KIKULAB
Strength & Conditioning Research Team
Recent
publications
84.Myosotis Massidda *, Laura Flore, Giovanna Maria Ghiani, Kinga Losinska, Mauro Baldus, Jacopo Secci, Giuseppe Allegra, Marco Scorcu, Naoki Kikuchi, Pawel Cieszczyk, Carla Maria Calò, Filippo Tocco. The ACTN-3 c.1729C>T (rs1815739) polymorphism is associated with match-play maximal running speed in elite football players: a preliminary report. Sports. 2025
83.Ayumu Kozuma, Celal Bulgay, Hirofumi Zempo, Mika Kamiya-Saito, Mianoru Deguchi, Hiroki Homma, Shingo Matsumoto, Ryutaro Matsumoto, Anıl Kasakolu, Hasan Huseyin Kazan, Türker Bıyıklı, Seyrani Koncagül,Gıyasettin Baydaş, Mehmet A. Ergün, Attila Szabo, Ekaterina A. Semenova,Andrey K. Larin, Nikolay A. Kulemin, Edward V. Generozov, Takanobu Okamoto,Koichi Nakazato, Ildus I. Ahmetov, Naoki Kikuchi.Genetic Factors of Elite Wrestling Status: A Multi-Ethnic Comparative Study. Genes. 2025
82. Eri Miyamoto-Mikami, Hirofumi Zempo, Hiroshi Kumagai, Kosuke Hirata, Mizuki Takaragawa, Toshinori Yoshihara, Mizuho Fuku, Naoki…
To optimize the athletic performance and muscle phenotypes from evidence-based knowledge
Our team studies the topics of “Strength & Conditioning” and “Genetics and athletic performance and sports injury”.
In field of Strength & Conditioning, our purpose of study is to provide the evidence based physical training for everyone. We focus on acute and chronic physical responses after resistance training.
We also join the Japanese Human Athlome Project (J-HAP), it is focus on the genetics of physical performance and its-related phenotypes (i.e., muscle mass, muscle fibre type, maximum oxygen consumption etc.) and sports injury.
Education;
2013 March, Ph.D. in Health and Sport Science, Graduate School of Health and Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University.
Academic experience;
2016 April- Assistant professor, Faculty of Sport Science, Nippon Sports Science University.
2019 April- Associate professor, Faculty of Sport Science, Nippon Sports Science University.
Research Gate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naoki_Kikuchi
Research Topics(Publication List)
1.
Association between genetics and athletic performance and sports injury
2.
Association between genetics and physiological phenotypes in genetically modified animals
3.
Effects of physical training on athletic performance, strength and muscle adaptations in athletes and general population.
4.
Education of strength and conditioning coach
5.
Collaboration study with engineering