Research fields:
Interdisciplinary culture (fashion, genders, media), Regional culture (France), Fashion culture
Research themes:
• Analysis of fashion media discourse and representation
• The mutual/self-representation and transition of fashion and normative/non-normative gender images in fashion media (mass media, digital media, virtual space) in Japan and France (scientific research fund project / area number)
• Discussion on the concept of “kawaii” culture
• Relationship between fashion, genders, and identity from the perspective of intersectionality, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (cultural appropriation) in a Japan-France comparison
【Keywords】
Critical fashion studies, interdisciplinary culture, Japan-France comparison, humanities, fashion media, normative/non-normative female/gender images, kawaii, immature/mature, DEIB in fashion, discourse analysis, interdisciplinary, representation, stereotypes, genders, Japonisme
Main books and papers:
◆“Nihon to Furansu no Kawaii Bunkaron: Naze Watashitachi wa Kawaiku Nakereba Naranakattanoka” (Kawaii Culture in Japan and France: Why We Had to Be Cute) (Sole author) Akashi Shoten, 2025
◆”Fashion and Identity in Virtual Spaces: The Other Bodies as Avatar in Animal Crossing” In Sustainability Challenges in the Fashion Industry: Civilization Crisis, Decolonization, Cultural Legacy, and Transitions, Miguel Ángel Gardetti・Rosa Patricia Larios-Francia(Editor), (Joint authorship) Springer, 2023
◆“Communication” in “Critical Words for Fashion Studies” edited by Hiroshi Ashida, Yoko Fujishima, and Chie Miyawaki (Joint authorship) Film Art, 2022
◆“Musume kara Shojo e: Furansu Media ni oite Kochiku: Keishosareru Mijukuna Kawaii Joseizo” (From mousumé to shojo: Immature, Cute Female Images Established and Passed along in French Media) in “Japonisme Reconsidered: The Other and the Self in Representations of Japanese Culture” (Joint authorship and editorship), Shibunkaku Publishing, 2022
◆“Ekkyosuru Fasshon Sutadizu” (Interdisciplinary Fashion Studies) (Joint authorship and editorship) Nakanishiya Shuppan, 2021
◆”Kawaii Fashion Discourse in the 21st Century: Transnationalizing Actors” In Rethinking Fashion Globalization, Ed. Sarah Cheang, Erica de Greef and TAKAGI Yoko, (Joint authorship) Bloomsbury, 2020
◆“Semiotoposu 14 Tenseisuru Modo: Dejitaru Media Jidai no Fasshon” (Semiotopos 14 Reborn Mode: Fashion in the Era of Digital Media) (Edited by the Japanese Association for Semiotic Studies, Special Edition by Kyoko Koma) Shinyosha, 2019
◆“Komyunikeshon Tekusuto Bunseki” (Communication Text Analysis) by Dominique Maingueneau (Joint translation) Hituzi Syobo Publishing, 2018