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  ARIMOTO, Takeshi

   Senior Associate Professor

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 1989/04~1994/03 Faculty of Foreign Language, The University of Kitakyushu, Graduated, B.A.
2. 1994/04~1996/03 〔Master Course〕, Graduate school of social and cultural studies, Kyushu University, Completed, M.A.
3. 1996/04~2000/03 〔Doctoral Course〕, Graduate school of social and cultural studies, Kyushu University, Unfinished course
4. 2000/10~2011/02 〔Doctoral Course〕, Graduate School, Sociology Department, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Completed, Ph.D of Sociology
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■ Professional Background
1. 2019/04~ Senior Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
2. 2012/09~2019/03 Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
3. 2012/04~2012/08 Part-time Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
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■ Present Specialized Fields
Sociology (Key Word:Body Culture,Sport,Cultural Studies, Media) 
■ Main Course Titles
Cultural Studies
■ Books and Articles
1. Book Affect Studies: Body and Affect   (Collaboration) 2026/10
2. Book Migrant City   (Collaboration) 2024/10
3. Book How the Tokyo Olympics were Viewed: Mass Media Coverage and Voices in Social Media   (Collaboration) 2024/01
4. Book Adventurers in Media Theory   (Collaboration) 2023/08
5. Book German Title: Die Sommerolympiade “Tōkyō 2020” und die COVID-19-Pandemie in Japan (originally written in Japanese for this chapter; unpublished in Japan)
English Title: The "Tokyo 2020" Summer Olympics and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan   (Collaboration) 2022/12
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2024/03/17 The Semiotics of Performance and Violence: Reading “Breaking Down” (The 33rd Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Sport Sociology)
2. 2023/03/17 What "the Birth of J-League" brought? (32th Annual Conference of Japan Society of Sport Sociology)
3. 2022/06/04 The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the Transformation of the Media Ecosystem: Focusing on the Yahoo! News (2022 Spring Conference of Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Studies)
4. 2019/06/02 Effectiveness of Affect Theory for Critical Sport Studies (Cultural Typhoon 2019)
5. 2018/05/18 Symbolization of City and its Problems: on the case of "Mojiko-Retro" in Kitakyushu-City (Japan-Korea Academic Exchange Conference: Presentation of Case Studies for the development of Area Studies)
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■ Lectures
1. 2026/05/19 The Light and Shadow of Football Culture: Exploring the “We” That Football Creates (Mitaka-City, Tokyo)
2. 2021/02/26 Updating "Japan's Way": Youth development and diversity of "the Japanese" (Seijo University)
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2023/04~ Japanese Society of Science and Football
2. 2021/07~ Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Studies
3. 2013/07~ Association for Cultural Typhoon
4. 2016/07~2019/07 ∟ Chief Editor
5. 2016/07~2019/07 ∟ Executive Secretary
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■ Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1. 2025/04~  An English-Japanese Comparative Study on the Transformation of Football Fandom under Globalization  (Key Word : Globalization, Football Fandom, Locality)
2. 2019/04~2023/03  A comprehensive study of "social media-type" formation of public opinion and affective phenomena  (Key Word : )
3. 2016/04~2021/03  Establishment and Promotion of Global Center for Glocal Studies to Realize a Sustainable Inter-Inclusive Society  (Key Word : Glocal, Bodily resource)
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■ Committees and Societies
1. 2023/01/01~2024/12/31 Tokyo University Football Association Director
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
30646378