Keiji AMANO

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Affiliation: Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences Department of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

Degree: Master of Arts in International Relations(Mar, 1998, Ritsumeikan University)
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations(Mar, 1996, Ritsumeikan University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901038708234716
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Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2024 - Present

Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences Department of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Apr, 2024 - Present

Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Aug, 2023 - Sep, 2024

lecturer in charge of a class, Graduate School of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Manager(Dean) (Dean), Faculty of Business Administration, Seijoh University
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, Seijoh University
Sep, 2020 - Mar, 2024

Lecturer (Part-time Lecturer), Department of Arts and Design, Nagoya Zokei University
Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2024

part-time lecturer, The Department of Art & Design The Department of Art & Design, Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design
Dec, 2019 - Mar, 2024

Visiting Researcher, Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies
Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2024

Researher Postdoc (Visiting Researcher), Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, Ritsumeikan University
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2024

Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Seijoh University
Aug, 2023 - Sep, 2023

Lecturer (Lecturer in charge of a class), Graduate School of Image Arts and Science, Ritsumeikan University
Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2022

Deputy Director, Centre for Information Infrastructure, Seijoh University
Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2018

Deputy Director, Joint Research Promotion Centre, Seijoh University
Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2016

Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Seijoh University
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2011

Director, Institute for Advance Network Society, Seijoh University
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2010

(Researcher), Institute for Advanced Network Society, Seijoh University
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2010

Researcher, Researcher, Institute for Advanced Network Society 2006-
Apr, 2003 - Mar, 2008

Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Seijoh Univerisity
Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2002

Research Assistant, Faculty of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University

Education

Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2003

Doctor, Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University
Apr, 1999 - Mar, 2000

Credited Auditors, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei University
Apr, 1998 - Mar, 1999

Trainee, Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University
Apr, 1996 - Mar, 1998

Master, Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University
Apr, 1992 - Mar, 1996

International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University

Committee Memberships

Feb, 2023 - Present

Public relations committee, Digital Games Association Japan
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2024

Policy Reform Council Chair, Tokai City
Oct, 2022 - Aug, 2023

Programme committee Chair, Replaying Japan 2023 International Japan Game Studies Conference
Mar, 2017 - Feb, 2023

International Committee, Digital Games Research Association JAPAN
Aug, 2018 - Aug, 2019

Replaying Japan 2019 Programme Committee Chair, Replaying Japan
Jul, 2018 - Aug, 2019

DiGRA 2019 Local Organizing Committee, Digital Games Research Association
Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2019

Establishment Preparation Committee, UNIVAS
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2017

Social Education Council, Higashi Ura Town
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2015

Council on the Charging of Household Garbage Collection, Chair, Chita City
Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2015

Environmental Policy Council, Tokai City
Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2015

Green Policy Council, Tokai City
Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2015

Pollution Prevention Council, Tokai City

Papers

Effect of digital game intervention on cognitive functions in older adults: a multiple baseline single case experimental design study

Kyosuke Yorozuya, Yuta Kubo, Keisuke Fujii, Daiki Nakashima, Taiki Nagayasu, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Kazuya Sakai, Keiji Amano

BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), May 8, 2024
Ethics and Gaming: The Presentation of Ethics and Social Responsibility by the Japanese Game Industry

Keiji Amano, Tsugumi Okabe, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan, (3) 11-20, Mar 20, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Replaying Japan 2017, 2018, 2019

Keiji AMANO

Journal of Digital Games Research, 13(1) 39-42, Mar, 2020
Pachinko:A Case Study in Hybrid Physical and Virtual Interface

Geoffrey ROCKWELL, Keiji AMANO

Journal of the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities, 4(1) 72-89, Aug, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Conference Report: DiGRA2017

Keiji AMANO

Journal of Digital Games Research, 10(1) 43-47, Dec, 2017
Report: Replaying Japan 2016

Keiji AMANO

Journal of Digital Games Research, 9(1) 54-57, Dec, 2016
Report: 2015 Canadian Game Studies Association Conference

Keiji AMANO

Journal of Digital Games Research, 8(1&2) 37-40, Mar, 2016
Pachinko: A game studies perspective

Geoffrey ROCKWELL, Keiji AMANO

Kinephanos, 5 161-174, Dec, 2015 Peer-reviewedInvited
Relation the mild cognitive impairment and health information needs for elderly women in health salon

Tomoko Ohura, Tokunori Takeda, Daisuke Kimura, Naoki Tomiyama, Mai Furusawa, Keiji Amano

The Japanese Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49(8) 861-867, Jul, 2015 Peer-reviewedLast author
Practice and Problems of Game-based Learning for Business Administration

Junichi NOMURA, Keiji AMANO

Vol 15, Apr, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Game Related Research by Students at Faculty of Business Administration

Junichi NOMURA, Keiji AMANO

Journal of Digital Games Research, 7(1) 25-26, Jun, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Instructional Design for Business Administration Education using Business Simulation Games

Junichi NOMURA, Keiji AMANO

Digra Japan 2013 Annual Conference Proceedings, Mar, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Videogames in the Globalization: Current Status and Issues of the Finnish Game Industry

Keiji AMANO

Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture, 24(2) 109-119, Feb, 2013
DiGRA Nordic 2012参加記－ワークショップおよびゲーム関連イベントを中心にして－

野村淳一, 天野圭二

デジタルゲーム学研究, 6(2), 2012
Practical research on instructional design and evaluation method of management education by serious games

Junichi NOMURA, Keiji AMANO

65th JSIM Annual Conference Proceedings, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Serious Games for Learning Business Administration: Using Digital Games as an Educational Tool

AMANO Keiji, NOMURA Junichi

JSPS(2010), "Information and Management", 61 51-54, Nov, 2010 Peer-reviewed
Supporting tools for educational ICT systems at the e-University

Keiji AMANO

Research bulletin of Seijoh University Faculty of Business, (8) 21-47, Sep, 2009
Information sharing among staff and students in the e-University: an operative experimental report of an intrablog system

Keiji AMANO

Research bulletin of Seijoh University Faculty of Business, (4) 151-164, Sep, 2007
Effective Use of Environmental Information in Tran-European Network

Keiji AMANO

Exploring Peace, 226-238, 2006 Peer-reviewed
Dynamism of Knowledge Enabling : the Finnish Business Clusters

Keiji AMANO, Junko TOHDA

Organizational Science, 19-24, 2005

Books and Other Publications

The Casino, Card and Betting Game Reader Communities, Cultures and Play

Mark R Johnson, Kelli Wood, James F Cosgrave, David Schwartz, Alex Kupfer, Paul Wake, Danielle Seid, Fiona Nicoll, César Albarrán-Torres, Joyce Goggin, Graham Taylor, Thomas Malaby, Robert W Miller, Xavier Paules, Paul Franke, Marta Soligo, Laurie Arnold, Keiji Amano, Geoffrey Rockwell, Rex J Rowley, Cynthia Cravens, Matias Karekalas, James Banks, Catherine Russell, Ian Helfant, Celeste Chamberland, John M Hunt (Role: Contributor, On the Infrastructure of Gaming: The Case of Pachinko)

Bloomsbury Academic, Dec, 2021 (ISBN: 9781501347276)
Media Technologies for Work and Play in East Asia: Critical Perspectives on Japan and the Two Koreas

Micky Lee, Peichi Chung, Sarah Trinh, Ana Gascón Marcén, Keiji Amano, Geoffrey Rockwell, Patrick W. Galbraith, Shawn Bender, Deirdre Sneep, Eun-Kyoung Choi, Becky Keung Yoon Bae, Kyooeun Jang, Hogeun SEO, Claire Shinhea Lee, Elizabeth Shim, Weiqi Zhang (Role: Contributor, Representations of Play: Pachinko in Popular Media)

Bristol University Press, May, 2021 (ISBN: 9781529213362)
Digital Game Kenkyu Nyumon

Nobushige Kobayashi, Shinji Matsunaga, Yusuke Koyama, Akiko Shibuya, Hiroyasu Kato, Yoshiyuki Tamamiya, Keiji Amano, Akito Inoue, Daichi Nakagawa, Akinori Nakamura, Koichi Hosoi, Hiroyuki Matsuguma, Koji Mikami, Yoichiro Miyake, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Yoshida, Frans Mäyrä, Mikka Lehtonen (Role: Contributor)

Jun, 2020
Exploring Peace

Ikuro Anzai (Role: Joint author)

2006 (ISBN: 4780300096)

Presentations

The Slogan Game: Missions, Visions and Values in Japanese Game Companies

Keiji Amano, Mimi Okabe, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan 2024, Aug 20, 2024
Japan’s Labor Shortage Crisis and the Future of Japanese Game Companies

Tsugumi Okabe, Keiji Amano, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan 2023, Aug 19, 2023, Replaying Japan Organizing Committee
Educational Initiatives and CSR in Japanese Game Companies.

Geoffrey Rockwell, Keiji Amano, Tsugumi Okabe

Replaying Japan 2022, Aug 27, 2022, Replaying Japan Organizing Committee
Moral Management in japanese Game Companies

Keiji Amano, Tsugumi Okabe, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan 2021, Aug 12, 2021, University of Alberta KIAS, Replaying Japan Organizing Committee
The Rise and Fall of Popular Amusement: Operation Space Invaders Shoot Down

Keiji Amano, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan 2021, Aug 12, 2021, University of Alberta KIAS, Replaying Japan Organizing Committee
The Rise and Fall of Popular Amusement: Operation Space Invaders Shoot Down

Keiji Amano, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan 2021, Aug 9, 2021, Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, University of Alberta
Ethics and Gaming: A Content Analysis of Annual Reports of the Japanese Game Industry

Keiji Amano, Geoffrey Rockwell, Tsugumi Okabe

Replaying Japan 2020, Aug 11, 2020
The End of Pachinko

Geoffrey ROCKWELL, Keiji AMANO

Replaying Japan 2019, Aug 10, 2019
Work Culture in Early Japanese Game Development

Geoffrey Rockwell, Kynan Ly, Greg Whistance-Smith, Tsugumi Okabe, Keiji Amano

Replaying Japan 2019, Aug 10, 2019
Gambling as Play: the Case of Pachinko

Keiji AMANO, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan 2018, Aug 20, 2018
“Pachinko” from multifaceted viewpoints

Keiji AMANO

Digital Games Research Association 2018, Jul 25, 2018
On the Infrastructure of Gaming: The Case of Pachinko

Keiji Amano, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan 2017, Aug 22, 2017, Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, University of Alberta
On the Infrastructure of Gaming: The Case of Pachino

Keiji AMANO, Geoffrey ROCKWELL

Replaying Japan 2017, Aug 22, 2017
History of Pachinko - Representations in Novels, Films and Essays

Keiji AMANO

Digital Game Research Association 2017, Jul 6, 2017
Pachinko and the Western and Japanese Imagination of Dystopic Japan

Keiji AMANO

Society for Utopian Studies Annual Conference 2016, Oct 29, 2016
Representation of Play: Pachinko in Japan

Keiji AMANO, Geoffrey ROCKWELL

Replaying Japan 2016, Aug 16, 2016
Disaster Games from Anthropological Aspects - A Study of User Experiences of Zettai Zetsumei Toshi Series

Saori AMANO, Kahono SAKAKIBARA, Kiyotaka MATSUNAGA, Keiji AMANO

Replaying Japan 2016, Aug 15, 2016
(Re)presenting Play: Games/Cinema

Geoffrey ROCKWELL, Keiji AMANO

Canadian Game Studies Association Annual Conference 2016, Jun 3, 2016
Pachinko: Evolution in parlour and in video game

Keiji AMANO, Geoffrey Rockwell

Canadian Game Studies Association Annual Conference 2015, Jun 3, 2015
On the Play of Yakumono: The Evolution of Audiovisual Effects in Pachinko

Keiji AMANO, Geoffrey Rockwell

Replaying Japan 2015, May 22, 2015

Teaching Experience

Sep, 2024 - Present

Creative IP Branding and Innovation (Ritsumeikan University)
Sep, 2024 - Present

Content Industries (Ritsumeikan University)
Apr, 2024 - Present

Global Creative Industries (Ritsumeikan University)
Apr, 2005 - Present

Seminar (Seijoh University)
Sep, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Creative Industries (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Applied ICT Workshop (Seijoh University)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2024

Pop Culture (Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design)
Sep, 2020 - Mar, 2024

Data Science (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2024

Serious Games Workshop (Seijoh University)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2022

Economics (Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design)
Apr, 2019 - Aug, 2021

Econometric Model Analysis (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2021

Intercultural Understanding (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2021

Business Management Seminar (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2020

Cultural Economics (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2019

Environmental Management (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2019

Japanese Economy (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

Field Work (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2015

Japanese Literacy (Seijoh University)
Apr, 2003 - Mar, 2013

Environmental Information (Seijoh University)

Professional Memberships

2017 - Present

Digital Game Research Association
2013 - Present

Canadian Game Studies Association
2013 - Present

Japan Society for Information and Management
Apr, 2011 - Present

DiGRA Japan
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2017

The Society for Utopian Studies
Digital Games Research Association

Works

Research Projects

Study on utilization of commercial business simulation games as a mean of higher education: operation and evaluation method.

SEIJOH UNIVERSITY, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

Keiji AMANO, Junichi NOMURA
Regional industrial development in Scandinavian Countries

2004
Dynamism of knowledge creation in the business clusters in Europe

2004
Dynamism of collaboration in the e-University

2003
Environmental Governance in Europe: Atmospheric Emission of Acidifying Substances and Its Consequences

1996 - 2000
Environmental Governance in Europe

1996
Practical Use of Serious Games in Higher Education

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