| EDITORIAL BOARD (The Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine : JPFSM) |
| Editor-in-Chief |
Katsumasa GOTO (Graduate School of Health Sciences, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Japan) |
| Associate Editors |
Hidefumi WAKI (Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Inzai, Japan) |
| Seiji MAEDA (Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan) |
| Haruki MOMMA (National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Settsu, Japan) |
| Language Editor |
Marshall SMITH (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan) |
| Editors |
Takao AKAMA (Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan) |
| Takayuki AKIMOTO (Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan) |
| Atsushi ASAKURA (Stem Cell Institute, Paul & Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA) |
| Nobuharu L. FUJII (Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan) |
| Satoshi FUJITA (Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan) |
| Noriyuki FUKU (Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Inzai, Japan) |
| Masaki FUMOTO (Department of Physical Therapy, Tokyo International University, Kawagoe, Japan) |
| Takafumi HAMAOKA (Department of Sports Medicine for Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan) |
| Haruyasu KATO (Department of Sport and Wellness Rikkyo (St Paul's) University, Niiza, Japan) |
| Kentaro KAWANAKA (Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan) |
| Tetsuo KIDA (Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan) |
| Maengkyu KIM (Department of Physical Education, Sports Science Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea) |
| Tetsuo KOBAYASHI (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Shizuoka Medical Center, Sunto, Japan) |
| Tomoyoshi KOMIYAMA (Faculty of Education, Keiai University, Chiba, Japan) |
| Katsuhiro KOYAMA (Faculty of Sport Science, Yamanashi Gakuin University, Kofu, Japan) |
| Teruyuki KOYAMA (Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan) |
| Gordon S. LYNCH (Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) |
| Shizue MASUKI (Department of Sports Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan) |
| Tomoaki MATSUO (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan, Kawasaki, Japan) |
| Masashi MIYASHITA (Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan) |
| Naoki MUKAI (Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education & Tokyo Women's Junior College of Physical Education, Kunitachi, Japan) |
| Yoshio NAKATA (Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan) |
| Koichi NAKAZATO (Graduate School of Health and Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, Japan) |
| Kimitaka NAKAZAWA (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan) |
| Kazuo NARITA (Faculty of Sport Science, Surugadai University, Hanno, Japan) |
| Shigeharu NUMAO (National Institute of Fitness and Sports in KANOYA, Kanoya, Japan) |
| Tomohiro OKURA (Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan) |
| Yoshitake OSHIMA (Kyoto University of Education, Kyoto, Japan) |
| Takeshi OTSUKI (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Ryutsu Keizai University, Ryugasaki, Japan) |
| Chae-Hee PARK (Department of Sport and Healthy Aging, Korea National Sport University, Seoul, South Korea) |
| Ryosuke SHIGEMATSU (School of Health and Sport Science, Chukyo University, Toyota, Japan) |
| Koya SUZUKI (Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Inzai, Japan) |
| Shigeru TAKEMORI (Department of Molecular Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan) |
| Hidehito TOMITA (Graduate School of Health Sciences, Toyohashi SOZO University, Toyohashi, Japan) |
| Koji TOSHINAI (Faculty of Wellness, Shigakkan University, Obu, Japan) |
| Jun UDAKA (Tetsujikai Medical Corporation Kasuga Clinic, Fukuyama, Japan) |
| Masaru WATANABE (Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan) |
| Koji YAMATSU (Faculty of Education, Saga University, Saga, Japan) |
| Hideki YAMAUCHI (The Jikei University School of Medicine, Chofu, Japan) |
| Toshio YANAGIYA (Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Inzai, Japan) |
| Takahiro YOSHIKAWA (Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan) |
| Xiaoguang ZHAO (Faculty of Sport Science, Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China) |
| Jasenka ZUBCEVIC (Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA) |