Professor of Sport History within the School of Health and Sport Sciences at Chukyo University and managing Director of the Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences

Kyoko Raita is a professor of Sport History within the School of Health and Sport Sciences at Chukyo University and managing Director of the Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences. She is one of the members who established the Japan Society for Sport and Gender Studies (JSSGS) and acted as an administrative director of JSSGS from 2008 through 2014. She specializes in modern Olympic history and has been engaged in the Olympic Movement and Olympic Education through domestic and international organizations such as Japan Olympic Academy and the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee. “Sport and Gender” has been central to her research over the past 20 years to contribute to develop the notion of human rights.