Born:

February 27, 1942

Education

1965 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo Japan

Work Experience

• 1965-1966 Shimane Research Devision, Sato-Zoki Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi Mahindra Agric. Machinery Co.,Ltd.)
  • Developed new thresher for rice
• 1966- Present: Shin-Norinsha Co., Ltd.
  • Became president in 1973
  • Became president of Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp. in 1976
  • Was invited to International Conference on Soil Dynamics as a Distinguished Speaker at the National Tillage Machinery Laboratory 50th Anniversary
  • Invited to Agricultural Engineering Department, Purdue University as a Distinguished Industrial Lecture Series Speaker

Related Activities

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

• Established ASAE Kishida International Award in 1978
• Received ASAE Past President Award in in 1992
• International Director: 1996- 1998
• Board ofTrustee of ASABE Foundation: 2008- 2014
• Selected as 2015 ASABE Fellow

International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR)

• Became executive board member in 2004
• Became the first Asian Fellow

Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE)

• Vice President 1990- 1997/2014-2017
• President 2008- 2010

Club of Bologna

• Member of Management Committee: 2003-present

Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers

• Life Membership since 1982

Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers

• Secretary General 1984-1987
• Board Member 1995- 2000
• Fellow: 2007- present

Japan Association of International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

• Executive Board 2009-presernt
• Fellow in 2007

Science Council of Japan

• Member of Agricultural Studies
• Board Executive of International Agricultural Engineering Association: 2011- present
• Member of the Agricultural Academy of Japan

Japanese Society of Agricultural Informatics

• Board of Trustee 2003-present

Japanese Society of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Engineers and Scientists

• Received International Promotion of Science Award in 2014
• Fellow Member

OTHER SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

Japan

• Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies
• The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Tropical Agriculture Research Association of Japan
• Japanese Society of Zootechnical Science
• Japanese Society of Farm Work Research
• The Japanese Agricultural Systems Society
• Terramechanics Research Association
• Japanese Society of Environment Control in Biology
• The Association of Rural Planning
• The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering

Overseas

• Chinese Institute of Agricultural Machinery
• International Commission of Agricultural Engineering
• The Canadian Society of Bioengineering
• European Society of Agricultural Machinery
• Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture
• Asian Agricultural and Biological Engineering Association
• International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering
• Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery
• Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineeri