Yoji HATA / Director of the Research Institute of Gekkeikan

Yoji HATA (Ph.D from Kyoto University) joined Gekkeikan Sake company in 1983. Since 2005, HATA works as Director of the Research Institute of Gekkeikan (former Okura Sake Laboratory) which was founded in 1909. His challenge at Gekkeikan is finding new ways with scientific approach to best utilize our nearly 400 years of sake-brewing experience to effectively appeal to the consumer by offering innovative and best quality products.

 

Yoji HATA, Ph. D.

Director, Research Institute, Gekkeikan Sake Co. Ltd.,

101 Shimotoba-koyanagi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8385, Japan

Tel (+81)-75-623-2130:　Fax (+81)-75-623-2132

y_hata@gekkeikan.co.jp

 

Career summary

1983 graduated from the agricultural department of Kyoto University.

1983- Gekkeikan Sake company

1989-1901 Research Institute of Brewing Resources (TOKYO)

1993 Ph. D. from Kyoto University

2005- Director of Research Institute (Gekkeikan Sake Company)

2006- Affiliate professor of Nara Woman’s University

2011- Board member of Gekkeikan Sake Company

 

Award

1996 NIR Advance Award: The Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology,

1999 EDA Award: The Society for Biotechnology, Japan

2003 Incentive Award: The Brewing Society of Japan

2011 Technology Award: The Society for Biotechnology, Japan

2012 Technology Award: Japan Society For Molecular Biology of Filamentous Fungibo

 

Activities of academic society

executive board member of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan (2008- )

member of management board of the Fungal Molecular Biology Society of Japan (2003- )

chairman of the society for slow food microbiology engineering of Japan (2008- )