鹿児島県出身。専門：造園学、特に公園の計画・管理。自然保護地域におけるレクリエーション利用のモニタリングとその管理、地域や市民との協働による自然公園、都市公園の管理のあり方について研究。

Hiroyuki (Hiro) Akinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan, on June 27th, 1964. He received the B.E., M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, in 1987, 1989 and 1992, respectively. From 1992 to 2002, he was a Research Scientist at the Joint Research Center for Atom Technology of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan. From 1997 to 1998, he was a Visiting Scientist at Imec, Leuven, Belgium. He was appointed to a professorship in the University of Tokyo (2001), Tokyo Institute of Technology (2002-2004), and Osaka University (2008, 2010). He was Principal Research Manager, Nanoelectronics Research Institute, AIST, until March 2025. Currently, he is currently a professor at the Faculty of Information Science and Technology at Hokkaido University. He is also a Convener, TC113 (Nanotechnology standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), a project PI of “Research and Development of Artificial Neural Network system for Inference” of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and a Deputy Research Supervisor of Strategic Basic Research Programs, “Scientific Innovation for Energy Harvesting Technology”, of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). His current interests include Nano-electronics and Open innovation platform.