Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  kotera.hiromasa.4nkyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• From Apr. 2026, To Present

  The Japanese Society of Baby Science
• From Aug. 2025, To Present

  The Japanese Society for the Education of Young Children
• From Jan. 2023, To Dec. 2023

  International Congress of Infant Studies

Academic Degree

• 30 Sep. 2020

  Ｍ.Ａ.（ボン大学）
• 31 Mar. 2025

  Ph.D（International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain)

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 神戸大学, 発達科学部人間形成学科, 卒業

Research History

• From May 2018, To Jul. 2019

  フリーランス（通訳・ダンサー）
• From Aug. 2012, To Aug. 2013

  フリーランス（通訳・ダンサー）
• From Mar. 2025, To Present

  Kyoto University, 人と社会の未来研究院, 特定研究員
• From Jun. 2021, To Dec. 2023

  Crossing the Borders, Research assistant
• From Feb. 2017, To Apr. 2018

  Nippon Oil Pump, Production & Customer control
• From Mar. 2015, To Aug. 2016

  ABB Japan, Spare parts marketing & Logistics
• From Dec. 2013, To May 2014

  Itochu Logistics (Europe) GmbH, Logistics officer
• From Aug. 2013, To Oct. 2013

  Avocis West GmbH, IT Customer Support
• From Apr. 2011, To Mar. 2012

  報徳学園, 英語教員

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0003-0531-6293

• J-Global ID

  202501020104071698

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/hiromasakotera

Research

Research Interests

• 一体感
• Pragmatics
• Development of politeness
• Breakdance
• Sound perception
• Infant development
• Language acquisiton

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, Experimental psychology, ブレイクダンスが生む一体感
• Humanities & social sciences, Sociology, Olympic inclusion of breaking
• Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics, 第二言語習得論、バイリンガリズム
• Humanities & social sciences, Educational psychology, 日本人の謙虚さの発達
• Humanities & social sciences, Social psychology, 労働意欲とメンタルヘルスの関連性
• Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics, ドイツ人乳児の非母国語音声の識別

Papers

• Perceptions of Olympic Inclusion in Breaking: Insider and Outsider Perspectives in the Japanese Context

  Hiromasa Kotera

  07 Apr. 2026

  
• German infants’ discrimination of the English /æ/-/ɛ/ contrast: Evidence from a cross-sectional and a longitudinal study

  Hiromasa Kotera; Ghada Khattab; Natalie Boll-Avetisyan; Barbara Höhle

  Infant Behavior and Development, Oct. 2024

  
• Mental health of Indonesian university students: U.K. comparison and relationship between mental health shame and self-compassion.

  Yasuhiro Kotera; Hiromasa Kotera; Elaina Taylor; Juliet Wilkes; Rory Colman; Riswani Riswani

  Stigma and Health, Aug. 2024

  
• Towards Diversifying Early Language Development Research: The First Truly Global International Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition (/L+/) 2021

  Paulina Aravena-Bravo; Alejandrina Cristia; Rowena Garcia; Hiromasa Kotera; Ramona Kunene Nicolas; Ronel Laranjo; Bolanle Elizabeth Arokoyo; Silvia Benavides-Varela; Titia Benders; Natalie Boll-Avetisyan; Margaret Cychosz; Rodrigo Dal Ben; Yatma Diop; Catalina Durán-Urzúa; Naomi Havron; Marie Manalili; Bhuvana Narasimhan; Paul Okyere Omane; Caroline Rowland; Leticia Schiavon Kolberg; Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata; Suzy J. Styles; Belén Troncoso-Acosta; Fei Ting Woon

  Journal of Cognition and Development, 28 Jul. 2023

  
• Comparison of Academic Motivation between Business and Healthcare Students in Online Learning: A Concurrent Nested Mixed-Method Study

  Yasuhiro Kotera; Valentina Gorchakova; Sarah Maybury; Ann-Marie Edwards; Hiromasa Kotera

  Healthcare, 19 Aug. 2022

  
• Mental Health of Japanese Workers: Amotivation Mediates Self-Compassion on Mental Health Problems

  Yasuhiro Kotera; Kenichi Asano; Hiromasa Kotera; Remi Ohshima; Annabel Rushforth

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Aug. 2022

  

Presentations

• Discrimination of the English Vowel Contrast /æ/-/ɛ/ in German-Learning Infants and Adults: Evidence from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies

  Hiromasa Kotera

  The 26th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Baby Science, 06 Jun. 2026

  
• The Effects of Using an Electrically Assisted Stroller on Parent–Child Communication and the Physical and Psychological Well-Being of Parents and Children

  Hiromasa Kotera

  The 26th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Baby Science, 06 Jun. 2026

  
• オリンピック種目化によるブレイキンの社会的認識の変化

  小寺博正

  第16回日本ダンス医科学会学術集会, 01 Mar. 2026

  
• Discrimination ability for non-native vowel contrasts of German infants

  Hiromasa Kotera

  35th Japanese society for education of young children, 13 Dec. 2025

  
• オリンピック種目化がどうブレイキンに影響するか？―ダンサーと非ダンサーの視点から―

  小寺博正

  第5回日本ダンス研究会, 12 Oct. 2025

  
• German infants’ discrimination of the English /æ/-/ɛ/ contrast: evidence from a cross-sectional and a longitudinal study

  Hiromasa Kotera

  The International Congress of InfantStudies (ICIS), 10 Jul. 2024

  
• German infants’ discrimination of the English /æ/-/ɛ/ contrast: evidence from a cross-sectional and a longitudinal study

  Hiromasa Kotera

  Workshop on Infant Language Development (WILD), 05 Jun. 2024

  

Education

Part-time lecturer

• From 01 Oct. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Core English (LS) - Pre-Intermediate 2／Core English (RW) - Pre-Intermediate 2／Basic English (RW) 1／General Academic English (LS) - Intermediate

  秋学期, 同志社大学
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 30 Sep. 2026

  Core English (LS) - Pre-Intermediate 1／Core English (RW) - Pre-Intermediate 1／Basic English (RW) 2／General Academic English (LS) - Intermediate

  春学期, 同志社大学

Academic, Social Contribution

Academic Contribution

• 査読（Cognition and Emotion）

  Peer review

  From Mar. 2026

  
• 査読（Cognition and Emotion）

  Peer review

  From 01 Dec. 2025

  
• 査読（Cognition and Emotion）

  Peer review

  From Oct. 2025

  
• A member of the organizing team of International symposium on Well-being in East Asian at IFoHS

  Planning, management, etc.

  苅谷剛彦, From 01 Jun. 2025, To 30 Sep. 2025

  
• A member of the organizing team of IFoHS “Open Humanities” Summer Forum

  Planning, management, etc.

  内田由紀子, From 01 May 2025, To 31 Aug. 2025

  
• 査読（Infant Behavior and Development）

  Peer review

  小寺博正, From 01 Jun. 2024, To 30 Jun. 2024

  
• 査読（Forum of Linguistics）

  Peer review

  From 01 Mar. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2024

  
• 査読（Infant Behavior and Development）

  Peer review

  小寺博正, From 01 Mar. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2024

  
• A member of the organization team of “Crossing the borders conference 2023”

  Planning, management, etc.

  Barbara Höhle, From 01 Mar. 2023, To 31 Oct. 2023

  
• A member of the organization team of “Truly global /L+/ international summer school on language acquisition 2023”.

  Planning, management, etc.

  From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Aug. 2023

  
• 査読（Crossing the borders conference 2023）

  Peer review

  From 01 Jun. 2023, To 30 Jun. 2023

  
• 査読（20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences）

  Peer review

  From 01 Feb. 2023, To 28 Feb. 2023

  
• Organizing the colloquia of “Typical and Atypical Language Acquisition” at the University of Potsdam.

  Planning, management, etc.

  From 01 Oct. 2022, To 28 Feb. 2023

  
• A member of the organization team of “Truly global /L+/ international summer school on language acquisition 2021”.

  Planning, management, etc.

  From 01 Feb. 2021, To 31 Aug. 2021