Tohoku Gakuin University

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Faculty of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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KADOKURA, Hiroyuki Associate Professor

KADOKURA, Hiroyuki

degree Doctor of Engineering (Tokyo Institute of Technology, March 2016)
Specialty Architectural ergonomics (evacuation safety), construction informatics
Affiliated academic societies The Japan Fire Science Society, The Architectural Institute of Japan, Information Processing Society of Japan
Subjects Taught Civil Engineering Informatics, i-construction
Career
1991年 Tokyu Construction Co., Ltd.
2002年 Tokyu Research Institute, Inc.
2017年 Lecturer, Department of Information Technology Faculty of Engineering Tohoku Gakuin University
2020年 Associate Professor, Department of Information Technology Faculty of Engineering Tohoku Gakuin University
2026年 Associate Professor, Department Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty of Engineering Tohoku Gakuin University
performance
List of peer-reviewed papers
  • Osamu Kiyomiya, Toshiaki Miyagi, Masami Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Kadokura: Evaluation of Dynamic Analysis Methods for Port Structures - A Case Study of Collision Analysis between Ships and Buffer Structures -, Transactions of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, No. 540, VI-31, pp. 49-57, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 1996.6
  • Hiroyuki Kadokura, Ai Sekizawa, Wataru Takahashi: Study on availability and issues of evacuation using stopped escalators in a subway station, Fire and Materials, Volume 36 Issue 5-6, pp.416–428, 2012.8
  • Masanori Yajima, Yuki Sano, Hiroyuki Kadokura, and Ai Sekizawa: Relationship between evacuation density and walking speed and confluence ratio in stairwells as seen from actual high-rise building evacuation drills, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Architectural Institute of Japan, No. 710, pp. 315-323, 2015.4
  • Hiroyuki Kadokura, Ai Sekizawa, Yuki Sano, and Kosuke Fujii: A Study on the Occurrence of Stairwell Congestion During Sequential Evacuation in High-Rise Buildings—Analysis and Considerations Based on Observations of Actual Behavior During Whole-Building Evacuation Drills—, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Architectural Institute of Japan, No. 716, pp. 849-856, 2015.10
  • Tomonori Sano, Masanori Yajima, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Ai Sekizawa : Human behavior in a staircase during a total evacuation drill in a high-rise building, Fire and Materials, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp.375–386, 2017.6
  • Kosuke Fujii, Masayuki Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Tomonori Sano, Ai Sekizawa : Influence of Congestion in Upper Floor on Pedestrian Flow in Staircase Based on Observational Survey of Evacuation Drill in a High-Rise Building, The Proceedings of 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, pp.269-282, 2019.9
  • Shun Hiratsuka, Daisuke Hayasaka, Kazuo Kato, Hiroyuki Kadokura: Identification method of independent components related to artifacts in electroencephalogram, IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, pp.1836-1841, 2019.12
  • Hiroyuki Kadokura, Ai Sekizawa, Yuki Sano, Masayuki Mizuno, and Kosuke Fujii: A Study on the Causes and Propagation Conditions of Stairwell Stagnation During Building-Wide Evacuation Drills in High-Rise Office Buildings, Transactions of the Fire Science Society of Japan, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 27-36, 2019.12
  • Park Sung-Kyung, Mizuno Masayuki, Fujii Kosuke, Kadokura Hiroyuki, Sano Yuki, Tanaka Toshinari, Sekizawa Ai: Improvement of sequential evacuation based on staircase evacuation flow analysis during evacuation drills in high-rise office buildings: Potential of real-time technology to facilitate whole-building evacuation from high-rise buildings, Life Support 32(4), Life Support Society, pp.118-125, 2020.12
  • Park Sung-Kyung, Mizuno Masayuki, Fujii Kosuke, Oh Kwan-Won, Kadokura Hiroyuki, Sano Yuki, Tinnakonstivd Nishari, Sekizawa Ai: Comparative analysis of stairwell evacuation flow using SimTread, an evacuation simulation that reproduces evacuation drills in high-rise office buildings, Life Support 33(3), Life Support Society, pp.87-93, 2021.8
  • Haruki Sato, Hiroyuki Kadokura, and Yoshizumi Tsunematsu: A study on disaster countermeasures based on a questionnaire survey of public libraries in 17 prefectures, Architectural Institute of Japan, Regional Facilities Planning Research 40, pp. 317-322, 2022.7
  • Ren Onodera, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Maho Oe, and Yoshizumi Tsunematsu: A Study on Damage Survey and Earthquake Countermeasures for Library Closed Stacks in the Fukushima Offshore Earthquake (2021), Architectural Institute of Japan, Regional Facilities Planning Research 40, pp. 323-328, 2022.7
  • Yoshizumi Tsunematsu, Haruki Sato, and Hiroyuki Kadokura: A Survey on Damage to Libraries and Efforts Towards Restoration in the Great East Japan Earthquake, Architectural Institute of Japan, Regional Facilities Planning Research 40, pp. 329-336, 2022.7
  • Takuya Shibata, Yuki Sano, Kosuke Fujii, Masayuki Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Ai Sekizawa: The effect of pedestrian forward distance on dwelling and propagation behavior in a single crowd without confluence. Evaluation of stairwell dwelling behavior using the SAG-EB model in high-rise buildings. Journal of Environmental Engineering, Architectural Institute of Japan, Vol. 89, No. 816, pp. 24-35, 2024.2
  • Keigo Konno, Kazuo Kato, Hiroyuki Kadokura, and Atsuo Ishikawa: Gaze response during visual search for a moving target with spatial frequency characteristics, Transactions of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (Electronics, Information and Systems Division), Vol. 144 No. 10, pp. 978-984, 2024.10
  • K. Kato, T. Suzuki, H. Kadokura, A. Ishikawa: Influence of Spatial Frequency on Human Subconscious and Related Neural Activity Using the Implicit Association Test, International Journal of Affective Engineering, 2024.11
  • Shota Ara, Kazuo Kato, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Atsuo Ishikawa: Study on improving the accuracy of BMI based on error-related potentials - Consideration of methods for expanding training data -, Transactions of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Vol. 145 No. 1, pp. 52-58, 2025.1
  • Kogure, K., Tsunematsu, Y., and Kadokura, H.: A Study on Evacuation Behavior in Closed Stacks of University Libraries - Considerations Regarding Behavior During Power Outages -, Journal of Regional Facility Planning, Architectural Institute of Japan, Vol. 43, pp. 207-212, 2025.7
  • Hiroyuki Kadokura, Yoshizumi Tsunematsu: Examination of a model of route selection behavior during evacuation in a library's closed stacks, Transactions of the Fire Science Society of Japan, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 19-27, 2025.8
International conference paper
  • Ai Sekizawa, Daisuke Oiwa, Tomonori Sano, Hiroyuki Kadokura : Study on Phased Evacuation through the Analysis of Total Evacuation Drill in a High-rise Office Building, Proceedings of the twelve international fire science and engineering conference, 2010.6
  • Hiroyuki Kadokura, Ai Sekizawa, Tomonori Sano, Masanori Yajima, Satomi Masuda : Study On Congestion In Stairs During Phased Evacuation In A High-Rise Building, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Human Behavior in Fire, 2012.9
  • Masayuki Mizuno, Hidetaka Sendo, Noriyuki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Kousuke Fujii, Tomonori Sano, Ai Sekizawa : Development of Flow Model in Staircase by considering Mechanism of Flow Stop by Congestion with People, Proceedings of the fourteenth international fire science and engineering conference (INTERFLAM 2016), 2016.7
  • Kazuo Kato, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Tomohiro Kuroki, Atsuo Ishikawa : Event-related synchronization/desynchronization in neural oscillatory changes caused by implicit biases of spatial frequency in electroencephalography, IFMBE Proceedings, Volume 68/2, pp.175-178, 2018.6
  • Tomonori Sano, Enrico Ronchi, Ai Sekizawa, Masayuki Mizuno, Kosuke Fujii, Hiroyuki Kadokura : Descending Evacuation on Staircases: How Accurate are Models in Representing Movement Without Merging?, Conference Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Interflam Conference, pp.751-762, 2019.7
  • K. Kato, K. Suzuki, T. Suzuki, H. Kadokura: Rejecting Artifacts Based on Identification of Optimal Independent Components in an Electroencephalogram During Cognitive Tasks, ICBME 2019, pp.73-80, 2021.1
  • A. Tsuruoka, H. Kadokura, T. Shimizu, K. Aihara: The Impact of Road and Urban Infrastructure Variances on Electric Kick Scooter Travel, HCII 2024, pp.324–338, 2024.6
Overview articles, commentaries, etc.
  • Hiroyuki Kadokura: Journal of the Japan Fire Science Society "Fire," Report on Participation in the 5th International Symposium on Human Behavior During Fires, Vol. 62, No. 6, Serial No. 321, 2012.12
  • Hiroyuki Kadokura, Masayuki Mizuno, and Ai Sekizawa: Journal of the Japan Fire Science Society "Fire", Special Feature: Recent Examples of Evacuation Behavior Research Targeting Real Spaces: A Field Survey of Whole-Building Evacuation Drills in High-Rise Office Buildings, Vol. 68, No. 1, Serial No. 352, pp. 2-7, 2018.2
  • Hiroyuki Kadokura, Masayuki Mizuno, and Ai Sekizawa: Journal of the Japan Fire Science Society "Fire," Special Feature: Rethinking Evacuation Drills: Evacuation Drills Based on Sequential Evacuation Plans for High-Rise Office Buildings, Vol. 72, No. 1, Serial No. 376, pp. 9-14, 2022.2
Award
  • Outstanding Poster Award, Masayuki Mizuno, Kosuke Fujii, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Fuqiu Wang, Tomonori Sano, Ai Sekizawa : Development of Mathematical Model of Evacuation Flow in a Staircase Based on a Survey Result of a Real Evacuation Drill in a High-Rise Office Building, The 12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, 2017.6
  • Best Paper Award, Kosuke Fujii, Masayuki Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kadokura, Tomonori Sano, Ai Sekizawa : Influence of congestion in upper floor on pedestrian flow in staircase based on observational survey of evacuation drill in a high-rise building, The 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, 2018.10
  • Reiwa 7th Japan Institute of Fire Research Achievement Award, Japan Society of Fire Engineers, 2025.5
Extracurricular activities, etc.
  • Member of the Project Evaluation and Monitoring Committee, Tohoku Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (April 2025 - present)