Ryuta Kawashima is a Japanese neuroscientist known for his appearances in the Brain Age series of video games for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch.
11 Facts About Ryuta Kawashima
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Ryuta Kawashima moved back to Tohoku and is a resident Professor with tenure.
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Ryuta Kawashima is famous in Japan and is a former member of Japan's National Council, concerning Language and Culture.
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Ryuta Kawashima is trained in neurophysiology and is an expert on brain imaging.
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Ryuta Kawashima received a lot of attention from the media when he refused a 15 million euro salary from the game company.
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Ryuta Kawashima finally accepted a salary of 70000 euros a year; the rest of the money he would use to fund his research.
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In 2001, Ryuta Kawashima conducted a study at Tohoku University in Japan, claiming that frontal lobes are not stimulated during video game playing sessions.
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In 2003, Ryuta Kawashima authored Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain, which was a great success in Japan.
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Ryuta Kawashima later participated in the development of two more games for the Nintendo DSi's DSiWare service, both of which taking some puzzles from the previous Brain Age titles while featuring new puzzles as well.
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In June 2009, Namco Bandai released another video game featuring Ryuta Kawashima entitled Brain Exercise with Dr Ryuta Kawashima for the iPhone OS platform.
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In February 2011, Dr Ryuta Kawashima released the video game Body and Brain Connection for Microsoft's Kinect peripheral on Xbox 360.