Yasuhiro Kotera is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham. Current research interests include ikigai, self-compassion, intrinsic motivation, and cross-cultural psychology. I use both quantitative and qualitative methods to explore these interests. I am currently working on intervention studies and cross-cultural studies to see the effects of those variables on mental health. As a father of newly-born triplets, I am also exploring the experience of triplets' parents cross-culturally.