NORIO SHIMIZU

Last Updated :2025/07/14

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University Museum, Associate Professor
E-mail
museumhiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-1-1　Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8524, Japan, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-4212 FAX : (+81)82-424-4263
Self-introduction
When I was a student, I studied the life history of the fish Andamia tetradactyla that invaded the land in the field of Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture for 7 years. NHK Science Program Creatures Earth Travel, TBS Live Animal Wonders! , NHK science program Darwin came, etc., shooting cooperation and appearance. In addition to surveys of shallow-sea fish fauna in the Tokara Islands (Kagoshima Prefecture) and the Seto Inland Sea (Hiroshima Prefecture), we are also conducting research on the ecology and distribution of the near-threatened mudskipper. Since 2011, we have been conducting ecological research that contributes to the conservation of the national special natural monument, the giant salamander, in collaboration with local residents and local governments. In particular, we promote the "Higashi-Hiroshima (Kamo Plateau) Ecomuseum Concept", which regards local resources such as giant salamanders as "exhibits" and considers the entire area as a museum, and carries out activities aimed at achieving both regio Although our museum is very small , we are working hard with the aim of shining museum . We are waiting for the visit of young people , which aims to curator .

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2023/05/01, The Giant Salamander Conservation Project Research Center, Hiroshima University, director
  • 2021/04/01, Exhibition Information and Research Planning Section, group leader
  • 2017/04/01, Hiroshima University, museum, Associate Professor
  • 2010/04/01, 2017/03/31, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima University Museum, Research associate
  • 2006/04/20, 2010/03/31, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima University Museum, Curatorial staff

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School, Division of Biophere Sciences, Japan, 2002/04, 2006/03
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School, Division of Biophere Sciences, Japan, 1999/04, 2001/03

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Agriculture, Hiroshima University
  • Master, Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Research Fields

  • Complex systems;Cultural assets study and museology;Cultural assets study and museology

Research Keywords

  • Giant Salamander
  • Natural monument
  • Endangered species
  • Air-breathing fishes
  • Andamia tetradactyla
  • Terrestrial Spawning
  • fish fauna
  • Diving survey
  • Line census
  • Tideland

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The ichthyological society of japan, 1999/09
  • Fish ecology Study Group, 1999/04
  • Japan ethological society, 2000/04
  • Japanese Council of University Museums, 2008/04
  • The museological society of japan, 2010/04
  • Japan museum management academy, 2010/04
  • The meeting of Gaint Salamander, 2011/04
  • The Ecological Society of Japan, 2016/10

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Advanced Seminar(Introductory Zoo-archaeology)
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Environmental management in higash-hiroshima campus at Hiroshima University
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Conservation Science of Museum Objects
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Theory of Cultural Display
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practicum in Museum Studies1(University Museum)
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practicum in Museum Studies1(University Museum)
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practicum in Museum Studies2(External Museums to the University)
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practicum in Museum Studies2(External Museums to the University)
  9. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Museology (Natural history museums)

Award of Education

  1. 2020/05/25
  2. 2016/02/13

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Histological notes on diandric protogyny in the freckled hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri (Cirrhitidae) from Kuchierabu-jima Island, Japan, ICHTHYOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 72(2), 271-276, 202504
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  2. Change in the subtidal reef fish assemblage at Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan, between 1972 and 2005, ICHTHYOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 72(1), 153-165, 202501
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  3. The complete mitochondrial genome of a Biwa goby, Gymnogobius isaza (Tanaka, 1916), MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES, 9(6), 837-840, 20240602
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  4. The complete mitochondrial genome of a Biwa goby, Gymnogobius isaza (Tanaka, 1916), Mitochondrial DNA Part B Resources, 9(6), 837-840, 20240623
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  5. Note on growth of the subadult individuals of Onychodactylus salamanders from Mt.Yoshiwa-Kanmuri., Journal of the Hiba Society of Natural History, 278, 1-6, 20240601
  6. Multiple Transitions between Y Chromosome and Autosome in Tago's Brown Frog Species Complex, GENES, 15(3), 202403
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  7. Records of Conservation activities for the Endangered Species Leucanthemella linearis (Matsum.) Tzvelev in Fukutomi Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 51-57, 20231225
  8. Highly rapid and diverse sex chromosome evolution in the Odorrana frog species complex, DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION, 64(6), 279-289, 202208
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  9. ONYCHODACTYLUS JAPONICUS (Japanese Clawed Salamander). POLYMELIA., Herpetological Review, 52(4), 818-819, 202108
  10. A consideration on the landing site and settlement of Cybister tripunctatus lateralis (Fabricius, 1798) in Higashi-Hiroshima City, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 117-122, 2021
  11. Mammal fauna in the Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 121-127, 20181225
  12. Leaf litter, a critical habitat for juvenile Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus(Amphibia: Caudata), Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 10, 91-102, 20181225
  13. A Study of Food Habit of Japanese Giant Salamander Larvae Andrias japonicus Using Fecal Analysis, 23-32, 201712
  14. Occurrence of endangered Japanese horseshoe crab in Etajima and Takehara Cities of Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF BENTHOLOGY, 72, 16-26, 20170322
  15. Cutaneous microbiota of the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), a representative of an ancient amphibian clade, Hydrobiologia, 20170308
  16. Amphibian fauna in the Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 17-29, 20161225
  17. Seasonal Occurrence of Large-sized Black Porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegelii in an Intertidal Short-neck Clam Fishery Ground in Hiroshima Bay, Japan., Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 31-37, 20161225
  18. Composition of the Cutaneous Bacterial Community in Japanese Amphibians: Effects of Captivity, Host Species, and Body Region, Microbial Ecology, 71((4)), 789-1030, 20160525
  19. Status of Cynops pyrrhogaster in a habitat after immigration of Procambarus clarkii, Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan, 2015(2), 96-107, 201512
  20. Escape from the atomic bomb:miraculous rediscovery of zinc blocks of the Takamochi Mori’s taxonomic monograph on planktonic copepods, Bull. Plankton Soc. Japan, 62(2), 123-128, 20150908
  21. Establish Fish Specimen’s Collection of Hiroshima University Museum: 1909-2013, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 71-99, 20141225
  22. Recent Population Trends of Small-Scale Sillago in Western Seto Inland Sea, Japan (2011-2013)., Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 31-39, 20141225
  23. A list of fishes found on the oyster farming rafts by the underwater visual census in northern Hiroshima Bay, Seto Inland Sea, Japan., 25-33, 20131201
  24. Global warming and comparison of fish fauna in southern Japan., 21-29, 20131201
  25. Report on Distribution and Spawning of Small-scale Sillago, Sillago parvisquamis(family Sillaginidae), Based on Specimens from Yamaguchi Bay in Western Seto Inland Sea, Japan., 5-21, 20131201
  26. ★, Practical Study for Conservation of Giant Salamander Andrias japonicus in Toyosaka, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan., 29-38, 20131201
  27. Structures and immunolocalization of Na+, K+-ATPase, Na+/H+ exchanger 3 and vacuolar-type H+-ATPase in the gills of blennies (Teleostei: Blenniidae) inhabiting rocky intertidal areas, JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, 80(6), 2236-2252, 201205
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  28. Two species of brachiopods collected from the central part of the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan, 4, 43-48, 20121201
  29. First record of an albino grass puffer, Takifugu niphobles (Tetraodontidae), based on a specimen from the Seto Inland Sea, south-western Japan., 4, 13-21, 20121201
  30. ★, Ultrastructure of the surface morphology of eggs in the terrestrial spawning blenny, Andamia tetradactyla (Blenniidae)., 58(1), 75-79, 20110401
  31. Notes on Geological and Paleontological Specimens stored in the Hiroshima University Museum― that had been exhibited in the local museum in “Hiroshima Castle” from 1958～1989, 3, 103-111, 20111201
  32. Current status of the mudskipper Periophthalmus modestus (family: Gobiidae) in Hiroshima Prefecture, Seto Inland Sea, Japan, 3, 97-102, 20111201
  33. Fish fauna of shallow waters of Aki Nada, Seto Inland sea, Japan, 49, 7-20, 20101101
  34. First Record of the Slime Flounder Microstomus achne (Pleuronectidae) in the Seto Inland Sea, Southwestern Japan, 2, 53-56, 20101201
  35. ★, Fish Fauna in the Coastal Area of Kurahashi Island, Seto Inland Sea, Japan, 2, 43-52, 20101201
  36. ★, Terrestrial reproduction by the air-breathing fish Andamia tetradactyla (Pisces; Blenniidae) on supralittoral reefs, JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY(London), 269(3), 357-364, 200607
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  37. Fish fauna at reefs of the northern Tokara Islands, southern Japan, J. Grad. Sch. Biosp. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., 44, 1-14., 20050301
  38. Diets of 25 species (13 families) of fishes at Kuchierabu-jima Island, J. Grad. Sch. Biosp. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., 44, 15-24, 20050301

Publications such as books

  1. 2024/08/15, Seasonal Occurrence of Juveniles of Tri-spined Horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus in the Hachi Sandy-mud flat in Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, with a Special Reference to Timing of Dormancy. In `A Compendium of Collaborations on the Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs- National and International Events and Unpublished Reports from 1996 through 2023.`, Horseshoe Crabs, Springer-Nature, 2024, 08, Scholarly Book, Others, Susumu Ohtsuka, Katsushi Hirano1, Yusuke Kondo1, Kenichiro Kashimoto, Mari Yonetani1, Ken Iida, Taiki Fuji, Tomohisa Kodama, Taiki Murai, Hidetoshi Saito, Norio Shimizu, Michitaka Shimomura, Kaori Wakabayashi, Ko Tomikawa and Ling Ming Tsang
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Conservation and utilization of local heritage by Kamo plateau eco-museum, Higashi-Hiroshima city in Japan, Toshihisa Asano, Norio Shimizu, Taiki Sato, Tsugifumi Fujino, Eriko Ishimaru, International council of museums (ICOM), 2019/09/04, Without Invitation, English, The ICOM KYOTO 2019 Congress Secretariat, KYOTO
  2. THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM WORKS ON UTILIZATION AND PROSPECTS OF BURIED CULTURAL PROPERTIES ON CAMPUS, E. Ishimaru, N. Shimizu, T. Sato, T. Fujino, T. Asano, International council of museums (ICOM), 2019/09/03, Without Invitation, English, The ICOM KYOTO 2019 Congress Secretariat, KYOTO
  3. Terrestrial reproduction by the air-breathing fish Andamia tetradactyla (Pisces; Blenniidae) on supralittoral reefs, Norio Shimizu, Brazilian Ichthyology Conference – From River to Sea, EBI2019, 2019/01/30, With Invitation, English, The Brazilian Ichthyology Society, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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  4. Protection and utilization of the Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus in Toyosaka district, Higashi-Hiroshima city, Norio Shimizu and Toshihisa Asano, Toshihisa Asano, 2018/06/24, With Invitation, English
  5. Protection and utilization of the Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus in Toyosaka district, Higashi-Hiroshima city., ASANO Toshihisa and SHIMIZU Norio, Asian Wetland Symposium 2017, 2017/11/08, Without Invitation, English, AWS2017 Executive Committee, Saga, Japan
  6. Conservation of the Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus at Toyosaka, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan., Norio Shimizu, Hiromi Yamasaki, Chika Hashimoto, Kenta Tsuchioka, Tetsuo Takamatsu, Susumu Ueda, Katsunori Sato, Kanji Kato and Kazushi Kuwabara, International Symposium：Frontiers in Amphibian Biology: Endangered Species Conservation and Genome Editing., 2014/03/28, Without Invitation, English
  7. Change in an assemblage of subtidal reef fish near a biogeographical zone boundary between warm-temperate water and subtropical water areas., Tatsuru Kadota, Norio Shimizu, Miyuki Tsuboi, Breno Barros, Yoichi Sakai, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Kenji Gushima, International Symposium：Biodiversity in Changing Coastal Waters of Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Amakusa, Japan., 2012/11/30, Without Invitation, English

Works, etc.

  1. 第11回企画展「大いなる飛翔－鳥の世界から－」, 2017/03, 2017/04, Artistic Activity
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External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI, 2017, 2020
  2. KAKENHI, 2014, 2016
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  3. KAKENHI, The environmental education program which a university museum carries out for protection of Japanese mudskipper Periophthalmus modestus., 2011, 2012
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  4. 2015/04/01, 2016/03/31
  5. 2012/04, 2013/03
  6. 2008
  7. 2007/04, 2008/03
  8. 2004
  9. 2002
  10. 2001

Social Activities

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2018, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  2. 2017, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  3. 2016, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  4. 2015, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  5. 2014, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  6. 2013, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  7. 2012, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  8. 2011, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  9. 2010, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  10. 2009, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, Editor, 1
  11. 2009, Ichthyological Research, Others, 1