Dr. Hironobu Ihn graduated from University of Tokyo in 1990. He turned into an assistant professor, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine the University of Tokyo in 1990, and worked as the research fellow in Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, SC, the USA between 1994-1997. He served as the lecturer, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine between 2001-2005 and became the Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo. He was elected as the professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty Life Sciences, Kumamoto University in 2005 and became the Vice President, Kumamoto University Hospital in 2013.
Dr. Hironobu has national and international membership in editorial boards and also has a publication record. He obtained Japanese Society of Connective Tissue Research Award in 2001, Japanese Society of Investigative Dermatology Award in 2005, and Japan Rheumatism Foundation Award in 2006.
Dr. Hironobu research interests include scleroderma, fibrosis, and extracellular matrix metabolism
