k.f.takeda [a] gmail.com

Place of Birth
Tokyo, JAPAN (August, 1988)
 
Nationality
Japanese
 
Research area
Ethology. Behavioral ecology, Ornithology, Conservation biology, Science communication
 
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
first-author
  1.  Takeda, K. F., Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, M., & Kutsukake, N. (2015). Arch displays signal threat intentions in a fission–fusion flock of the red-crowned crane. Behaviour, 152(12-13), 1779-1799. [link]
  2. Takeda K.F. and Kutsukake, N. (2018) Complexity of mutual communication in animals exemplified by paired dances in the red-crowned crane. The Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology. [link]
  3. Takeda, K. F., Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, M., & Kutsukake, N. (2018) Duet displays within a flock function as a joint resource defence signal in the red-crowned crane. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72: 66. [link]
  4. Takeda, K. F., Hiraiwa-Hasegawa M., & Kutsukake N. (2019) Uncoordinated dances associated with high reproductive success in a crane. Behavioral Ecology. 30(1), 101-106. [link]
  5. Takeda, K. F., and Kutsukake N. (2019) Body size and first-winter survival of Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis chicks, Bird Study. 66:3, 420-422. [link]
  6. Takeda, K. F., Yazawa, A., Yamaguchi, Y., Koizumi, N., & Shineha, R. (2023). Comparison of public attitudes toward five alternative proteins in Japan. Food Quality and Preference, 105, 104787. [link]
  7. Takeda, K. F., Komata, M., Takae, K., Tanaka, M., & Shineha, R. (2025). Comparative analysis of media coverage concerning the social implications on three life sciences in Japan during 1991–2020. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, 1523795. [link]
co-author
  1. Shineha, R., Takeda, K. F., Yamaguchi, Y., & Koizumi, N. (2024). A comparative analysis of attitudes toward genome-edited food among Japanese public and scientific community. Plos one, 19(4), e0300107.

Other publication
  1. Takeda, K. (2012) Individual dependence on a feeding station in the red-crowned crane, China Crane News, 16(1), 18-20.
 
Presentations in international conferences
  1. Takeda, K., Ohtsuki, H., Kutsukake, N., Sasaki, A. (2012) Evolution toward complex dance in animal courtship: A mathematical model extending the handicap principle. The 14th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Lund, Sweden, P075, poster.
  2. Takeda, K., Ohtsuki, H., Hasegawa, M., Kutsukake, N. (2013) Structure of dance sequences in the red-crowned crane. Behaviour 2013, Newcastle Gateshead, England, P239, poster.
  3. Takeda, K., Ohtsuki, H., Hasegawa, M., Kutsukake, N. (2014) Behavioral analysis of dance in the red-crowned crane: a test of the pair bond hypothesis, The 26th International Ornithological Congress, Tokyo, Japan, P01-013, poster
  4. Takeda, K., Komata, M., Takae, K., Tanaka, M., Shineha, R. (2022) ELSI/RRI emphasized frames for biotechnology in the Japanese coverage: a comparative analysis between genetic modification, regenerative medicine, and brain-science, Society for Social Studies of Science/ESOCITE 2022, Cholula, Mexico, Politics of biotechnology and biomedicineⅠ, oral
 
Presentations in domestic conferences
more than 30 presentations (orals and posters)
 
Research grants
  • Cooperation Research Program of Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University (2016)
  • The Lotte Research Promotion Grant (3 years from 2024)

Scientific Biography
  • 1. 2011: B.S. (biology) Biology, The College of Biological Sciences, The University of Tsukuba, Japan (Major: Behavioral neuroscience)
  • 2. 2011-2015: Research assistant, Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, School of Advanced Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Japan (advisor: Nobuyuki Kutsukake)
  • 3. 2016: Doctor of Science, Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, School of Advanced Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Japan (Major Area: Behavioral ecology, supervisor: Nobuyuki Kutsukake), Dissertation Title: Ritualized signals in the red-crowned crane: how and why do they perform various displays?
  • 4a. 2016-Nov.2020: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, School of Advanced Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Japan (advisor: Nobuyuki Kutsukake)
  • 4b. Apr. 2017-Feb.2018: Project Research Fellow, Graduate School of Environmental and Information Studies Tokyo City University, Japan (advisor: Kaoru Kitamura, project: the effect on bird community of wind powers in Japan)
  • 5. Dec.2020-Mar.2023: Post-doctoral Research follow, Research Center on Ethnical, Legal and Social Issues, Osaka University
  • 6. Apr. 2023-Mar.2024: Specially appointed assistant professor, Research Center on Ethnical, Legal and Social Issues, Osaka University
  • 7. Ap.2024-now: Specially appointed assistant professor, Center for the study of CO*Design, Osaka University

Field-works and other research experiences
  1. Behavioral experiments in Drosophila mutants, 2010
  2. Behavioral fieldwork on the Red-crowned crane in the region of Kushiro-shitsugen national park, Hokkaido, Japan, 2011 to now (mainly in the winter season)
  3. Field work on banding and counting of the Red-crowned crane, Hokkaido, Japan, 2011 to now
  4. Statistical analyses in the effects on bird community of wind powers in Japan, Apr. 2017-Feb. 2018

Major Teaching experience
Science and Society (Kwansei Gakuin University, 2 credit, 2024) 

Language skills
Japanese, English
 
Programming
R (basic)
 
Awards/Honors
21th Nagakura Research Incentive Award (the best doctorial thesis in The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
 
Memberships of Academic Societies
Wetlands International--IUCN Species Survival Commission Crane Specialist Group, Japanese Ethological Society
 
Ph.D main thesis
Takeda, K. F. (2016). Ritualized signals in the red-crowned crane: how and why do they perform various displays? PhD thesis, SOKENDAI.

Sub-thesis in Ph.D course
The dilemma between development and conservation in the case of Yakushima island (Sub-major: Science, technology and society, advisor: Ryoma Shineha)