Professor Ryo Akama is a professor of college of letters, Ritsumeikan University. His research background lies in the performing arts of Japan. He worked for the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum in Waseda University and started the kabuki print database at the Theatre Museum. Since then he has run digital-archiving project for comprehensive Japanese art materials in Europe and U.S. based in the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.
The databases at the ARC can be accessed here (Japanese only):
http://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/
For a summary of Professor Akama, see here:
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eng/html/research/areas/feat-projects/art/05-02-kabuki.html/

The KGOA has undertaken several projects with Professor Akama, among them is the project with cataloging the Japanese woodblock prints at the Print Cabinet, Geneva, which resulted in a successful exhibition and a well-received publication.
For information on this exhibition, see here:
http://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mah/expositions-evenements/expositions/le-geste-suspendu/?fb_locale=de_DE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI_b-WjPhlU