Faculty of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Professor

degree	Doctor of Engineering (Tohoku University, July 2004)
Specialty	Architectural Design Field
Affiliated academic societies	Architectural Institute of Japan, Japan Institute of Architects, Japan Interior Industry Association, Tohoku PPP/PFI Association
High school I graduated from	Miyagi Prefectural Sendai Second High School
Subjects Taught	Architectural Planning I, Architectural Design and Drafting I, Architectural Design and Drafting II, Architectural Design and Drafting III

March 1998	Department of Urban and Architectural Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Graduate Schools Completed the second year of the master's program.
April 1998 - April 1999	Worked in the Design Department of First Class Architect Office Co., Ltd.
May 1999 - April 2000	Worked at Kuniaki Ito Urban and Architectural Research Institute, First Class Architect Office Co., Ltd.
May 2000 - March 2007	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Graduate Schools
October 2005 -	Co-founded SOY source architectural design office
April 2007 - March 2010	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Graduate Schools
April 2010 -	Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering Tohoku Gakuin University
April 2014 -	Professor, Department Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty of Engineering Tohoku Gakuin University

Kazuya Sakurai, Marin Katov, Kuniaki Ito, Kisho Nomura, and Yutaka Inage: "Planning of Facility Development Aimed at Reconstructing the Campus Facility Layout - Through the Process of Formulating the Long-Term Plan for the Faculty of Engineering and Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University," Journal of Architectural Institute of Japan, Vol. 117 No. 1490, pp. 209-214, June 2002.
Kazuya Sakurai, Marin Katov, Kisho Nomura, Kuniaki Ito, Masahiro Onuma, Shinji Ishikawa, and Akira Saito: "Development of a Zoning-Type Room Arrangement System for Model Houses in Traditional Building Preservation Districts - Development of a Computer-Based Grid System, Part 2," Architectural Institute of Japan Technical Reports, No. 18, pp. 377-382, 2003.12
Kazuya Sakurai, Kisho Nomura, Marin Katov, Kuniaki Ito: "A Study on a Room Arrangement System Using a Step-Generating Grid Method," Journal of Environmental Engineering, Architectural Institute of Japan, No. 577, pp. 63-69, March 2004.
Kazuya Sakurai, Tomohiro Kariya: "Report on Community Development Support Activities at Ishinomaki Machi Cafe," Journal of Architectural Institute of Japan, Vol. 19, No. 41, pp. 289-292, 2013.2
Kazuya Sakurai: "A Report on Trends in Architectural Disputes as Seen from Case Studies in the Database of Appraisal and Mediation Results," Journal of the Architectural Institute of Japan, Vol. 19, No. 43, pp. 1179-1182, October 2013.

Kazuya Sakurai, Hidetoshi Ota, Naotami Yasuda: "Japan Baptist Sendai Christian Church," Architectural Institute of Japan, Selected Works 2009, Architectural Journal, Special Issue No. 124, No. 1587, pp. 30-31, 207, 2009.3
Kazuya Sakurai, Hidetoshi Ota, Naotami Yasuda: "Dr. S's House," Shinkenchiku-sha, Shinkenchiku Residential Special Issue, No. 295, pp. 134-141, 171, 2010.11
Kazuya Sakurai, Hidetoshi Ota, Naotami Yasuda: "Professor Y's House," Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha, Confort February 2013 issue, No. 130, p. 77, 2013.2
Kazuya Sakurai, Hidetoshi Ota, Naotami Yasuda (SOY source Architectural Design Office), Fumihiro Ishimori (Ishimori Architectural Design Office): "The Growing Kindergarten," Kindai Kenchiku Sha, Kindai Kenchiku, June 2014 issue, Vol. 68, No. 6, pp. 148-149, 2014.6
Kazuya Sakurai, Hidetoshi Ota, Naotami Yasuda (SOY source Architectural Design Office): "Children's Village Tohoku: Family Houses A and B," Shinkenchiku-sha, Shinkenchiku, Vol. 90, No. 5, pp. 50-61, 192-193, 2015.4

Kazuya Sakurai, Hideyuki Nakatsu, Takuya Miura (Dialogue): "Weaving Together the Historical Resources of Lost Port Towns - Kamaishi, Kesennuma, and Ishinomaki," Architectural Institute of Japan, Architectural Journal, Vol. 127, No. 1631, pp. 38-42, 2012.4
Kazuya Sakurai, Hidetoshi Ota, Naotami Yasuda: "Hospitality and Flexibility," Shinkenchiku-sha, a response to the article "What Can Architecture Do for Healthcare and Welfare?" in the October 2012 issue of Shinkenchiku, Vol. 87, No. 16, p. 99, 2012.10
Tohoku Gakuin University Topophilia Project (Masashi Ikakura, Kyoko Ueda, Yumi Kumazawa, Tomoko Sakai, Masahiro Sakuma, Kazuya Sakurai, Mae Sugawara, Masato Nanami, Naoki Miyamoto) "Beyond the Empty Lot: A Memory Map of Disbanding Settlements and 'Inns'", Kamogawa Publishing, August 2013.
Taro Igarashi, Kazuya Sakurai, et al. (26 authors): "Window: Reflections of Society and Culture," Nikkan Kensetsu Tsushin Shimbunsha, pp. 40-47, pp. 70-73, pp. 186-189, October 2013.
Featured article: "SOY source Architectural Design Office: Kazuya Sakurai, Hidetoshi Ota, Naotami Yasuda," Colors, Designers FILE 2015, pp. 250-251, 2015.3

2008 Good Design Award (Japan Baptist Sendai Christian Church) 2008.11
The 3rd Japan Institute of Architects Tohoku Housing Award, Excellence Award (Dr. O's House), March 2009.
31st Architectural Institute of Japan Tohoku Branch Tohoku Architectural Award, Architectural Works Award (Dr. S's House), March 2011
5th Japan Institute of Architects Tohoku Housing Award, Encouragement Prize (Mountain Villa in Hachimantai) March 2011
6th Japan Institute of Architects Tohoku Housing Award, Encouragement Prize (Professor M's House), March 2013
Regional Housing Planning Promotion Council, 8th Regional Housing Planning Award (White House), October 2013.
1st Kitakami City Landscape Award (Tago Clinic) 2014.3

Member of the Research and Study Subcommittee, Steering Committee, Judicial Support Architecture Conference, Architectural Institute of Japan (July 2004 - present)
Advisor, Advisory Board, Sendai Architectural and Urban Planning Student Conference (April 2010 - present)
Chairman of the Design Education Committee, Tohoku Branch, Architectural Institute of Japan (April 2013 - present)
Board Member, Tohoku Branch, Japan Institute of Architects; Chairperson, Business Committee (April 2014 - present)
Board Member, Tohoku PPP/PFI Association (Non-Profit Organization) (May 2015 - Present)

Licensed First-Class Architect, Interior Coordinator, Registered Architect of the Japan Institute of Architects, and Qualified Real Estate Broker

Faculty of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering