A list of research voyages that I have participated in. The links take you to the relevant cruise reports (if available).
- R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK24-06C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc / Abyssal plains
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1770 - R/V SHINSEI-MARU Cruise KS-24-3
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Izu-Ogasawara Vents
ROV KAIKO (without launcher) - R/V FALKOR (TOO) Cruise Fkt231024
Golfito, Costa Rica -> Galápagos Islands -> Panama City, Panama
Vents, Galápagos Rift
ROV SuBastian - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK23-16S
Yokosuka -> Naha
Vents, Okinawa Trough / Seamounts
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1727 - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK23-12
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1704 - R/V KAIMEI Cruise KM23-08,09C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc
ROV KM-ROV - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK23-09C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc / Abyssal plains
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1690 - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK23-06
Yokosuka -> Naha
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1681 - R/V KAIMEI Cruise KM23-05
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Vents and serpentinite-hosted seeps
ROV KM-ROV and BMS Drilling System
- R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK22-19C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc / Abyssal plains
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1657, #1661
- R/V KAIMEI Cruise KM22-11C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc
ROV KM-ROV - R/V SONNE Cruise SO293 “AleutBio”
Dutch Harbor -> Vancouver
Bering Sea abyssal plains, Aleutian Trench
Agassiz Trawl, Epibenthic Sledge, Boxcore, Multicore, MOCNESS, CTD
- R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK22-10C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc / Abyssal plains
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1634 - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK22-05 ‘GACHINKO’ Cruise Episode #03
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1617 - R/V SHINSEI-MARU Cruise KS-22-2
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc
ROV HYPER-DOLPHIN
- R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK21-18C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1602 & #1604 - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK21-15C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay
DSV SHINKAI 6500 - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK21-08C
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Seep, Sagami Bay / Vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1594 & #1596 - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK21-04 ‘GACHINKO’ Cruise Episode #02
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Hydrothermal vents, Izu-Ogasawara Arc
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1549
- R/V KAIMEI Cruise KM21-E02
Yokosuka -> Yokosuka
Sagami Bay (including hydrocarbon seeps)
ROV KM-ROV
- R/V SHINSEI-MARU Cruise KS-21-2
Tokyo -> Chichijima, Ogasawara
Hydrothermal vents, Ogasawara Arc
ROV Hyper-Dolphin - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK19-10 ‘GACHINKO’ Cruise Episode #1
Tokyo -> Chichijima, Ogasawara
Hydrothermal vents, Ogasawara Arc
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1525
- R/V SHINSEI-MARU Cruise KS-19-1
Naha -> Kagoshima
Hydrothermal vents and CO2 sites
ROV Hyper-Dolphin - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK18-E02C
Beppu -> Yokosuka
Cobalt rich crusts on seamounts in the Japanese EEZ
DSV SHINKAI 6500, Dived #1525 (Single pilot operation)
- M/Y AXIS w/ Allen Exploration
Freeport, Bahamas
Underwater cliffs off Grand Bahamas Island
3 dives in transparent hulled submersible TRITON 3300/3 Mk. II - R/V KAIMEI Cruise KM18-07C
Yokosuka -> Kagoshima
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough
KAIMEI ROV & VMPS - R/V KAIREI Cruise KR18-03C
Yokosuka -> Kagoshima
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough
ROV KAIKO (w/ vehicle Mk-IV)
PI: Hidenori Kumagai, PSO: Shinsuke Kawagucci - R/V MIRAI Cruise MR17-07C
Hachinohe -> Nakagusuku
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough
Vertical Multi-layer Plankton Sampler
PI: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, PSO: Shinsuke Kawagucci - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK17-17
Naha -> Ishigaki
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough
DSV SHINKAI6500
PI/PSO: Hiroko Makita - R/V KAIREI Cruise KR16-16
Nov 18, 2016 Naha -> Dec 5, 2016 Kagoshima (18 days)
“Seeking and hunting hydrothermal activities in the Southern Okinawa Trough”
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough
ROV KAIKO w/ vehicle Mk-IV
PI: Hidenori Kumagai; PSO: Junichi Miyazaki - R/V KAIREI Cruise KR16-14
Oct 26, 2016 Saipan -> Nov 3, 2016 Naha (11 days)
“Comprehensive understanding of the Shinkai Seep Field in the Southern Mariana Forearc based on super-detailed bathymetry data”
Shinkai Seep Field (Mariana Trench), Serpentinite-hosted
ROV KAIKO w/ vehicle Mk-IV
PI/PSO: Yasuhiko Ohara - R/V KAIMEI Cruise KM16-04
Jun 30, 2016 JAMSTEC -> Jul 5, 2016 JAMSTEC (6 days)
“Operation training of the ROV Hyper-Dolphin and ROV KM-ROV”
Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay, Izu-Ogasawara
ROV HYPER-DOLPHIN, KAIMEI ROV
PI/PSO: Kazuki IIjima - R/V KAIMEI Cruise KM16-01
Apr 13, 2016 JAMSTEC -> Apr 26, 2016 JAMSTEC (14 days)
“Operation training of R/V KAIMEI and ROV KM-ROV”
Sagami Bay and Suruga Bay
KAIMEI ROV
PI/PSO: Kazuki IIjima - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK16-E02
Feb 4, 2016 Port Louis -> Mar 2, 2016 Port Louis (27 days)
“Geochemical, Geomicrobiological and Biogeographical Investigation of Deep Sea Hydrothermal Activities in the Central and Southwestern Indian Ridges”
DSV SHINKAI 6500 (Dived on Edmond Field, Dive #1457), Yokosuka Deep-Tow
PIs: Ken Takai, Tomo-o Watsuji; PSO: Ken Takai - R/V YOKOSUKA Cruise YK16-E01
Jan 11, 2016 Port Louis -> Jan 31, 2016 Port Louis (20 days)
“Hydrothermal vent survey at Central Indian Ridge: 8-17 degrees S with AUV Urashima”
Hydrothermal vents, Central Indian Ridge
AUV URASHIMA
PIs: Shinsuke Kawagucci, Takuro Nunoura; PSO: Shinsuke Kawagucci - R/V KAIREI Cruise KR15-17
Nov 9, 2015 Naha -> Nov 15, 2015 Naha (7 days)
“SIP Project for Development of New-Generation Research Protocol for Submarine Resources: Protocol development for environmental assessment of hydrothermal vent area”
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough, Japan
ROV KAIKO w/ vehicle Mk-IV
PI/PSO: Hiroyuki Yamamoto - R/V KAIREI Cruise KR15-16
Oct 26, 2015 Naha -> Nov 7, 2015 Naha (13 days)
“ROV survey of new hydrothermal vent(s) at mid- andsouthern-Okinawa Trough, as a part of Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP)”
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough, Japan
ROV KAIKO w/ vehicle Mk-IV
PI: Hidenori Kumagai; PSO: Shinsuke Kawagucci - R/V NATSUSHIMA Cruise 15-13
Jul 27, 2015 Kumamoto -> Aug 6, 2015 Kagoshima (11 days)
“Summer Tour of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in mid Okinawa Trough and investigation of their geochemical and (micro)biological diversity”
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough, Japan
ROV HYPER-DOLPHIN
PI/PSO: Ken Takai - R/V KAIYO Cruise KY14-02
Feb 2, 2014 Naha -> Feb 13, 2014 Naha (12 days)
“ROV investigation into seafloor hydrothermal fluid and high-level CO2 venting systems, Okinawa Trough”
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough, Japan
ROV HYPER-DOLPHIN
PIs: Akira Ijiri, Tatsuo Nozaki, Masahiro Yamamoto; PSO: Shinsuke Kawagucci - R/V KAIYO Cruise KY14-01
Jan 8, 2014 Yokohama -> Jan 31, 2014 Naha (24 days)
“Post-drilling investigation of hydrothermal activities and ecosystem in Iheya North field and exploration of hydrothermal activities in the Iheya North Knoll”
Hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough, Japan
ROV HYPER-DOLPHIN
PI/PSO: Ken Takai - RRS James Cook Cruise 80
Dec 2, 2012 Punta Arenas -> Dec 30, 2012 Montevideo (29 days)
“Cruise 4 of the NERC Consortium Grant ‘Chemosynthetically-driven ecosystems in the Southern ocean: Ecology and Biogeography’ (ChEsSo)”
Hydrothermal vents, East Scotia Ridge and the Kemp Caldera
ROV Isis
PI/PSO: Paul Tyler - RRS James Cook Cruise 67
Nov 27, 2011 Indian Ocean -> Nov 30, 2011 Indian Ocean (4 days)
“Biogeography and ecology of the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vent field on the ultraslow-spreading SW Indian Ridge”
Hydrothermal vents, Longqi Vent Field, South West Indian Ridge
ROV Kiel 6000
PI/PSO: Jon Copley - RRS James Cook Cruise 66
Nov 7, 2011 Cape Town -> JC67 -> Dec 21 Port Elizabeth (41 days)
“Benthic biodiversity of seamounts in the southwest Indian Ocean”
Seamounts, South West Indian Ridge
ROV Kiel 6000
PI/PSO: Alex D. Rogers
Total: 267 days on-board
* PI = Principal Investigator (scientist leading a funded proposal)
* PSO = Principal Scientific Officer (chief scientist of the research cruise)