KENTA KAWAGUCHI

Last Updated :2025/07/15

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor
Web Site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4495-7165
https://researchmap.jp/kenta-kawaguchi?lang=en
E-mail
k-kawaguchihiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
I am currently investigating the formation mechanism of the Asian continents, including the Japanese Islands, through geological and petrological studies.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2015/04, 2017/03, OYO CORPORATION, Core staff
  • 2020/04, 2022/03, Jeonbuk National University (Korea), Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • 2022/04, 2024/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Kyushu University)
  • 2024/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science , Japan, 2017/04, 2020/03
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science , Japan, 2013/04, 2015/03
  • Hiroshima University, School of Science, Japan, 2009/04, 2013/03

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Department of Integrated Global Studies : Integrated Global Studies
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Earth and Planetary Systems Science Program
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Program

Research Fields

  • Mathematical and physical sciences;Earth and planetary science;Petrology / Mineralogy / Economic geology

Research Keywords

  • Asian Continent
  • Japanese Islands
  • Geochronology
  • Petrology
  • Geology

Affiliated Academic Societies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Science A
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Earth Sciences I
  3. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Earth Sciences I
  4. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Earth Sciences I
  5. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Earth Sciences II
  6. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Earth Sciences II
  7. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Earth Sciences II
  8. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Second Semester, Introduction to Earth Science
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Fundamental Laboratory Course in Geology
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Methods in Geology
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Lecture and Field Work In Natural Environment
  12. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Invitation to Integrated Global Studies II
  13. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Science for IGS I
  14. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Science for IGS II
  15. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Natural Disasters and Society I
  16. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Natural Disasters and Society II
  17. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Science for IGS III

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Plate Interface Shear Zone in the Sanbagawa Metamorphic Belt, Constrained by RSCM Thermometry, U–Pb Zircon Dating and Phase Equilibria Modelling in the Sarutagawa Region, Central Shikoku, Japan, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 43, 257-285, 20250210
  2. Detrital zircon chronology of the Guryong Group, the eastern part of the Gyeonggi Massif, Korea: Implication for the Late Paleozoic pre-collisional evolution in the Korean Peninsula, Lithos, 496–497, 20250128
  3. Zircon U–Pb ages and geochemical characterization of granitic mylonites in the Northern Zone of the Maizuru Belt, northern Okayama area, Southwest Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 119, 20241106
  4. How and when did Paleozoic Maizuru back-arc basin close? Implications on the East Asian continental margin tectonics, Gondwana Research, 135, 36-56, 20240810
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  5. Evolution of permeability and fluid pathways in the uppermost oceanic crust inferred from experimental measurements on basalt cores, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 2018
  6. Discovery of Paleoproterozoic 1.85 Ga granitoid bodies from the Maizuru Terrane in the Tsuwano area, Shimane Prefecture, Southwest Japan and its geologic implications, The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 20190215
  7. ★, Zircon U–Pb geochronology of Sashu mylonite, eastern extension of Higo Plutono-metamorphic Complex, Southwest Japan: Implication for regional tectonic evolution, Island Arc, 202001
  8. Neoproterozoic granitoids from the Phan Si Pan Zone, NW Vietnam: geochemistry and geochronology constraints on reconstructing South China – India Palaeogeography, International Geology Review, 20200223
  9. ★, Discovery of Paleozoic rocks at northern margin of Sambagawa terrane, eastern Kyushu, Japan: Petrogenesis, U–Pb geochronology and its tectonic implication, Geoscience Frontiers, 202007
  10. Zircon and monazite geochronology from the Rengali-Eastern Ghats Province: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the eastern Indian terrane, Precambrian Research, 202104
  11. Discovery of Early Permian tonalite from the high P/T Triassic Suo Metamorphic Complex, Eastern Yamaguchi Prefecture, SW Japan, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 202105
  12. ★, Evolution of supracrustal rocks of the Indochina Block: Evidence from new detrital zircon U–Pb ages of the Kontum Massif, Central Vietnam, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 202105
  13. Antiquity and tectonic lineage of Japanese Islands: New discovery of Archean–Paleoproterozoic Complex, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 202107
  14. Cretaceous igneous activity and tectonic evolution of the northeast Asia including the Korean Peninsula, Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, 202108
  15. A review of Permian to Jurassic magmatism along the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Islands: Tectonic interpretations and a key for paleogeographic reconstructions, Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, 20210831
  16. Metamorphic evolution of the pelitic and mafic granulites from Daltonganj, Chhotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex, India: Constraints from zircon U–Pb age and phase equilibria modelling, Geological Journal, 20211130
  17. Tectonic evolution of Southwest Japan at the Cretaceous time inferred from the zircon U-Pb geochronology along the Maana Belt, western Shikoku, Japan, Lithos, 202112
  18. Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic composition of the Cha Val plutonic rocks in central Vietnam: Implications for Permian-Triassic Paleo-Tethys subduction-related magmatism, Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences, 20211223
  19. Zircon U–Pb geochronology and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic compositions of the felsic dykes from the Dalat zone, southern Vietnam: petrogenesis and geological significance, International Geology Review, 20220102
  20. Origin and tectonic relationship of metagabbro of the Sambagawa Belt, and associated Karasaki mylonites of western Shikoku, Southwest Japan, Geosciences Journal, 202202
  21. Zircon U–Pb ages of the pegmatites in the Kontum massif, central Vietnam and their quality evaluation for ceramic industry, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 202203
  22. Back-arc basin closure at the East Asian margin during Permo-Triassic boundary: Evidence from geochemistry and U-Pb zircon data of sedimentary breccia from Maizuru Terrane, Southwest Japan, Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 202205
  23. Van Canh Triassic granite in the Kontum Massif, central Vietnam: Geochemistry, geochronology, and tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, 202206
  24. ★, Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopes of Triassic plutons in the eastern Gyeonggi Massif, Korean Peninsula: Magma genesis and geodynamic implications for East Asia, Lithos, 202301
  25. ★, Zircon U–Pb ages and Lu–Hf isotopes of the Jurassic Granites on the east coast of the Korean Peninsula and Southwest Japan: Petrogenesis and tectonic correlation between the Korean Peninsula and Japanese Islands, Gondwana Research, 202305
  26. Tectonic Evolution of the Fawakhir Ophiolite, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications for Island Arc Amalgamation and Subduction Polarity during the Neoproterozoic, Minerals, 20230730
  27. Initiation of the Unazuki Belt, Southwest Japan, during the Carboniferous as an island arc system along the North China Craton, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 20240513

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb ages and Lu–Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic Maizuru Granites, Southwest Japan, Kenta Kawaguchi, Nobuhiko Nakano, Tatsuro Adachi, Ji Wan Jeong, Fransiska Ayuni Catur Wahyuandari, Kaushik Das, Sota Muroi, Kosuke Kimura, 2024, Without Invitation, Japanese
  2. Origin and evolution of the Maizuru Belt, Southwest Japan: Implications for the crustal rearrangement tectonics along the Northeast Asian continental margin, Yasutaka Hayasaka, Masahiro Fujii, Kosuke Kimura, Kenta Kawaguchi, The37"InternationalGeologicalCongress2024, 2024, Without Invitation, English
  3. Zircon U–Pb ages and Lu–Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic Maizuru Granites, Southwest Japan: Implications for the tectonic correlation between the Proto-Japan and Northeast Asia, Kenta Kawaguchi, Nobuhiko Nakano, Ji Wan Jeong, Kaushik Das, Sota Muroi, Kosuke Kimura, The37"InternationalGeologicalCongress2024, 2024, Without Invitation, English

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Fukada Grant-in-Aid, 2025/04/01, 2026/03/31
  2. 2023, 2025