Eri Banno is a professor at Okayama University, and has previously taught Japanese at Nanzan University and Kansai Gaidai University. She earned a doctorate in education from Temple University. Her publications include the co-authored works 80 Communication Games for Japanese Language Teachers and Kanji Look and Learn (both published by The Japan Times).
Yoko Sakane (Yoko Ikeda) is a professor at Ibaraki University, and has previously taught Japanese at Eastern New Mexico University, Pennsylvania State University, and Kansai Gaidai University. She earned Bachelor窶冱 degrees from Morningside College and Kansai Gaidai University, and a M.A. in comparative literature from Pennsylvania State University. Her publications include the co-authored Kanji Look and Learn (The Japan Times).
Yutaka Ohno is a professor at Ritsumeikan University窶冱 Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science (LEIS), and has previously taught Japanese at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Kansai Gaidai University, and Nagoya University. He earned his M.A. in linguistics at Sophia University, and enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Chikako Shinagawa teaches Japanese at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has previously taught Japanese at the University of California, Irvine, and Kansai Gaidai University. She earned Bachelor窶冱 degrees from Aichi Prefectural University in Nagoya and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and a M.A. in Japanese at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her publications include the co-authored Kanji Look and Learn (The Japan Times).
Kyoko Tokashiki is a professor at Kansai Gaidai University, and has previously taught Japanese at Connecticut College and Ohio State University. She graduated from Kansai Gaidai University and earned her M.A. in Japanese linguistics at Ohio State University. Her publications include the co-authored Kanji Look and Learn (The Japan Times).