KIKULAB
Strength & Conditioning Research Team
Recent
publications
86.Shotaro Seki, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Naoki Kikuchi, Kosaku Hoshina, Inkwan Hwang. Muscle Oxygen Saturation Responses During Maximal and Submaximal Exercise According to the MCT1 Glu490Asp Polymorphism in Long-Distance Runners: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study. Genes. 2025
85. Takamichi Inoguchi, Hiroki Homma, Yukina, Mochizuki, Ayumu Kozuma, Minoru Deguchi, Takuto Naito, Mika Kamiya-Saito, Naoki Kikuchi. Effects of squat training with different ranges of motion on muscle strength, jump performance, and change of direction ability. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 2025
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 B…
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