Yasushi Hada received his medical degree from the University of Tsukuba in 1991 and his Ph.D. from Teikyo University in 2006, and is currently serving as Professor at the University of Tsukuba Faculty of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. He worked as a Teaching Associate and Research Assistant at Teikyo University (1993-2008), then became Assistant Professor (2008-2011) and Associate Professor (2011-2019) at Teikyo University Hospital. In 2019, he moved to the University of Tsukuba and was promoted to Professor. His research topics mainly include the following: rehabilitation medicine, clinical neurophysiology, parasports medicine, and cybernics, with a focus on neurorehabilitation and assistive technologies for disability sports.