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Dr Koh Sasaki

sasakikoh [at] htc.nagoya-u.ac.jp   DOB: 24, Feb, 1960. Male.

 Prof. Dr. of Res. ctr. of Sports, Nagoya University, 1, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya,  4648601 Japan  (2009-present)

Certification

2019 ISPAS-certified Performance Analyst; Scientific Level 4    (ISPAS: International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport)

1993  PADI scuba certification; Open Water diving 

Education:

2000 PhD; Sport Management & Economics, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan

1983-1985 MSc; Sport Phycology, Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan

1979-1983 BA; Sport Phycology, Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan

 Social activity:

Japanese Rugby football Union; High Performance committee (JRFU：Former game analysist of JPN-Rugby at Rugby World Cup)

Member of National Coach Academy of Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC)

Recent Published Papers (2013-2020)

K. Sasaki, M. Nakayama, K. Iwabuchi, T. Yamamoto, I. Watanabe, H. Shimozono, J. Murakami, T. Katsuta, and I. Kono. Ranking performance and network structure in world rugby sevens; 2011-2020 longitudinal data analysis. Journal of Digital Life. 2022,1,5.

 K. Sasaki. Clarifying the Positive Thoughts Structure of Sport Societal Values by Neural Network Approaches in COVID-19 Pandemic. Humanities and Social Sciences. 10(2): 68-74. 2022. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20221002.14

K. Sasaki, K. Iwabuchi, I. Watanabe, A. Nakamura, T. Yamamoto, K. Asami, T. Tsubakihara, M. Nakayama, H. Sato, H. Hirai, M. Saito, Z. Miyazaki, T. Katsuta, and I. Kono. Clarifying the structure of repeated serious injuries on female rugby players. SCIREA J. Clinical Medicine, 7(1), 39-53, 2022. DOI: 10.54647/cm32766 

H. Sato, K. Sasaki, A. Nakamura, F. Nakamura, M. Yamada, A. Maeda, A. Fujimaki, I. Watanabe. Acute Subdural Hematoma in High School Rugby Players in Japan: The Importance of Playing Experience for Injury Prevention. World Neurosurgery, 152: e112-e117, 2021.  doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.05.042.

 K. Sasaki K, T. Yamamoto, I. Watanabe, M. Nakayama, K. Iwabuchi, T. Katsuta, and I. Kono. Network centrality and core-periphery analysis to clarify the tactics for TRY in Rugby World Cup 2019. American J. Sports Science, 9(1), 8-16. 2021. doi: 10.11648/j.ajss.20210901.12

Sasaki K, Sato H, Nakamura A, Yamamoto T, Watanabe I, Katsuta T, Kono I. Clarifying the structure of  serious head and spine injury in youth Rugby Union players. PLoS ONE 15(7): e0235035. 2020.    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235035

 Yu Iwai, Kensuke Iwabuchi, Mitsuyuki Nakayama, Masahiro Kunda, Ichiro Watanabe,  Takumi  Yamamoto, Jun Murakami, Hironobu Shimozono, Yasuto Terada, Kazunari, Hayasaka, Toshihito  Kajiyama, Takashi Katsuta, Ichiro Kono, Koh Sasaki.  Clustering  men’s world rugby sevens by  temporal attack-defence  Performance. Jpn. J. Rugby Science, 31(2), 66-68. 2019. 

K. Sasaki, et al. Athletes’ pride bridge; Network centrality analysis to clarify the societal values of sports. Advances in social science research Journal, 6(2),440-50, 2019.  DOI:10.14738/assrj.62.6243

K. Sasaki, et al. Network centrality analysis to determine the tactical leader of a sports  team. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 17(6), 822-831,   2017.11.20. doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2017.1402283

K. Sasaki, et al. Proud lonely athletes: Using network centrality analysis to clarify the   societal values of sport after the 2011 disaster in Japan. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2(5), 83-92, 2015，DOI:10.14738/assrj.25.1173.

K. Sasaki, et al. Defence performance analysis of rugby union in Rugby World Cup 2011:network analysis of the turnover contributors, Performance Analysis of Sport IX, 94－     99, 2013.

K. Sasaki, et al. Cognitive societal human values of sports: After the 2011 disaster of  Japan, Social Sciences, 2(1), 1-6, 2013.  DOI: 10.11648/j.ss.20130201.11.