Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  habu.hiroshi.2vkyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• From Nov. 2025, To Present

  International Social Epidemiology Society
• From Jan. 2025, To Present

  Society for Epidemiologic Research
• From 2024, To Present

  JAPAN Primary Care Association
• From 2024, To Present

  Japanese Society of Public Health
• From 2021, To Present

  Japan Epidemiological Association

Academic Degree

• 25 Mar. 2020

  岡山大学修士（公衆衛生学）
• 25 Mar. 2023

  岡山大学博士（医学）

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• 岡山大学, 大学院医歯薬学総合研究科修士課程社会環境生命科学専攻, 修了
• 岡山大学, 大学院医歯薬学総合研究科博士課程社会環境生命科学専攻, 修了

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 東京造形大学, 造形学部デザイン学科, 卒業

Research History

• From Aug. 2025, To Present

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor
• From Jun. 2023, To Jul. 2025

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Project Researcher
• From Aug. 2022, To Feb. 2023

  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Visiting Graduate Student
• From Jan. 2021, To Aug. 2022

  Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Department of Epidemiology, Researcher (part-time)
• From Jul. 2020, To Present

  NPO Association to Promote Tanden Breathing Methods, President

Profile

• Profile

   

  
  

  I am a Rapper (Research/art/practitioner).

  
  

  More detailed CV available here: Habu Hiroshi_CV_2025.8.29.pdf

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0002-8061-9166

• J-Global ID

  202301013951751882

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/habuhiroshi

Research

Research Interests

• Research Art Practice
• Cultural Epidemiology
• Cultural Well-being
• Cultural Determinants of Health
• Conviviality
• Social Epidemiology
• Public Health
• Art
• Performance Folk Arts
• Tanden Breathing

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, Aesthetic practices
• Life sciences, Hygiene and public health (non-laboratory)

Papers

• Emotional Experiences and Well-being: A Survey of Cultural Activities in Takayama City

  Hinaki Sugiura; Toshiki Shioiri; Tatsuya Ito; Naoki Kondo; Hiroshi Habu; Yukiko Honda; Rui Fukumoto; Yusuke Fukazawa

  Journal of Information Processing, 2026, Peer-reviewed

  
• Traditional arts and events for mental and social well-being: a scoping review framed by intangible cultural heritage

  Yukiko Honda; Ayako Kohno; Hiroshi Habu; Sayaka Honda; Taiji Noguchi; Chie Koga; Makoto Hiramatsu; Sakurako S. Okuzono; Hiroko Sakurai; Mieko Ohsuga; Frances Rom Lunar; Tayzar Tun; Yan Luo; Naoki Kondo

  The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Jan. 2026, Peer-reviewed

  Access this paper :

  
• Public Health Notes on the Ontology of Cultural Capital

  Hiroshi Habu

  Studying psychosocial determinants of aging: methodological contributions, 2025

  
• Implementation of Experiential Randomized Controlled Trial Education Using Octopus Portable Shrine (Tako-Mikoshi): An Evaluation Based on Kolb's Experiential Learning Model

  Sannomiya Masana; Noguchi Tappei; Takeda Ryohei; Habu Hiroshi

  The Center for Learning and Teaching Innovation Annual Report, Jun. 2025, Last author

  
• Culture as a Determinant of Health and Well-being: Expanding the Concept of Cultural Capital

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  F1000Research, 30 Jun. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Effect of COVID-19 Infection on Presenteeism: Cohort Study Using Large Health Insurance-Based Data in Japan

  Chikara Miyaji; Tomoko Kobayashi; Hiroshi Habu; Akikazu Hagiyama; Yoshiharu Horie; Soshi Takao

  Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 25 Apr. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Impact of COVID-19 Infection on Health-Related Quality of Life in the Japanese Population: A Large Health-Insurance-Based Database Study

  Tomoko Kobayashi; Chikara Miyaji; Hiroshi Habu; Yoshiharu Horie; Soshi Takao

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13 Feb. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Does Participation in the Setouchi Triennale Foster Social Capital? : A Cross-Sectional Study

  Chikara Miyaji; Soshi Takao; Hiroshi Habu; Naomi Matsumoto; Ken Aoo; Yosuke Nishita; Masao Tsuri; Takashi Yorifuji

  Acta Medica Okayama, Oct. 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• Participation in the Setouchi Triennale and the Health of Residents in Naoshima: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Hiroshi Habu; Soshi Takao; Chikara Miyaji; Naomi Matsumoto; Ken Aoo; Yosuke Nishita; Masao Tsuri; Takashi Yorifuji

  Acta Medica Okayama, Oct. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Association between Radon Hot Spring Bathing and Health Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study in Misasa, Japan

  Kataoka Takahiro; Habu Hiroshi; Tanaka Ayumi; Naoe Shota; Murakami Kaito; Fujimoto Yuki; Yukimine Ryohei; Takao Soshi; Mitsunobu Fumihiro; Yorifuji Takashi; Yamaoka Kiyonori

  Acta Medica Okayama, Aug. 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• Clinical moderators of response to nalmefene in a randomized-controlled trial for alcohol dependence: An exploratory analysis

  Nozomu Hashimoto; Hiroshi Habu; Soshi Takao; Shinji Sakamoto; Yuko Okahisa; Keitaro Matsuo; Manabu Takaki; Yoshiki Kishi; Norihito Yamada

  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Apr. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Effects of Tanden Breathing on Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Hiroshi Habu; Toshiharu Mitsuhashi; Akiko Tokinobu; Takashi Yorifuji; Soshi Takao

  Acta Medica Okayama, 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Emergency Dispatches for Suicide Attempts During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Okayama, Japan: A Descriptive Epidemiological Study

  Hiroshi Habu; Soshi Takao; Ryohei Fujimoto; Hiromichi Naito; Atsunori Nakao; Takashi Yorifuji

  Journal of Epidemiology, 05 Sep. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Misc.

• Health Impact Assessment Report on Yabu City’s Social Prescribing Initiative

  Social Prescribing Promotion Division, Health and Welfare Department, Yabu City; Social Prescribing Research Laboratory, Glocal Institute for Medicine, Culture and Economy

  Mar. 2026

  
• Report from the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting: Epidemiologic Research as an Art Practice

  Habu Hiroshi

  Kenko-juku (Health Seminar) Newsletter of the Kyoto Health Management Research Foundation, 15 Jan. 2026

  
• Relax and feel at ease through the power of your breath

  Habu Hiroshi

  Taiyo Gas Monthly Newsletter, Senerun March Issue, Mar. 2022

  
• Micro-Hydropower Generation Using a Rice Mill Waterwheel

  Habu Hiroshi

  Contemporary Agriculture, Quarterly Chiiki, 05 Jul. 2019

  

Presentations

• Cultural Epidemiologic Evaluation: Toward Artful Methodologies in Health Research

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  SER (Society for Epidemiologic Research) Mid Year Meeting 2026, 12 Feb. 2026

  
• Cultural Epidemiology: Expanding health to include cultural well-being and determinants

  Naoki Kondo; Hiroshi Habu

  THE 36th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE JAPAN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION & THE 3rd JOINT SCIENTIFIC MEETING WITH THE IEA WESTERN PACIFIC REGION, 30 Jan. 2026

  
• Cultural Well-being as an Outcome in Epidemiologic Research: A Conceptual Review

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  THE 36th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE JAPAN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION & THE 3rd JOINT SCIENTIFIC MEETING WITH THE IEA WESTERN PACIFIC REGION, 30 Jan. 2026

  
• Traditional Mochi-tsuki and Health and Well-being Implications: A Cross-Sectional Study in Takayama

  Yukiko Honda; Hiroshi Habu; Toshiki Shioiri; Tatsuya Ito; Rui Fukumoto; Yusuke Fukazawa; Naoki Kondo

  THE 36th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE JAPAN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION & THE 3rd JOINT SCIENTIFIC MEETING WITH THE IEA WESTERN PACIFIC REGION, 29 Jan. 2026

  
• Takayama City Motto Genki ni Project: Effects of Cultural and Artistic Activities on Health

  Hiroshi Habu; Toshiki Shioiri; Tatsuya Ito; Rui Fukumoto; Yusuke Fukazawa; Yukiko Honda; Naoki Kondo

  7th Hida–Takayama Conference, 29 Nov. 2025

  
• Genocide in Relation to Your, Someone’s, and Everyone’s Health

  Hiroshi Habu

  Kyoto University 100-People Papers 2025, 05 Nov. 2025

  
• Cultural Capital and Cultural Well-being

  Hiroshi Habu

  From Market-centrism to Planetary Well-being, Vol. 2 – Prescribing Culture and Connecting People, Things, and Experiences through Design, 29 Oct. 2025, Invited

  
• The Power of Aging

  Hiroshi Habu

  The 9th Public Lecture Series: “Yō (Nurture)”, 27 Sep. 2025, Invited

  
• The Association Between Displaying Art Objects in Living Spaces and Residents' Health

  Hiroshi Habu; Toshiki Shioiri; Tatsuya Ito; Rui Fukumoto; Yusuke Fukazawa; Yukiko Honda; Naoki Kondo

  The 16th Annual Conference of the Japan Primary Care Association, 21 Jun. 2025

  
• ePi Art: A new paradigm for epidemiologic research as an art practice

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  SER (Society for Epidemiologic Research) Annual Meeting 2025, 12 Jun. 2025

  
• How can cultural and social capital be mechanisms that reduce inequality rather than increase it?

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  International Society for Social Capital Research 2025, 06 Jun. 2025

  
• Cultural Epidemiology for Culturally Evaluating Cultural Prescribing

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  Social Prescribing EXPO2025 in Kawasaki, 09 Mar. 2025

  
• Conceptual Model of Cultural Capital in Public Health: A Proposal for Cultural Epidemiology.

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  The 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Epidemiological Association, 13 Feb. 2025

  
• 対話ツールとしての多元的なウェルビーイング評価指標

  土生裕; 近藤尚己

  「京大SPH×Beyond 2050アカデミア公開討論会」病とともに健康に生きる～2050年以降の新しい健康の概念の構築を目指して～, 26 Nov. 2024

  
• A Conceptual Model of Cultural Capital in Public Health

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  The 110th Anniversary Of Shandong University’s Cheeloo Nursing Education & 2024 “Nursing+” International Collaboration And Innovation Conference, 26 Oct. 2024

  
• Cultural Capital in Public Health: The Emergence of Cultural Epidemiology

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  A Series of Sessions on Considering Cultural Capital: How does Cultural Capital impact our health?, 18 Oct. 2024

  
• Conceptual Model of Cultural Capital in Public Health

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  The 4th Research Networking Salon, Kyoto University, 26 Sep. 2024

  
• 人々が健康で豊かに暮らしていけるために：高山における文化・芸術的な営みの力【序章】

  土生裕

  「高山市 もっと元気に プロジェクト：文化・芸術活動が心身に与える影響」高山市役所報告会, 29 Jul. 2024

  
• A New Concept of Cultural Capital in Public Health: Cultural Capital and Social Capital

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  International Society for Social Capital Research 2024 in Kyoto, 05 Jun. 2024

  
• ePi Art: A New Process-Based Approach to Collaborative Research and Creation

  Hiroshi Habu; Naoki Kondo

  Results Report Meeting of the FY 2024 Collaborative Research Projects, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University, 09 Mar. 2024

  
• 丹田呼吸による便秘改善効果の検討－無作為化比較試験によるパイロット研究

  土生裕

  第24回日本統合医療学会学術大会, 2020

  

Books and Other Publications

• Studying psychosocial determinants of aging: methodological contributions

  Kondo N; Martínez Gregorio S; Habu H; Torres Z; Sánchez Niubó A; Oliver A; Fernández I, Joint work, Public Health Notes on the Ontology of Cultural Capital

  Tirant lo Blanch, 2025

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  
• Soundtrack and Textbook of Our Sounds

  Habu Hiroshi; Seana K. Magee; Sowa Shotaro, Editor

  Golden Propeller Company, 02 Apr. 2023

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  

Works

• Tanden Breathing Guide Video – Introduction (Three-Exhale, One-Inhale)

  From 24 Oct. 2025

  
• Setouchi Triennale 2025 – Performance Work: Ame-tsuchi-umi

  Tsubouchi Family; Habu Family

  From 04 Oct. 2025

  
• Tanden Breathing Guide Video – Intermediate with Explanations

  From 29 Jun. 2025

  
• Tanden Breathing Guide Video – Fundamentals with Explanations

  From 27 Apr. 2025

  
• Tanden Breathing Guide Video – Intermediate

  From 31 Aug. 2024

  
• Tanden Breathing Guide Video – Fundamentals

  From 31 Aug. 2024

  
• Tanden Breathing Guide Video – Daily Tanden Breathing

  From 23 May 2024

  
• Our Sounds: A Sound Only Film

  Habu Hiroshi

  From 04 Mar. 2022

  
• Chouzou Ondo (CD)

  Habu Hiroshi with Ukan Champur Orchestra

  From 10 Aug. 2019

  
• Yuko-drum (experimental musical instrument)

  Habu Hiroshi

  From 2012, To Present

  
• Habu Live! Love Life! (Music festival)

  Afrirampo; UA; Sakaki Mango; Habu Hiroshi; Marewrew

  From 13 May 2018

  
• Yuko-drum Wayfaring (Tokyo to Watari)

  Habu Hiroshi

  From 03 Mar. 2017, To 11 Mar. 2017

  
• Yuko-drum Wayfaring (Tokyo to Okayama)

  Habu Hiroshi

  From 16 Dec. 2016, To 01 Jan. 2017

  

Awards

• 25 Mar. 2008

  ＺＯＫＥＩ賞（東京造形大学）

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From 2017, To 2023

  Board Member, Nonprofit Organization Yume-Fusha Ukan