Koichi Hosoi

Ritsumeikan University

56-1 Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto,

603-8577 JAPAN

Phone: +8175-466-3107

Cell: +8190-5127-9560

hosoik@im.ritsumei.ac.jp

http://www.hosoik.net/index-e.html

 

 

Current Position (in Ritsumeikan University):

Professor, Business Administration, Graduate School of Image Arts, College of Image Arts and Sciences, 2007-

 

Vice Chairman, Art Research Center (ARC), 2005-

 

Boad Member, Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies (RCGS), 2011-

 

 

Current Position (out of University):

President, Digital Game Research Association Japan (DiGRA JAPAN), 2010-

 

Councilor, Game Amusement Society, 2009-

 

Commissioner, Science Visualization Society of Japan, 2008-2012

 

Commissioner, Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming, 2005-2007

 

 

Education:

Ph.D., Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University, 2007

Concentrations: Theories of firm, Corporate Governance

Dissertation: Theories and Facts of Corporate Power: Structural Analysis of Intercorporate Relationship by the Intercorporate Approaches

 

M.A., Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University, 1984

Concentrations: Theories of firm on the institutional economics

Thesis: A Study on the Oliver Williamson's Theory

 

B.A., Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University, 1982

 

 

Experience:

Professor, 2007 -

Graduate School of Image Arts, College of Image Arts and Sciences,

Ritsumeikan University

Course: Contents Industries, Public Policy for Cultural Industries

 

Professor, 2001 - 2006

Graduate School of Policy Sciences, College of Policy Sciences,

Ritsumeikan University

Course: Management Theories, Modern Corporation

 

Assistant Professor, 1994 - 2000

Graduate School of Policy Sciences, College of Policy Sciences,

Ritsumeikan University

Course: Management Theories, Modern Corporation

 

Assistant Professor, 1991 - 1993

Ichimura Gakuen College (renamed as Nagoya Keizai University Junior College)

Course: Theories of Business Administration

 

Lecturer (Instructor), 1988- 1990

Ichimura Gakuen College (renamed as Nagoya Keizai University Junior College)

Course: Theories of Business Administration

 

 

Presentations:

Koichi Hosoi, 'Development of the Game Preservation Activities in Japan', Digital Game Research Association Japan (DiGRA JAPAN) 2012, Kyushu University, Japan, Date: Mar. 03, 2013

 

Kazufumi Fukuda, Koichi Hosoi, Akinori Nakamura, 'On the Problem at Issue of Game Preservation: From the Experiences of Game Archive Project in Japan', WASA: Workshop At SIGGRAPH ASIA 2012 (Track: Computer Gaming), Fusionopolis, Singapore, Date: 26 Nov. 2012

 

Koichi Hosoi and Kazufumi Fukuda, 'Critical issues of digital game preservation: For the global collaboration of game archive activities', Replaying JAPAN, University of Alberta, Canada, Date: Aug. 22, 2012

 

Koichi Hosoi, 'Situated Learning Platform for Japanese Language and Culture in 3D Metaverse', Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education Conference 2012, Banff Park Lodge, Banff, Canada, Date: Aug. 2-3, 2012

 

Tamai, M., Inaba, M., Hosoi, K., Thawonmas, R., Uemura, M., and Nakamura, A., 'Constructing Situated Learning Platform for Japanese Language and Culture in 3D Metaverse', Culture and Computing 2011, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Date: Oct. 20-22, 2011

 

Tamai, M., Inaba, M., Hosoi, K., Thawonmas, R., Uemura, M., and Nakamura, A., 'Constructing a Platform for Situated Learning of Japanese Traditional Culture in the 3D Metaverse', Osaka Symposium of Digital Humanities 2011, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Date: Mar. 28-29, 2011

 

Ohno.S., Obana.T., Inaba.M., Nakamura.A., and Hosoi.K., 'Developing Video Game Archives as an e-Research Platform for Game Studies', International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities 2010, Taiwan University, Date: Nov.30, 2010

 

 

Publications:

Koichi Hosoi, Akinori Nakamura, Masayuki Uemura, Kazufumi Fukuda, Shin Ohno (2012), "Video Game Archive and Collective Knowledge: Practice and Achievement of Game Archive Project", Digital Humanities Research and Web Technology, Nakanishiya Publishing, Mar. 2012, pp.215-235.   

 

Michiru Tamai, Mitsuyuki Inama, Koichi Hosoi, Ruck Thawonmas, Masayuki Uemura, Akinori Nakamura (2012), "Constructing Japanese Language/Culture Learning Environment Using 3D Metaverse", Digital Humanities Research and Web Technology, Nakanishiya Publishing, Mar. 2012, pp.274-292. ISBN-13: 978-4779505836

 

Keisuke Asada and Koichi Hosoi (2012), "A Metaverse as a Communication Support Environment and its Applications", Digital Humanities Research and Web Technology, Nakanishiya Publishing, Mar. 2012, pp.293-319. ISBN-13: 978-4779505836

 

Koichi Hosoi (2010), "Study on the Digital Game Preservation: the global movement and its essential issues", Current Awareness (National Diet Library), No.304, 20 Jun 2010, pp. 11-16.

 

Koichi Hosoi (2010), "Divergence of Contents Industry and Business: the present situation and educational design in Japan", International Symposium on Creative Imagination and Culture Technology, Proceeding pp.79-89, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, February 22, 2010.

 

Shin Ohno, Takashi Obana, Mitsuyuki Inaba, Akinori Nakamura, Koichi Hosoi (2010), "Developing Video Game Archives as an e-Research Platform for Game Studies", International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities 2010, Proceeding pp.597-606, Taiwan University, Nov. 30, 2010.

 

Koichi Hosoi (2006), Theories and facts of Corporate Power, Dobunkan Shuppan Co., Ltd., 2006, ISBN-13: 978-4495375218

 

Koichi Hosoi (2004), "Possibility and Prospect of Online Game in Asia", Gaming, Simulations and Society, Shiratori, R.; Arai, K.; Kato, F. (Eds.), Springer, 2004, pp.269-277 ISBN-13: 978-4-431-22308-5

 

 

Grants and Fellowships:

Grant for Digtal Archive of Media Arts: Digital Game field (Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2012-2014), $215,000/year

Grant for Game Archive Studies (Hayao Nakayama Foundation for Science & Technology and Culture, 2006-2007), $20,000

 

 

Awards and Honors:

Kyoto Prefectural Governor Award (Kyoto Edutainment Forum), 1999

 

 

last up-to-date: 2013-04-11