Masayoshi Shigyo (D. Ag) is a Professor at Yamaguchi University in Japan and one of the leaders in charge of international exchanges in the Faculty of Agriculture. As a plant breeder of vegetable crops, he is particularly interested in biotic stress tolerant and innovative omics approaches. In recent years, he has also focused on research into the cultivation of vegetables in plant factories. Educational background BAg: from the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga Univ. in March, 1991. MAg: from the Department of Horticulture, the Graduate School of Agriculture in Saga Univ. in March, 1993. DAg: from Kagoshima Univ. in March, 1997. Business experience April 1, 1998, Research Fellow (PD) for Young Scientist of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Kagoshima University. April 1, 1998, Research Fellow of the International Agricultural Centre (under the Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries), CPRO- DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands. April 1, 1999, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University. June 1, 2010, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University. Awards 1. JSHS Award for Young Scientist from the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2002. 2. Japan Prize in Agricultural Sciences, Achievement Award for Young Scientists from the Foundation of Agricultural Sciences of Japan, 2003.