Researchers

OKAMOTO Takeshi

OKAMOTO Takeshi
Professor
Faculty Major in Social Sciences and Media Studies, Department of Applied Sociology / Cyber Informatics Research Institute / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Human Studies
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/t-okamoto

Education and Career

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2025 - Today , Kansai University Graduate School of Letters General Humanities Major Department of Japanese Language and Literature 非常勤講師
  • Apr. 2025 - Today , Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters / Faculty of Letters 非常勤講師

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences, Tourism studies

Research Interests

VTuber, anime, Hospitality, Zombie, Media Industry, Media Contents, Communication, Hospitality Management, Tourist Behaviour, Anime Pilgrimage, Contents Tourism, 観光メディア論, 観光社会学, Tourism Studies

Published Papers

  1. Characteristics of Media Communication in VTuber ContentsTourism: An Example of a Collaboration Event between Suo Sango and Shima Spain Village
    OKAMOTO Takeshi
    Kindai Applied Sociology Review  12  (2)  , 17-32, 31, Mar. 2024  , Refereed
  2. Constructing the History of Contents Tourism
    OKAMOTO Takeshi
    journal of Contents History Studies  (14)  , 76-115, Mar. 2023  , Refereed
  3. Fieldwork by VTuber “Zombie Sensei” During The COVID-19 Emergency: Research Method for Complex Modern Japanese Cultures in Information Society
    OKAMOTO Takeshi
    Kindai Applied Sociology Review : Social  11  (2)  , 15-30, Mar. 2023  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. Zombified Society , NAKANO Nobuko; OKAMOTO Takeshi , 対談 , 対談 , KADOKAWA , 30, Jul. 2025
  2. Hukyu , OKAMOTO Takeshi; MOROBOSHI Meguru , ゾンビ先生と行く、ぽこピー聖地巡礼フィールドワーク報告書 , ゾンビ先生と行く、ぽこピー聖地巡礼フィールドワーク報告書 , GAMABOOKS , 1, Jul. 2025
  3. Critical words for game studies , Yoshida, Hiroshi; Inoue, Akito; Matsunagar, Shinji; Roth, Martin , Tourism , Tourism , Film Art Inc. , 30, Jun. 2025

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Conference Activities & Talks

  1. Vtuber, Contents Tourism, Zombie, Game and Archive , OKAMOTO Takeshi , Japan Society for Digital Archive , 10, Nov. 2023
  2. 空間と存在とゾンビ ―幽霊との比較から , 岡本健 , 幽霊の歴史文化学 , 10, Feb. 2018
  3. メイキング・オブ・『ゾンビ学』 ―恐怖の『新世紀ゾンビ論』 , OKAMOTO Takeshi , 非人間的な現代のコミュニケーションについての調査研究 第2回研究会 『新世紀ゾンビ論』と『ゾンビ学』を読む ―藤田直哉氏、岡本健氏との対話 , 17, Jun. 2017

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MISC

  1. Characteristics of “Oshi” and “Oshi-Katsu”: Results of a Survey Targeting University Students Conducted in 2024 , OKAMOTO Takeshi , Kindai Applied Sociology Review : Social , 13 , 2 , 89 , 106 , 30, May. 2025
    Summary:The purpose of this paper is to clarify how university students practice "Oshi" and "Oshi-Katsu" and what meaning they find in them. We will analyze the results of a questionnaire survey targeting university students conducted at a large private university in the Kansai region in 2024.
  2. アニメコンテンツとツーリズム、両者の発展の鍵を握るものは？ , OKAMOTO Takeshi , Synapse , 20191112 , 1 , 2 , Nov. 2019
  3. 新たなコミュニティを創造する「聖地巡礼」の面白さ , OKAMOTO Takeshi , Culture, Energy and Life , 123 , 32 , 37 , Nov. 2019

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Awards & Honors

  1. Jan. 2024, Kindai University, Kindai Media Award 2023
  2. Jan. 2022, Kindai University, Kindai Media Award
  3. Jan. 2020, Kindai University, Kindai Media Award 2019

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Development and Evaluation of an Evolutionary Copyright Education Environment -Human Resource Development Using Author's Commons- , Hokkaido University
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, International Comparative Research on the Spreading and Reception of Culture through Contents Tourism
  3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Theory construction of Tourism Studies on Fostering of Human Resources Contributing to community Design and Regional Development by Tourism , Kyoto Bunkyo University