Background
Shibuya, Akira was born on July 26, 1955 in Yokote, Akita, Japan. Son of Takeshi and Chie (Saitoh) Shibuya.
Shibuya, Akira was born on July 26, 1955 in Yokote, Akita, Japan. Son of Takeshi and Chie (Saitoh) Shibuya.
Doctor of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tsukuba, Japan, 1996.
Resident Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, 1981-1985. Chief resident Tsukuba University Hospital, 1985-1987. Clinical staff Tokyo Metropolitan Bokuto Hospital, 1987-1989.
Assistant professor University Tsukuba, 1989-1993, associate professor, since 1998. Postdoctoral fellow DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1993-1996. Assistant professor Okayama (Japan) University, 1996-1998.
Married Kazuko Sugita, June 4, 1988. Children: Ko, Megumi.