Naoki joined the research team of the Cellular Reprogramming Lab in August 2003. Naoki earned his Bachelor and Master of Agriculture degrees from Nihon University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Science. He earned his Ph.D. degree also from Nihon University. He worked with Prof. T. Nishida on his dissertation study on “The Study on the Vasa homologue gene in chicken germ line development.” Naoki was a Pre-doctoral research fellow at Mitsubishi-Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences under the guidance of Dr. H. Fujimoto and Dr. T. Noce. After having acquired his Ph.D. degree, Naoki was a Post-doctoral research fellow at Mitsubishi-Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences and University of Tokyo. While at the Cellular Reprogramming Lab, Naoki will be working with stem cell and germ cell development.