Jun-ichi Kadokawa was born in Matsuyama, Japan, in 1964. He received his Ph.D. in 1992 at Tohoku University. He then joined Yamagata University as a Research Associate. From 1996 to 1997, he worked as a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany. In 1999, he became an Associate Professor at Yamagata University and moved to Tohoku University in 2002. He was appointed as a Professor at Kagoshima University in 2004. His research interests focus on polysaccharide materials. He received the Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science (1997); the Cellulose Society of Japan Award (2009); the Royalty Award, Institute of Materials, Malaysia (2016); and the IAAM Medal - 2016, International Association of Advanced Materials (2016).