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Leading Specialists in Japan
Reproductive specialists in Japan
Dr. Masahide Shiotani
Doctor of Medicine (PhD, Kyoto University)
Dr. Masahide Shiotani founded Hanabusa Women's Clinic in Kobe in 2000. A Kyoto University MD-PhD and pioneer of Japanese IVF, he invented the patented SEET and two-stage embryo transfer methods and serves as a JISART director.
Japan 
Masanori Ito
MD, PhD
Reproductive medicine physician at Kato Ladies Clinic since 2015, holding a University of Tokyo PhD in reproductive development and aging medicine.
Japan 
Megumu Ito
Reproductive Medicine Specialist and Certified Trainer
Dr. Megumu Ito is a senior reproductive medicine physician at Sugiyama Ob-Gyn Clinic Shinjuku with 26 years as a physician and 24 in fertility care. A former women's clinic director with a background spanning national research centers, she specializes in general infertility treatment and unexplained infertility.
Japan 
Dr. Miaki Yano
Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Miaki Yano is an adjunct physician at Kato Ladies Clinic in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and a member of its minimal-stimulation and natural-cycle IVF team. She graduated from Tokyo Women's Medical University in 2021 and trained at Aikido Hospital and Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital.
Japan 
Dr. Mitsuyoshi Amita
Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Mitsuyoshi Amita is an adjunct physician at Kato Ladies Clinic in Shinjuku, Tokyo, combining reproductive medicine with clinical genetics. He trained at Yamagata University, completed research training at the University of Missouri, served in the infertility department of the National Center for Child Health and Development, and is a certified clinical genetic specialist.
Japan 
Dr. Hiroki Nakabayashi
Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Hiroki Nakabayashi is an adjunct physician at Kato Ladies Clinic in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on its minimal-stimulation and natural-cycle IVF team. He is a Showa University obstetrics and gynecology trainee with experience spanning university hospitals and a dedicated ART clinic in Hokkaido, and joined KLC in 2023.
Japan 
Dr. Ni Xiaowen
Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Ni Xiaowen is Medical Director at Kato Ladies Clinic in Shinjuku, Tokyo, appointed in 2023. A Shanghai-trained physician with nearly three decades in infertility care, Dr. Ni is one of the few senior clinicians at KLC who consults in Chinese as well as Japanese and English, and leads the clinic's minimal-stimulation and natural-cycle IVF program.
Japan 
Yuna Noguchi
Embryologist
Yuna Noguchi is an embryologist at Hanaoka IVF Clinic (Shinagawa), responsible for embryo culture, vitrification freezing and daily operations of the embryology laboratory. At the clinic, only staff who pass rigorous internal handling assessments are permitted to work with eggs and embryos.
Japan 
Dr. Noriyuki Yatabe
Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Noriyuki Yatabe is Deputy Director of Kato Ladies Clinic in Shinjuku, Tokyo, appointed in 2023 after joining the clinic in 2006. A Kanazawa University medical graduate with 30 years of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine experience, he oversees clinical operations within KLC's minimal-stimulation and natural-cycle IVF program.
Japan 
Dr. Shozo Tanada
Consultant Physician
Dr. Shozo Tanada is consultant physician and occupational health doctor at Hanabusa Women's Clinic, Kobe. A Kyoto University medical graduate with over 50 years in OB-GYN practice, he has attended 10,000+ deliveries and pioneered IVF at a prefectural hospital.
Japan 
Rika Hayashi
Reproductive Medicine Specialist
Dr. Rika Hayashi is a reproductive medicine physician at Sugiyama Ob-Gyn Clinic Shinjuku with over 10 years of experience. One of few fertility doctors also board certified in clinical genetics and diagnostic ultrasound, she covers ovulation induction, recurrent implantation failure, genetic counseling, PGT-A and low AMH.
Japan 
Rikikazu Sugiyama
Chairman of the Sugiyama Clinic Group
Dr. Rikikazu Sugiyama founded the Sugiyama Clinic Group's reproductive medicine division in 2000 and has 31 years of clinical experience in IVF. As group chairman he established the Setagaya, Marunouchi and Shinjuku clinics and leads the center's programs in recurrent implantation failure, ovulation induction and PGT-A.
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