Background
Kira, Jun-ichi was born on December 22, 1954 in Saiki, Ohita, Japan. Son of Shigeyoshi and Setuko Kira.
Kira, Jun-ichi was born on December 22, 1954 in Saiki, Ohita, Japan. Son of Shigeyoshi and Setuko Kira.
Doctor of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 1986.
Visiting fellow section on myelin chemistry National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1982—1985. Assistant professor department neurology Kyushu University, Japan, 1985—1995, associate professor department neurology Japan, 1995—1997, professor, chairman department neurology Neurological Institute, Graduate School Medical Sciences Japan, since 1997, director Neurological Institute Graduate School Medical Sciences Japan, 1989—2000. Chairman Fukuoka Prefectural Network for Intractable Neurological Disease, 1998—2000.
Member of Japanese Society Neurology (member committee), American Neurological Association (correspondent).
Married Masako Nakata Kira, November 1982. Children: Naoko, Yu-ichi, Natsuki.