Ken is currently a Research Associate Professor at Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Japan. He directs research groups focused on cardiovascular regenerative medicine, ischemia-reperfusion injury in which he holds a patent, and space medicine/biology. At the Harvard Medical School, Ken was collaborating with Professor Donald Ingber aiming to establish a model of ischemia-reperfusion injury using the organ-on-a-chip technology. Ken received his Ph.D. in Medicine from Nagoya University. He is a member of the Cellular Biology of the Heart Working Group in European Society of Cardiology, and a councilor of the Physiological Society of Japan. He serves on the Editorial Boards of journals including AIMS Biophysics, Mechanobiology, Hearts, and Biology and Medicine. He received several awards such as Award for Outstanding Research Achievement and Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education.