5. Rui Matsumoto
Okinawa Churashima Foundation RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Research on marine organisms

Research staff profile

Rui Matsumoto

Rui Matsumoto

Area of expertise Biology of chondrichthyan fishes (sharks and rays)
Research content Growth and reproduction of chondrichthyan fishes. Whale shark migration. Systematis of chondrichthyan fishes (sharks and rays) based on comparative anatomy.

Background

  • 2024 - Manager, Senior Research Scientist at Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Institute
  • 2020 - Manager, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium / Senior Researcher, Okinawa Churashima Research Institute
  • 2017 - Okinawa Churashima Research Institute
  • 2009 - Okinawa Churashima Foundation (Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium)
  • 2007 - Previous employment at JS Corporation, inc.
  • 2007 - Doctor of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan
  • 2003 - Master of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan
  • 2001 - Bachelor of Agriculture, Kindai University, Japan

Committee Career

  • 2023-Present: Member of the Academic Research Department in Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums
  • 2021-present: IUCN Species Survival Commission Marine Shark Specialist Group
  • 2020-present: Member of steering committee of Japanese Society for Elasmobranch Studies

Grants and Awards

  • 2010 - Shidei Tsunahide Award of Kansai Organization for Nature Conservation

Essays and Reports

  • Yamaguchi1 K, Uno U, Kadota M, Nishimura O, Nozu R, Murakumo K, Matsumoto R, Sato K, Kuraku S. 2023 Elasmobranch genome sequencing reveals evolutionary trends of vertebrate karyotypic organization. Genome Research, 33(9): 1527–1540.
  • Matsumoto R, Murakumo K, Nozu R, Acuña-Marrero D, Green JR, Pierce SJ, Rohner CA, Reyes H, Green SM, Dove ADM, Torres ML, Hearn AR. 2023. Underwater ultrasonography and blood sampling provide the first observations of reproductive biology in free-swimming whale sharks. Endangered Species Research, 50:125-131.
  • Tomita T, Murakumo K, Matsumoto R. 2023. Narrowing, twisting, and undulating: Complicated movement in shark spiral intestine inferred using ultrasound. Zoology, 157:126077.
  • Inoue T, Shimoyama K, Saito M, Wong M K-S, Ikeba K, Nozu R, Matsumoto R, Murakumo K, Sato K, Tokunaga K, Kofuji K, Takagi W, Hyodo S. 2022. Long-term monitoring of egg-laying cycle using ultrasonography reveals the reproductive dynamics of circulating sex steroids in an oviparous catshark, (Scyliorhinus torazame). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 327:114076.
  • Narazaki T, Nakamura I, Aoki K, Iwata T, Shiomi K, Luschi P, Suganuma H, Meyer CG, Matsumoto R, Bost CA, Handrich Y, Amano M, Okamoto R, Mori K, Ciccione S, Bourjea J, Sato K. 2021. Similar circling movements observed across marine megafauna taxa. iScience 24(4): 102221.
  • Yokoyama K, Sakugawa N, Tamura M, Matsumoto R, Kaneko A, Tsukahara M, Ikeshima S, Sato K. 2020. Remote learning conducted by Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in collaboration with Child Life Specialist (CLS). The journal of the Museological Society of Japan, 47: 71–77．
  • Tomita T, Toda M, Murakumo K, Miyamoto K, Matsumoto R, Ueda K, Sato K. 2021. Volume of the whale shark and their mechanism of vertical feeding. Zoology, 125932.
  • Nakamura I, Matsumoto R, Sato K. 2020. Body temperature stability observed in the whale sharks, the world's largest fish. Journal of Experimental Biology. 1;223(Pt 11).
  • Yagishita N, Ikeguchi S, Matsumoto R. 2020. Re-estimation of genetic population structure and demographic history of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) with additional Japanese samples, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Pacific Science 74:31-47.
  • Murakumo K, Matsumoto R, Tomita T, Matsumoto Y. Ueda K. 2020. The power of ultrasound: observation of nearly the entire gestation and embryonic developmental process of captive reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi). Fishery Bulletin, 118: 1-7.
  • Matsumoto R, Matsumoto Y, Ueda K, Suzuki M, Asahina K, Sato K. 2019. Observation over twenty years’ captivity reveals the process of sexual maturation in a male whale shark. Fishery Bulletin, 117(1-2): 78-86.
  • Matsumoto R, Murakumo K, Furuyama R, Matsuzaki S. 2018. Effects of energy intake and water temperature on body shape of whale sharks in Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Proceedings of 10th International Aquarium Congress Fukushima 2018. 80-84.
  • Hara Y, Yamaguchi K, Onimaru K, Kadota M, Koyanagi M, Keeley SD, Tatsumi K, Tanaka K, Motone F, Kageyama Y, Nozu R, Adachi N, Nishimura O, Nakagawa R, Tanegashima C, Kiyatake I, Matsumoto R, Murakumo K, Nishida K, Terakita A, Kuratani S, Sato K, Hyodo S, Kuraku S. 2018. Shark genomes provide insights into elasmobranch evolution and the origin of vertebrates. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2: 1761-1771.
  • Wyatt ASJ, Matsumoto R, Chikaraishi Y, Miyairi Y, Yokoyama Y, Sato K, Ohkouchi N, Nagata T. 2018. Enhancing insights into foraging specialization in the world’s largest fish　using a multi-tissue, multi-isotope approach. Ecological Monographs, 1-28.
  • Nozu R*, Murakumo K, Yano N, Furuyama R, Matsumoto R, Yanagisawa M, Sato K, Changes in sex steroid hormone levels reflect the reproductive status of captive female zebra sharks (Stegostoma fasciatum). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 265:174-179.
  • Nozu R*, Murakumo K, Matsumoto R, Matsumoto Y, Yano N, Nakamura M, Yanagisawa M, Ueda K, Sato K, High-resolution monitoring from birth to sexual maturity of a male reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi, held in captivity for 7 years: changes in external morphology, behavior, and steroid hormones levels. BMC Zoology, 2:14, 2017
  • Matsumoto R, Toda M, Matsumoto Y, Ueda K, Nakazato M, Sato K, Uchida S. Notes on husbandry of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Aquaria. In: M Smith, D Warmolts, D Thoney, R Hueter, M Murray, J Ezcurra, editors. Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual II. Ohio: Ohio Biological Survey; 2017. p. 15-22.
  • Nozu R, Murakumo K, Matsumoto R, Nakamura M, Ueda K, Sato K (2015) Gonadal morphology, histology, and endocrinological characteristics of immature female whale sharks, Rhincodon typus. Zoological Science, 32: 455-458
  • Sawamoto S, Matsumoto R (2012) Stomach contents of a megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios from the Kuroshio Extension: evidence for feeding on a euphausiid swarm. Plankton Benthos Research, 7(4): 203-206, 2012
  • Nakaya K, Matsumoto R, Suda K (2008) Feeding strategy of the megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 73 (1): 17-34
  • Nakagawa M, Matsumoto R, Suzuki T (2008) Exterminating method of alien fishes in irrigation canals by drainboards and bamboo blinds. Fukui Freshwater Biology, 20 (1).
  • Nakagawa M, Matsumoto R, Suzuki T (2008) Seasonal changes in the populations of two prawn (Palaemonidae) species and reduction of the population size with increase of invasive alien fish species in Katada Naiko,Lake Biwa. Bulletin of Kansai Organization for Nature Conservation, 30(1): 35-43.
  • Matsumoto R, Uchida S, Toda M, Nakaya K (2006) Records of the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, from marine and freshwater areas in Japan. Japanese journal of ichthyology, 53(2): 181-187.

Books

  • Pierce SJ, Pardo SA, Rohner CA, Matsumoto R, Murakumo K, Nozu R, Dove ADM, Perry C, Meekan MG. 2021. Chapter 2, Whale shark reproduction, growth, and demography. Dove, A.D.M., Pierce, S.J. (eds.), Whale Sharks, Biology, Ecology, and Conservation, 1st Edition. CRC Press, Florida.
  • Dove ADM, Matsumoto R, Schreiber C, Coco C, Yanagisawa M, Clauss T, Hoopes L, Sato K. 2021. Chapter 9, Lessons from care of whale sharks in public aquariums. Dove, A.D.M., Pierce, S.J. (eds.), Whale Sharks, Biology, Ecology, and Conservation, 1st Edition. CRC Press, Florida.
  • Rowat D, Robinson DP, Dove ADM, Araujo G, Clauss T, Coco C, Dearden P, Grace MK, Green JR, Hearn AR, Holmberg J, Hoopes L, Matsumoto R, Murakumo K, Sato K. et al. 2021. Chapter 13, Outstanding questions in whale shark research and conservation. Dove, A.D.M., Pierce, S.J. (eds.), Whale Sharks, Biology, Ecology, and Conservation, 1st Edition. CRC Press, Florida.
  • Nozu R, Matsumoto R. Murakumo K, Sato K. 2019. Observation in aquarium sheds light on reproductive biology of large elasmobranch fish. Report of Japanese Society for Elasmobranch Studies 55: 2-7.

Affiliated academic society

  • The Ichthyological Society of Japan

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