HONJO, Tatsuya
He owns a website named “Chojo-gensho no nazotoki (Solving supernatural phenomenon)” His online name is “Wizard.”
He started his carrier as a believer, and then changed to a skeptic when he was 20 years old. He started ASIOS and is the president of the group. His favorite activity is conducting research on supernatural event. He also loves dogs, cats and sweets.
WAKASHIMA, Toshikazu
He owns a website named “Kaigironsha no inori (Devotion of skeptics)” His online name is “Wakashimu”.
Mr. Honjo invited him to start this ASIOS group at the very beginning and he is the vice president of the group. He calls himself a hard-core skeptic and his friends would agree to this fact. His favorite activity is practicing sound skepticism. What he criticizes most is the lazy and easy naysayer and he speaks out about them without any hesitation. He also loves cats and sweets.
AKIZUKI, Yoshiro
He is a main editor of “SpFile”, a fanzine on Paranormal Phenomena and occult happenings. He is also a collector of books on flying saucers and an amateur critic of flying saucers.
His online name is “Penpal boshu (recruiting penpals).” This stands for his interest in the Ummo case and he has been waiting for the letters from Ummites -aliens- to come. Of course, the letter has not come yet.
He is not one of skeptics, but he has attitudes much common with us: he is interested in bizarre happenings: he accepts skeptical information: and he collect information without bias. These stances are same as other members.
ISHIKAWA, Masato
A mind scientist. Professor of Cognitive Informatics, MEIJI University. The president of Meta-Parapsychology Laboratory. The board member of Japanese Society for Parapsychology.
KAMATA, Norihiro
He owns a website named “Myth of the Roswell Incident”. His online name is “Tenkama”.
In ASIOS, he is in charge of the junior skeptic educational section. He also started as a believer but then became a skeptic.
His style is very educational and he tries to enlighten people, enhancing simple and easy descriptions. He is still researching matters related to Roswell incident. He also loves cars.
SHIMIDZU, Kadzuwo
Author and science writer. A board member of TOGAKKAI.
Very uncommon in Japan, he writes both articles for general science magazines and occult magazines.
NAKAI, Sayaka
Translator. She used to work as an archaeologist, but then changed her major to translation. She went to high school in the U.S. In ASIOS she translates all the articles. She loves cats.
NASUNO, Miho
She owns a website named “Kininaru Shiryositsu (Curious reference room)” Her online name is “NAZOO”.
Since she started her site in 2005, she has joined the web-ring of strange and mysterious sites to let people know the ideas of skepticism. She uses visual description and describes matters in an easy to understand style on her site in which Japanese skeptics are lacking. She also loves cats and music.
HANI, Rei
Since his boyhood, he was interested in the mysterious world e.g. like psychic and a life after death. When he was a university student, he launched Supernatural Phenomenon Research Society and started to post articles to occult magazines.
After graduating from the university, he visited the mysterious spots of the world by himself to carry on research.He is not a skeptic, but he is interested in hunting down the truth. Therefore he shares a basic stance with others.
HARADA, Minoru
Researcher of ancient history and falsified history. A member of TOGAKKAI..
MINAKAMI, Ryutarou
A pseudoscience watcher. Board member of TOGAKKAI.. Chairperson of JAPAN (Japan Anti-Pseudoscience Activities Network).
He is an editorial supervisor of “Skeptic Library” published by Ota Shuppan, a publisher. This series introduce supernatural events of the World from a skeptic perceptive.
He loves supernatural events more than any body, but he does not believe in them because he has never fond any evidences.
YAMAMOTO, Hiroshi
A science fiction writer. The president of TOGAKKAI..
YOKOYAMA, Masashi
An Illustrator and amateur animal researcher.
【Guest Members】
SATO, Kenji
In May 2003, when he was in the U.S., he launched the website “X51.ORG”.
He handles site planning, design, management, writing and other activities all by himself. He won the Blog of the Yeah! Award in 2004. He also has won various other web awards.
While he carries out a range of activities in the world of the web, from 2003 to 2007, he has spent more than three months of each year researching phenomenon of the world by himself.
Now his activities have gone beyond the web, and he is also active on TV and in publishing. He has moderate friendship and partnership with ASIOS, but he is not a skeptic.
NAGASAWA, Yutaka
He is an assistant University professor, while he is a major editor of a website “Skeptic's Wiki” that collect skeptic information concerning supernatural phenomenon and pseudoscience. His hobby is inline skate hockey and he is a member of a hockey team.
