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Rika Ozaki

Rika Ozaki

Manta ray researcher and founder of Japan Manta Project; PhD student at OIST studying movement ecology and conservation of mobulid rays

May 31, 2026

Wander Woman: A Travel Podcast

Wander Woman: A Travel Podcast

Undercurrents

May 31 · 52m

Phoebe Smith
Phoebe SmithHOST
5:46
Yeah.
Rika Ozaki
Rika OzakiGUEST
5:47
So yeah, Ishigaki is the longest running database in the world.
Rika Ozaki
Rika OzakiGUEST
5:52
And so a lot of the foundational research of manta rays globally was actually done here, led by Ito-san, but also Tom Kashiwagi, Yano-san also of Ogasawara.
Rika Ozaki
Rika OzakiGUEST
6:06
There was actually a huge kind of foundational research done in Japan.
Rika Ozaki
Rika OzakiGUEST
6:13
But that kind of...
Rika Ozaki
Rika OzakiGUEST
6:14
There was...
Rika Ozaki
Rika OzakiGUEST
6:17
Not a lull, but after 2012, 2013, there was this kind of big gap.
Phoebe Smith
Phoebe SmithHOST
7:41
Yeah.

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