Dr. Takashi Kawano is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen (HBG) University. He has a PhD in Design from Kyushu University. His area of expertise is the analysis of health-related quality of life in elderly person with disabilities. His interest is to examine the qualitative and quantitative effects of adapted sports on elderly with disabilities. He has developed an adapted sports program that can be played safely by anyone and is offered to elderly with disabilities. He also focuses on the training of social work professionals. He is a member of Japanese Society for Adapted Physical Education and Exercise.