Group Members

FUNASE Ryu

Associate Professor

• Research Interests : Guidance, Navigation and Control of Spacecraft, Micro/Nano-Satellites, Deep Space Exploration System, Spacecraft Autonomy
• Professor at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), JAXA
• Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics
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IKARI Satoshi

Associate Professor

• Research Interests : Astrodynamics, Attitude Control, Micro-Satellite, Spacecraft Formation Flying, GNSS
• Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics
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MIYASHITA Naoki

Project Associate Professor

• Research Interests : Space System Engineering, Multi-functionalization, Mass Production of Small Satellites
• Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Space System Engineering
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KANEKO Mari

Project Academic Specialist / Administration Chief, Support of Research and Development

KATAGIRI Akiko

Project Specialist / Administration

SHIINA Yumiko

Project Specialist / Administration

NAKASUKA Shinichi

Project Researcher

• Research Interests : Micro/nano-satellites, Navigation,Guidance and Control, Space Systems, Autonomy and Intelligence
• Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

NOMURA Shunichiro

Project Researcher

• Research Interests : Systems Engineering
• Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

TANAKA Toshiki

Project Researcher

• Research Interests : Satellite Design, Lunar Infrastructure, Lunar Rover, Lunar Positioning System, Systems Engineering, ARTSAT
• Ph.D., University of Houston, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

AKIYAMA Mariko

Project Researcher

• Research Interests : Space propulsion
• Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

MORIAI Isamu

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (PD)

• Research Interests : Space Propulsion, Micro-Propulsion
• Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

KONDO Hirotaka

Project Researcher

• Research Interests : Spacecraft Formation Flying
• Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

FUSE Ryota

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

• Research Interests : Planetary Science, Science Instrument
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SUZUKI Takeshi

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

• Research Interests : Satellite system design, Aerospace engineering, Control engineering

YOKOBORI Shinichi

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

• Research Interests : Satellite system design, Thermal Design/Structure Design

MATSUMOTO Takeshi

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

• Research Interests : Satellite system design, Communication design, LPWA Communication

SEKI Hiroto

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

• Research Interests : Satellite Application, Satellite IoT Communication

IDOBATA Hiroaki

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Software Engineering
• M.E., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

SUZUKI Toshihiro

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying

SEKINE Hirotaka

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Trajectory Optimization, Mission Design

TAKASHIMA Kazuki

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Space Optical Communication System, Autonomous Orbit Determination

TSUTSUI Masaki

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Trajectory Design & Orbit Determination of Deep Space Exploration

MOCHIZUKI Tomoki

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Presice Formation Flying Control System Design

OGAWA Takumi

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying

KUSANO Yuki

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Space Optical Communication

SHIMOMURA Shunsuke

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Systems Engineering, Digital Twin

SETO Shoichi

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Systems Engineering, Knowledge Management

NAKAMURA Riki

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Spacecraft Autonomy, Planning & Scheduling

O Hosei

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Presice Formation Flying, Autonomy of Mars Rover with Machine Learning, Cooperative Navigation of Satellite Swarms

OKADA Hirotaka

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Trajectory Design, Artificial Intelligence

OGOSHI Sae

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Deep Space Optical Navigation

KAKE Michinari

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Relative Orbit Control for Formation Flying

TAKANO Takahiro

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Precise Formation Flying Control System Design

NAKAMURA Kai

Ph.D. Student

• Research Interests : Precise Formation Flying Control System Design

Sourav Ghosh

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Orbit

ITO Masaki

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying

OI Shunta

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Robust Trajectory Design

TAKAMOTO Hideki

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : PAT system for Space Optical Communication

HATAE Takato

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Systems Engineering

FUKUDA Kazuya

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying, GNSS

YAMASHIRO Yojiro

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Orbit

Arthur DE ROCQUIGNY DU FAYEL

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Relative Navigation for Formation Flying Satellites

KATAKURA Soma

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Trajectory Optimization

KURITA Maki

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Orbit

TAMURA Koichi

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Adaptive Optics for Space Optical Communication

NAKAJIMA Akira

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying

NAGAYASU Tomoya

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying

FUJIWARA Itsuki

Master Course Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying

KUBOTA Koki

Bachelor Course Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying

NAKADA Tastuyoshi

Bachelor Course Student

• Research Interests : Formation Flying

NISHIKAWA Ryo

Bachelor Course Student

• Research Interests : Orbit

NISHIYAMA Yuhi

Bachelor Course Student

• Research Interests : Systems Engineering, Formal Methods

HOSOYAMADA Makoto

Bachelor Course Student

• Research Interests : Spacecraft Autonomy

MIZOGUCHI Rei

Bachelor Course Student

• Research Interests : Spacecraft Autonomy

Ph.D. Students

NERY Vinicius, Spring 2026

Hirotaka Kondo, Spring 2024

CHARLESTON Dale Ambatali, Spring 2024

Toshihiro Shibukawa, Spring 2023

Ryo Suzumoto, Spring 2023

Masahiro Fujiwara, Spring 2023

Kontaxoglou Anastasios, Summer 2022

Kota Kakihara, Spring 2022

Ryohei Takahashi, Spring 2022

Nobuhiro Funabiki, Spring 2022

Shunichiro Nomura, Spring 2021

Shintaro Nakajima, Spring 2019

Naoya Ozaki, Spring 2018

Satoshi Ikari, Spring 2017

Takayuki Hosonuma, Spring 2015

Jun’ichi Takisawa, Spring 2015

Kensuke Shimizu, Spring 2013

Yoshinori Mikawa, Spring 2013

Takaya Inamori, Spring 2012

Master students

Kuna Shitara, Spring 2026

Kosuke Ogino, Spring 2025

Kazuki Toma, Spring 2024

Yutaro Ito, Spring 2024

Kentaro Enokida, Spring 2023

Yoshinari Gyu, Spring 2023

Shingo Nishimoto, Spring 2023

Ryuichi Hirayama, Spring 2023

Kazuma Fujimoto, Spring 2023

Tatsuya Arai, Spring 2022

Taiki Karakawa, Spring 2022

Kenta Suda, Spring 2022

Toshio Imamura, Spring 2022

Tomotaka Yamamoto, Spring 2022

Sho Ishiwata, Spring 2021

Hiroto Seki, Spring 2021

Hiroki Aohama, Spring 2021

Wataru Mikuriya, Spring 2021

Keidai Iiyama, Spring 2021

Yusuke Murata, Spring 2020

Daiko Mori, Spring 2020

Kento Tomita, Spring 2020

Masashi Tomooka, Spring 2018

Yuki Koshiro, Spring 2018

Takumi Kudo, Spring 2018

Akifumi Wachi, Spring 2018

Verspieren Quentin, Autumn 2017

Kaito Ariu, Spring 2017

Shunichi Otsuka, Spring 2017

Kenshiro Oguri, Spring 2017

Masataka Fujimoto, Spring 2017

Kazutaka Nagata, Spring 2017

Takuro Furumoto, Spring 2016

Kohei Yoshino, Spring 2016

Yuko Kawasoe, Spring 2016

Yuki Yamagishi, Spring 2016

Takayuki Asoma, Spring 2016

Kuma Okada, Spring 2015

Nakatani, Spring 2015

Miki Yonehara, Spring 2014

Takumasa Ochi, Spring 2013

Ryuhei Hamaguchi, Spring 2013

Tomoya Suehiro, Spring 2012

Bachelor Students

Yuki Kusatsugu, Spring 2023

Toshifumi Igeta, Spring 2021

Ryo Ito, Spring 2018

Mikihiro Ikura, Spring 2017

Kakeru Tokunaga, Spring 2016

Toshihiro Matsuguma, Spring 2015

Motoki Kimura, Spring 2013

Satoshi Miyatani, Spring 2013

Kohei Ozawa, Spring 2012

Kaname Sasaki, Spring 2011