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BORN August 22, 1940 , in Chintao , China (Male, Japanese citizen)
E-mail irikura@geor.or.jp
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree Faculty of Science (Physics), Kyoto University , 1963
Master's degree Graduate School of Science (Geophysics), Kyoto University , 1966
Doctor's egree Graduate School of Science (Geophysics), Kyoto University , 1983
POSITIONS HELD
Research Associate, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (1968-1973).
Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (1973-1988).
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Southern California , USA (1984-1986).
Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (1988 -2004).
Visiting Scientist, Centro Nacional de Prevencion de Desastres , MEXICO (1990-1991).
Visiting Professor, Politecnica de Milano , ITALY (1989).
Director, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (2001-2003).
Vice President of Kyoto University ( 2003 ‐ March, 2004 ).
Executive Vice President of Kyoto University ( April, 2004-2005 ).
AWARDS
Commemorative Medal "100 Years of Seismology in Slovakia " from Geophysical Institute of  Slovak Academy of Sciences (June, 2003) .
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize for Persons of Scientific and Technological Research Merits (April, 2004)
The Bruce Bolt Medal jointly established by SSA, EERI, and COSMOS. (April, 2011)
SEISMOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
@ Developed the empirical Green's function method for estimating strong ground motion from a specific earthquake fault using observed seismograms of small events.
A Developed a hybrid method simulating broad-band ground motions from a large earthquakes using deterministic and stochastic approaches.
B Proposed a recipe of predicting strong ground motions from an earthquake caused by specific active faults.