KIKULAB
Strength & Conditioning Research Team
Recent
publications
89.Fevzi C. Sökmen, Anıl Kasakolu, Celal Bulgay, Naoki Kikuchi, Hasan H. Kazan, Seyrani Koncagül, Yeliz A. Yildiz, Attila Szabo, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Mehmet A. Ergün. Genome-Wide Association Study of Vertical Jump Performances Among Elite Badminton Players.International Journal of Molecular Sciences.2026
88. Mika Kamiya-Saito, Hirofumi Zempo, Kathleen Yasmin de Almeida, Hiroki Homma, Yukina Mochizuki, Minoru Deguchi, Ayumu Kozuma, Sora Tashiro, Naoki Kikuchi. Association between the ACTN3 R577X polymorphism and muscle strength and power performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 2026
87. Saito Y, Kikuchi N, Watanabe K, Nakamura S, Narimatsu H. Fidelity, feasibility, and acceptability of a mobile health application during an online strength training program—the ME-BYO index—based on a local government in Japan. JMIR Human Factors. 12:e63123. 2025
86. Shotaro Seki, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Naoki Kikuchi, Kosaku Hoshin…
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