Shin-ichi Minato

• Birth place
  
  • Hakusan-shi, Ishikawa Pref., Japan (in Aug. 1965).
• Education
  
  • Hakusan City Matto Primary School. 
  • Hakusan City Matto Junior High School. 
  • Kanazawa University High School. 
  • Kyoto University:
    Prof. Yajima's Lab. in Dept. of Information Science, Faculty of Engineering (B. E., M. E., and D. E., Degrees). 
• He works for:
  
  • Graduate School of Information Science and Technology,
    Hokkaido University. (Sapporo City, Hokkaido Pref., Japan) 
• Favorites:
  
  • Playing the violin. A member of Sapporo-Nishiku Philharmonic Orchestra from Apl. 2005.
    He has played in Kyoto University Symphony Orchestra, Shonan String Ensemble, ensemble Meson, and Stanford Symphony Orchestra. 
  • Playing baseball, volleyball, tennis, ping-pong, etc.

Family

• Wife, Noriko, married in Feb. 1995.
• First daughter, born in Feb.1997.
• Second daughter, born in Apr. 1999. 
• First son, born in Mar. 2003.