The University of Tsukuba Research Administration/Management Office is a team having diverse professional backgrounds. Also, they can maximize their strengths in their work.
At the Headquarters office, I can experience a wide variety of works nonetheless of my background or research field of expertise. I enjoy working and chatting with a variety of researchers.

What kind of career have you passed through so far?

Hoping development of professionalization of the University Administrative Staff

After I researched core training in graduate school, the research administrator has introduced Japan.  I applied for this position with hopes of developing of professionalization of the university administrative staff. 
Based on my sports science background, I became a project member of developing the concept in the University of Tsukuba's Arena Initiative.  
Unfortunately, the project did not come true, but I thought if the Arena concept had become true, it might lead to the change of sports sciences with mixtures of a virtual world, which would explore a new academic discipline.  Throughout this project, I enjoyed building the Arena concept and proposing future research and the academic discipline in sports-related fields.  
This experience also reminded me of the significance of updating scientific knowledge, proposing and conducting new research as even one of the research administrators. 

What are important things/values/significance/ in your work?

Always have an attitude of learning and follow own sense of feelings

I try to work with an attitude of learning and honestly follow my sense of feeling. When helping to improve research proposals, I read previous studies in related research fields in advance. I will share my story here. When I have researched a future trend keyword in a specific social science field, a researcher has asked me to consult with developing a research proposal using the same keyword by chance. Talking with her, I have noticed that she had some ideas and concepts of research about the keyword, but she did not know how she could implement her research ideas and concepts. Therefore, I have introduced her to a new research method utilizing in previous studies regarding the keyword.  I have also suggested adding it to her proposal as well. After that, I have heard that she had adopted her proposal. I was happy about that, and I feel blessed to be a research administrator. 

What are your future goals and prospects?

Having the overhead view of research then beyond the research field

In the future, while utilizing my strength in sports science background, I would like to have an overhead view of the University so that I can propose new research concepts and strategies beyond the boundaries of the research fields.  
 
Also, now in my spare time, I would like to continue research in my current interest in sports coaching languages, and I am looking for international research collaborators. 
 
Although it is outside of my duties, as a former student-athlete of NCAA, I would slightly hope to contribute to the Japanese version of the Athletic Department at the University of Tsukuba.