Kodera Yūji

Associate professor at Utsunomiya University’s Center for Weed and Wildlife Management. Specializes in wildlife management with a focus on wild boars. Born in Tokyo in 1970. Earned his PhD in agriculture from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Previous positions include researcher at the Shimane Prefectural Mountainous Region Research Center, specialist for a Nagasaki prefectural wildlife management committee, and instructor at the Utsunomiya University Satoyama Science Research Center. Assumed his present post in 2014.