Junichi KITANO received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1980 and 1982 respectively, and withdrew from doctoral course in 1985. Until 1989, he worked as a research associate in the same institute.
In 1989, he joined Central Japan Railway Company and has been engaged in research and development of superconducting maglev system. Presently he is a general engineering manager of Maglev Systems Development Division.
His research interests include high power conversion system, drive control system, and wireless power transmission. Also, he worked about Electro-Magnetic Compatibility and he is a member of Japanese national committee of IEC TC/77, IEC/77A and IEC/TC9.
He is a past chairman of the Linear Drive Technical Committee of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEE Japan). And he received the IEE Japan Industry Applications Society Technical Development Award for the practical application of superconducting maglev system. He is a fellow of IEE Japan.