History

June 13, 2025

• 15 presenters representing 10 majors

• Ambassadors 

* Haruka Yatabe (26, LNG), Saori Kawashima (27, LNG/MUS), Ashley Mupuka (26, POL/IRL), Kazuha Shinohara (26, LNG), Kohei Takahashi (28), Manal Rafiq (28, IRL/ECO), Shana Zhongye (27, IRL)

JICUF Ambassadors

Yuma Nakatsugawa, Aoba Imahigashi, Yu Goto (JICUF photo- intern)

Organizing Committee

Olivier Ammour-Mayeur, Wan Kin AU YEUNG, Ildeung Na, Seunghun Lee, Nozomi Naoi, Saran Shiroza, Rekishu Yamazaki 

Olivier Ammour-Mayeur, Allen Kim, Seunghun Lee, Masahiro Kamata, Mari Tsujita

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

February 14, 2025

• 45 presenters representing 20 majors

• Ambassadors 

Sotaro Arakaki* (26, Linguistics), Fuzuki Yoshie (26), Yuka Sakai (26), Haruka Yatabe (26), Maaru Higuchi (26), Kazuha Shinohara (26), Makoto Morishita (28)

JICUF Ambassadors

Chiemi Linda Saito, Aruto Kamiya, Yosuke Kobayashi (Photo Intern)

Organizing Committee

Olivier Ammour-Mayeur, Wan Kin AU YEUNG, Ildeung Na, Seunghun Lee, Nozomi Naoi, Saran Shiroza, Rekishu Yamazaki 

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

June 14, 2024

• 12 presenters representing 9 majors

• Ambassadors 

Ida Haseru* (25, Linguistics); Ruri Hirabayashi (25, Development Studies/Education) ; Tomoya Hirosue (25, Literature); Kazuha Shinohara (26, Philosophy and Religion); Ryo Inoue (26, International Relations); Shonosuke Yoshida (26, International Relations)

JICUF Ambassadors

Chiemi Linda Saito; Aruto Kamiya; Mio Matsuo

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

February 16, 2024

• presenters representing 16 majors

• Ambassadors 

Ida Haseru* (25, Linguistics), Cook Izumi (25, Linguistics/Information Science), Endoh Honoka (25, Linguistics/Education), Hirabayashi Ruri (25, Development Studies/Education), Kobayashi Joe (25, Media, Communication, and Culture), Yoshida Masashi (25, Linguistics), Beppu Naoki (26), Inoue Ryo (26), Ishitsuka Minaho (26), Nakagawa Rio (26), Yoshida Shonosuke (26)

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

June 16, 2023

• presenters representing 16 majors

• Ambassadors 

Ren Hasegawa* (25, Linguistics), Ida Haseru (25, Linguistics), Taisei Hirano (25, Education), Ai Nakayama (25, Law), Mana Kitazawa (25)

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

February 24, 2023

• 36 presenters representing 16majors

• Ambassadors 

Ren Hasegawa* (25, Linguistics), Yosuke Kobayashi (25, MCC), Moe Arima  (25, MCC), Nanako Maruyama (25, Sociology), Masashi Yoshida (25, Linguistics)

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

June 17, 2022

• 11 presenters representing 9 majors

• Ambassadors 

Le Xuan Chan* (22, Linguistics), Moemi Yamada (23, MCC, Language Education), Sayaka Manabe (24, Development Studies), Mahiru Shibata (24, MCC, Business)

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

February 25, 2022

• 27 presenters representing 22 majors

• Ambassadors 

Le Xuan Chan* (22, Linguistics), Kanta Akamine (22, Anthropology), Chikau Sakamoto (23, History), Erika Saito (23, Philosophy and Religion), Rin Tsujita (23, Linguistics), Siena Daly  (25), Mirai Kono (25)

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

  **Assistant to Chief Ambassador

June 12, 2021

• 8 presenters representing 7 majors

• Ambassadors 

Yukki Baldoria (Psychology/Linguistics) *

Le Xuan Chan (Linguistics/Literature) **

Sayaka Manabe (Undecided)

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

  **Assistant to Chief Ambassador

February 13, 2021

• 27 presenters representing 15 majors

• Ambassadors 

Yukki Baldoria (Psychology/Linguistics) *

Le Xuan Chan (Linguistics/Literature) **

Hana Ogawa (Economics/Psychology)

Misaki Kono (Media, Communication and Culture)

Rachel Liu (Language Education/ Linguistics)

Sayaka Manabe (Undecided)

Sena Tome (Undecided)

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

  **Assistant to Chief Ambassador

June 12, 2020

• 6 presenters representing 6 majors

• Ambassadors 

Hannah Lee Hwei Wen (Language Education), Mairym Maldonado Saucedo (MCC/Language Ed), Misaki Kono (MCC), Miyu Iizuka (Psychology), Yoonho Jun (MCC), Yukako Watanabe (Linguistics), Yukki Baldoria (Psychology, Linguistics)*

• Program [LINK]

*Chief Ambassador

February 21, 2020

• 33 presenters representing 17 majors

• Ambassadors 

Rika Hasegawa (Linguistics), Miyu Iizuka (Psychology), Kotomi Kobayashi (Sociology), Misaki Kono, Tajima Nagisa (Psychology), Sachiko Nakayama (Linguistics), Hana Nishimoto, Yusuke Yamazaki (Psychology)

• Program [LINK]

• Report: https://www.jicuf.org/2020-spring-jicuf-undergraduate-research-day-held-at-icu/

June 14, 2019

• 8 presenters representing 6 majors

• Ambassadors ('19)

Audrey H. Lai (Linguistics) Camaryn Mie Yokota (Media, Culture, Communication) Hinako Unno (Psychology) Juni Shrestha (International Relations) Sze Yan Cheang (Sociology)

• Program [LINK]

February 15, 2019

• 46 presenters representing 22 majors

• Ambassadors ('20)

Audrey H. Lai* (Linguistics), Ayano Mizoe (Psychology), Ryoichi Sakamaki (Language Education), Sze Yan Cheang* (Sociology), Yoshiki Iwasa (Law), Yoshiya Kitahara (Biology), Hinako Unno* (Psychology) 

[* indicates 2019.6 ambassadors]

• Program [LINK]

• Report: https://www.jicuf.org/2019-spring-jicuf-undergraduate-research-day-held-at-icu/

June 9, 2018

• 8 presenters representing 7 majors

• Ambassadors ('19)

Bokyung Song (MCC), Hinako Unno (Psychology), Hitomi Nakamura (Economics & Business), Kana Stéphanie Widmann (Humanities), Masaki Okada (Physics), Mayu Yaotome (Law), Michinori Suzuki (Linguistics), Rei Tamaru (Information Science), Rina Tamakoshi (Language Education)

February 24, 2018

• 45 presenters representing 22 majors

• Ambassadors ('19)

Bokyung Song (MCC), Hinako Unno (Psychology), Hitomi Nakamura (Economics & Business), Kana Stéphanie Widmann (Humanities), Masaki Okada (Physics), Mayu Yaotome (Law), Michinori Suzuki (Linguistics), Rei Tamaru (Information Science), Rina Tamakoshi (Language Education)

• Program [LINK]

• Report: https://www.jicuf.org/first-undergraduate-research-day-held-at-icu-on-february-24th/