Eishi Hirasaki

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Human Sciences(Osaka University)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7849-1936
J-GLOBAL ID: 200901073335765163
researchmap Member ID: 1000163197

External link: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/shinka/keitai/members/hirasaki/hirasaki_hom.htm

Research Interests

Research Areas

Life sciences / Physical anthropology / Primate, Locomotion, Equilibrium

Research History

Apr, 2022 - Present

Associate Professor (Dr.), Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto University
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2022

Associate Professor, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Apr, 1993 - Mar, 2010

Research Associate,Assistant Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences, Department of Human Sciences
May, 1996 - Apr, 1998

Research Associate, Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Education

Apr, 1988 - Mar, 1993

Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
Apr, 1983 - Mar, 1988

School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

Committee Memberships

2017 - Present

Anthropological Science (Japanese series)編集委員, 一般社団法人日本人類学会
2012 - Present

評議員, バイオメカニズム学会
2010 - Present

評議員/代議員, 一般社団法人日本霊長類学会
2004 - Present

幹事, 一般社団法人日本人類学ヘルスサイエンス分科会
2004 - Present

評議員/代議員, 日本人類学会
2002 - Present

幹事, 一般社団法人日本人類学キネシオロジー分科会
Jul, 2019 - Jul, 2023

理事, 一般社団法人日本霊長類学会
Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2022

理事, バイオメカニズム学会
May, 2013 - Apr, 2017

理事, 日本霊長類学会
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2017

編集委員, バイオメカニズム学会編集委員会
2012 - 2017

Anthropological Science編集委員, 一般社団法人日本人類学会

Awards

Major Papers

Variation of thoracolumbar vertebral morphology in anthropoid primates

Yuki Kinoshita, Eishi Hirasaki

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 184(1), Feb 2, 2024 Peer-reviewedLast authorCorresponding author
Range of rotation of thoracolumbar vertebrae in Japanese macaques

Yuki Kinoshita, Eishi Hirasaki

The Anatomical Record, 307(1) 223-232, Jun 8, 2023 Peer-reviewedLast authorCorresponding author
Diagonal‐couplet gaits on discontinuous supports in Japanese macaques and implications for the adaptive significance of the diagonal‐sequence, diagonal‐couplet gait of primates

Ryosuke Goto, Yuki Kinoshita, Tetsuya Shitara, Eishi Hirasaki

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 181(3) 426-439, May 20, 2023 Peer-reviewedLast author
Coordination of trunk motion during bipedal walking in the frontal plane: A comparison between <scp> Homo sapiens </scp> , <scp> Macaca fuscata </scp> , and an exploratory study on a gibbon

Yuki Kinoshita, Ryosuke Goto, Yoshihiko Nakano, Eishi Hirasaki

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 180(2) 316-327, Nov 27, 2022 Peer-reviewedLast author
Producing non-steady-state gaits (starting, stopping, and turning) in a biologically realistic quadrupedal simulation

William Irvin Sellers, Charlotte Francesca Cross, Akira Fukuhara, Akio Ishiguro, Eishi Hirasaki

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Sep 8, 2022 Peer-reviewedInvitedLast author
A comparison of axial trunk rotation during bipedal walking between humans and Japanese macaques.

Yuki Kinoshita, Ryosuke Goto, Yoshihiko Nakano, Eishi Hirasaki

American journal of physical anthropology, 174(1) 66-75, Jan, 2021 Peer-reviewedLast author
Muscle Spindle Density of Lateral Rotators of the Thigh in Japanese Macaques and a Gibbon.

Sawa Takeuchi, Eishi Hirasaki, Hiroo Kumakura

Cells, tissues, organs, 208(1-2) 1-12, 2019 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
Locomotor Kinematics of Two Semi-Wild Macaque Species (Macaca assamensis and Macaca arctoides) in Thailand.

Eishi Hirasaki, Suchinda Malaivijitnond, Yuzuru Hamada

Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology, 90(3) 162-178, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Arrangement of foot interosseous muscles in African great apes.

Eishi Hirasaki, Motoharu Oishi

American journal of physical anthropology, 167(4) 924-929, Dec, 2018 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Quadrupedal locomotor simulation: producing more realistic gaits using dual-objective optimization.

William Irvin Sellers, Eishi Hirasaki

Royal Society open science, 5(3) 171836-171836, Mar, 2018 Peer-reviewedLast author
Semicircular Canal Size and Locomotion in Colobine Monkeys: A Cautionary Tale.

Todd C Rae, Paul Martin Johnson, Wataru Yano, Eishi Hirasaki

Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology, 87(4) 213-223, 2016 Peer-reviewedLast author
Markerless 3D motion capture for animal locomotion studies.

William Irvin Sellers, Eishi Hirasaki

Biology open, 3(7) 656-68, Jun 27, 2014 Peer-reviewedLast author
Brief communication: Dynamic plantar pressure distribution during locomotion in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata).

Eishi Hirasaki, Yasuo Higurashi, Hiroo Kumakura

American journal of physical anthropology, 142(1) 149-56, May, 2010 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Primates trained for bipedal locomotion as a model for studying the evolution of bipedal locomotion

E Hirasaki, N Ogihara, M Nakatsukasa

HUMAN ORIGINS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUNDS, 149-+, 2006 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author
Do highly trained monkeys walk like humans? A kinematic study of bipedal locomotion in bipedally trained Japanese macaques.

Eishi Hirasaki, Naomichi Ogihara, Yuzuru Hamada, Hiroo Kumakura, Masato Nakatsukasa

Journal of human evolution, 46(6) 739-50, Jun, 2004 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Head movements during locomotion in a gibbon and Japanese macaques.

Eishi Hirasaki, Hiroo Kumakura

Neuroreport, 15(4) 643-7, Mar 22, 2004 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Biomechanical analysis of vertical climbing in the spider monkey and the Japanese macaque

E Hirasaki, H Kumakura, S Matano

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 113(4) 455-472, Dec, 2000 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Effects of walking velocity on vertical head and body movements during locomotion

E Hirasaki, ST Moore, T Raphan, B Cohen

EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 127(2) 117-130, Jul, 1999 Peer-reviewedLead author
Comparison of locomotor patterns and the cerebellar complex in Ateles and Macaca

E Hirasaki, S Matano

FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA, 66(1-4) 209-225, 1996 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Electromyography of 15 limb muscles in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) during vertical climbing

E Hirasaki, H Kumakura, S Matano

FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA, 64(4) 218-224, 1995 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Analysis of head and body movements of elderly people during locomotion.

Hirasaki E, Kubo T, Nozawa S, Matano S, Matsunaga T

Acta oto-laryngologica. Supplementum, 501 25-30, 1993 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Vertical climbing in Ateles geoffroyi and Macaca fuscata and its comparative neurological background

Hirasaki E, Matano S, Nakano Y, Ishida H

Topics in Primatology, 3 167-176, 1992 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author

Misc.

チンパンジー手関節の受動弾性特性計測に基づくナックルウォーク進化要因の検討

伊藤滉真, 大石元治, 遠藤秀紀, 平崎鋭矢, 荻原直道

Anthropological Science Japanese Series, 130(1), 2022
霊長類におけるヒラメ筋と足底筋の神経束分岐パターン比較

櫻屋透真, 山本凛太郎, 江村健児, 平崎鋭矢, 荒川高光

日本解剖学会総会・全国学術集会講演プログラム・抄録集, 125th, 2020
開き直りのつぶやき

平崎鋭矢

バイオメカニズム学会誌, 43(2) 81-81, 2019
20220 Simulation of Japanese Macaque Quadruped Locomotion by Phase Oscillator

KAYANUMA Toru, HASE Kazunori, HIRASAKI Eishi

2014(20) "20220-1"-"20220-2", Mar 14, 2014
特集「二足歩行の霊長類基盤」に寄せて

平崎鋭矢

バイオメカニズム学会誌, 38(3) 168-168, 2014
サルの歩き方

平崎鋭矢

生き物たちのつづれ織り, 5 121-127, 2011 InvitedLead author
二足サルの骨格、歩行、脳

平崎鋭矢

Anthropological Science (Japanese Series), 119(138), 2011 Lead author
Comparative Functional Morphology in Primates

Hamada Y, Hirasaki E, Rae TC

International Journal of Primatology, 31 157-158, 2010 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
Effects of training on bipedal locomotion in Japanese macaques : From the viewpoint of kinematics and plantar pressure distribution

HIRASAKI Eishi, NAKATSUKASA Masato, OGIHARA Naomichi

IEICE technical report, 106(330) 29-32, Oct 20, 2006
Erratum: Energetic costs of bipedal and quadrupedal walking in Japanese macaques (American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2004) 124 (248-256))

M. Nakatsukasa, N. Ogihara, Y. Hamada, Y. Goto, M. Yamada, T. Hirakawa, E. Hirasaki

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 125(4) 401-, 2004 Peer-reviewed
Spectral Analysis of Head Movements during Walking in Human. II.

HIRASAKI E., KUMAKURA H., MATANO S.

108(1) 91-91, Mar 15, 2000
The comparison of the vertical climbing in primates

NAKANO Y., HIRASAKI E., KUMAKURA H.

108(1) 94-94, Mar 15, 2000

Books and Other Publications

霊長類学の百科事典 = The encyclopedia of primatology

日本霊長類学会 (Role: Contributor, 霊長類の跳躍)

丸善出版, Jul, 2023 (ISBN: 9784621308042)
移動と歩行－生命の根源となるマクロ・ミクロ的視座から

平崎鋭矢 (Role: Contributor, 霊長類の進化と移動（第１章３項）)

医学書院, Jan, 2020
ロコモーション

平崎鋭矢 (Role: Contributor, 上田恵介他編『行動生物学辞典』pp 568)

東京化学同人, 2013
No English title is available

HIRASAKI Eishi (Role: Contributor)

2012
サルの歩き方

平崎鋭矢 (Role: Contributor)

(生き物たちのつづれ織り第５巻), 京都大学グローバルCOE「生物の多様性と進化研究のための拠点形成」, pp 121-127, 2011
Comparative Functional Morphology of Primates

Hamada Y, HIrasaki E, Rae TC

2010
胸鎖乳突筋の機能形態学的研究－頭頸部の姿勢制御に関連して－

熊倉博雄, 中野良彦, 平崎鋭矢 (Role: Contributor)

(歩行の進化と老化, 木村賛編) 『てらぺいあ．p. 71-88., 2002
歩行の三次元解析

平崎鋭矢 (Role: Contributor)

(神経耳科学, 五十嵐眞監修、高橋正紘・武田憲昭編), 金芳堂．p. 139-151, 1999
霊長類ロコモーションの実験的研究－大阪大学大学院人間科学研究科人間生態学実験棟の20年

熊倉博雄, 中野良彦, 平崎鋭矢 (Role: Contributor)

(自然人類学研究Ⅰ), 金星舎, pp 1-8

Major Presentations

241

Structure from Motion 法を応用したロコモーションの運動学的分析法の開発

平崎鋭矢, William I. Sellers

第67回日本人類学会大会（2013/11，つくば）, Nov, 2013
ペンの形状が子供の書字動作に及ぼす影響

廣川容子, 熊倉博雄, 日暮泰男, 平崎鋭矢, 安永雅博, 丸山聡, 中谷泰範

第64回日本人類学会大会 2010/10, 伊達市, Oct, 2010
Plantar muscles and the functional axis of the foot.

Hirasaki E, Kumakura H

The IPS post-congress symposium on comparative functional morphology in primates, Aug, 2008 Invited

Major Professional Memberships

May, 1990 - Present

日本霊長類学会
Apr, 1990 - Present

バイオメカニズム学会
Apr, 1990 - Present

日本人類学会

Research Projects

Experimental studies on the primate foundations for the control of vocal fold vibration in human speech.

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2029
二足歩行と大脳化の進化における協調：頭蓋骨と骨盤形態の共変異分析

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2028

森本直記, 森田航, 西村剛, 平崎鋭矢
Evolution of trunk movements during walking from the viewpoint of coordination and dispersion and its morphological basis

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025
Evolution of hand and finger motions - between locomotion and manipulation

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2019 - Mar, 2021

HIRASAKI Eishi
適応的歩行の生成機序から歩行の進化を探る－バイオメカニクスと運動生理学的研究

研究活動推進助成, type A, 京都大学教育研究振興財団, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2020

平崎鋭矢
Computer simulation of bipedal locomotion in early hominids

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2020

Ogihara Naomichi
適応的歩行の生成機序から歩行の進化を探る－バイオメカニクスと運動生理学的研究

いしずえ, 京都大学, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2019

平崎鋭矢
Experimental verification of a hypothesis on the early evolutionary process of linguistic ability - using the macaque model

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

HIRASAKI Eishi
Why can we walk bipedally? Strategies for bipedal locomotion and their evolution explored using mammal models

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

Hirasaki Eishi
Three-dimensional simulation of lateral- and diagonal-sequence quadrupedal walking

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2017

Ogihara Naomichi
Development of a new non-invasive method for kinematic analysis of animal locomotion

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

HIRASAKI EISHI
派遣旅費 Diversity and Conservation of Asian Primates. The 4th International Congress on Asian Primates

研究者交流支援・国際研究集会発表助成, 国際研究集会発表助成, 京都大学教育研究振興財団, Aug, 2014 - Aug, 2014

平崎鋭矢
Applying NIRS in physiology of locomotion - with a focus on muscle activities

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2014

HIRASAKI Eishi, MORI Futoshi
Evolutionary geography of macaques in Continental Asia : dispersal and diversification

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2008 - 2012

HAMADA Yuzuru, KAWAMOTO Yoshi, MARUHASHI Tamaki, OGAWA Hideshi, MORIMITSU Yoshiki, HIRASAKI Eishi, TANAKA Hiroyuki, OI Toru
Musclo-skeletal approach to environmental adaptation of hominidae

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2009 - 2011

SHIMIZU Daisuke, IDANI Gen-ichi, KUMAKURA Hiroo, HIRASAKI Eishi, OGIHARA Naomichi, KIKUCHI Yasuhiro, ARAKAWA Takamitsu, OISHI Motoharu, EGI Naoko, TAKANO Tomo
チンパンジーのロコモーター行動の非侵襲的3次元計測

京都大学霊長類研究所共同利用研究, 課題研究, 京都大学, Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2009

平崎鋭矢
派遣旅費 The 77th Annual meeting of American Associate of Physical Anthropologists, Columbus

国際学会等派遣事業, 旅費, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2008 - Apr, 2008

平崎鋭矢
チンパンジーのポジショナル行動の非侵襲的３次元計測

京都だ岳霊長類研究所共同利用研究, 自由研究, 京都大学, Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2008

平崎鋭矢
運動から動物の身体と環境の相互作用を探る -動物園での定量的運動解析の試み-

科学研究費助成事業萌芽研究, 萌芽研究, 日本学術振興会, 2006 - 2007

平崎鋭矢, 高野智
Relationship between trunk posture and the limb joint mechanics dining the primate locomotion

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2005 - 2007

KUMAKURA Hiroo, NAKANO Yoshihiko, HIRASAKI Eishi

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