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Hosokawa Lab
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A lab that protects the bodies of athletes and workers from the heat.
AboutAbout the lab
Optimizing both safety and performance
Hosokawa Lab conducts research that integrates exercise physiology and sports medicine and science.
The lab aims to optimize both the safety and the performance of athletes and workers.
It focuses in particular on research into heat stress, including heat illness.
The lab values a back-and-forth approach: data obtained in the laboratory are verified in the field, and phenomena observed in the field are examined in the laboratory.
Key terms
- Exertional heat stroke
- A severe, life-threatening form of heat illness caused by body temperature rising too high during exercise or work
- Thermoregulation
- The mechanism by which the body maintains its temperature by producing or releasing heat in response to hot or cold conditions
- Biometeorology
- A field that studies how weather conditions, such as temperature and humidity, affect the human body and health
NewsLab news
Associate Professor Hosokawa contributed chapters to Ikimono to Ondo no Jiten (Encyclopedia of Living Things and Temperature; Asakura Shoten)
Associate Professor Hosokawa and colleagues reported on the development of sweat gland function in children and their adaptation to heat
Associate Professor Hosokawa and colleagues reported on the effects of climate change on school sports club activities and the effectiveness of countermeasures
Associate Professor Hosokawa and colleagues reported that Japanese children tend to be slightly under-hydrated
Associate Professor Hosokawa and colleagues reported on a comprehensive initiative to improve the response to exertional heat stroke
ResearchResearch themes
The lab combines exercise physiology and sports medicine and science to optimize the safety and performance of athletes and workers. Moving between the laboratory and the field, it emphasizes producing findings that are meaningful in real-world settings.
*Illustrative imageHeat Stress and Heat Illness Prevention
In exertional heat stroke, the most severe form, cooling the whole body in an ice bath even before the patient reaches the hospital helps save lives and reduce aftereffects. The lab works to build the evidence for this and to promote its adoption in Japan.
*Illustrative imageApplication to People Working in Special Environments
Exertional heat stroke is common not only among athletes but also among people who work in special environments, such as firefighters and police officers. The lab is working to apply knowledge from sports medicine and science to these people.
MembersFaculty
The members of Hosokawa Lab consist of faculty, graduate students in the doctoral and master's programs, and undergraduate students in the lab seminar.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorYuri Hosokawa
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Desertmirage” Brocken Inaglory / Public domain (cropped)
- Heat Stress and Heat Illness Prevention: “Ice cubes openphoto” Darren Hester / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Application to People Working in Special Environments: “Fire hose storage rack” Jclemens / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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