Koichiro Oka

Koichiro Oka is a Professor at the Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University. His research integrates health and behavioral sciences with behavioral epidemiology, focusing on how built environments influence cardiometabolic health, mental well-being, and physical activity across age groups.

• Research Themes: Urban design for active living, sedentary behavior epidemiology, digital health interventions, and aging-related mobility.
• Methodological Expertise: Accelerometry, space syntax analysis, DNA methylation aging clocks, and cross-sectional/cohort studies.

Recent Publications address:

• Virtual audit tools for urban park redesign (2025)
• VR exergames in office worker health management (2025)
• Place attachment and urban stress reduction (2024)
• Metabolic syndrome in relation to fitness and BMI (2024)