Curriculum Vitae
April 2022

Yusuke Kinoshita
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD),
Hokkaido University
Hokkaido University, Kita 21, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido,001-0021, Japan
Phone: +81-11-706-9679
E-mail: y_kinoshtia@icredd.hokudai.ac.jp

EDUCATION
April 2006 ‒ March 2010

Bachelor Degree
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Science andEngineering, Ritsumeikan University

April 2010 ‒ March 2012

Master Degree
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

April 2012 ‒ September 2014 Doctor Degree
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

ACADEMIC CAREER
October 2014 ‒ March 2017

Postdoctoral Fellow
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry (Prof. Hitoshi Tamiaki),
Research Organization of Science and Technology,
Ritsumeikan Univeristy

April 2017 ‒ March 2022

Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry (Prof. Hitoshi Tamiaki),Department of Applied Chemistry,
Ritsumeikan University

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September 2019 ‒ March 2020 Visiting Researcher
The Nitschke Group (Prof. Jonathan R. Nitschke),
Department of Chemistry,
University of Cambridge
April 2022 ‒ Present

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPIICReDD),
Hokkaido University

PUBLICATIONS
38. R. Sato, H. Okajima, S. Sugiura, Y. Haketa, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, A. Sakamoto, H. Maeda,
Y. Kobayashi, "Excited-state dynamics of dipyrrolyldiketone difluoroboron complexes," Phys.
Chem. Chem. Phys., 24, 1685–1691 (2022).
DOI: 10.1039/D1CP04804J
37. H. Ishikawa, A. Demise, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Shinozaki, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki "Difluoroboron
complexes of peripheral b-diketonates in cyclopheophorbides: Their syntheses and opticalproperties", Tetrahedron, 104, (2021) 132596.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.132596
36. Y. Kinoshita, A. Demise, H. Ishikawa, H. Tamiaki "Synthesis of 132,173-cyclopheophorbides
and their optical properties," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 420, 113490 (2021).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113490
35. K. Sakaguchi, M. Kishi, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc 3hydroxymethyl-chlorophyll-a derivatives possessing electron-withdrawing groups at the 20position in aqueous micelle solution," J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 25, 1104–1110 (2021).
DOI: 10.1142/S1088424621501017
34. J. Harada, T. Mizoguchi, Y. Kinoshita, K. Yamamoto, H. Tamiaki, "Over-expression of C82methyltransferase BchQ in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum mutant strainsof synthesis of C8-hyper-alkylated chlorosomal pigments," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem.,
404, 112882 (2021).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112882
33. S. Sasaki, Y. Hashimoto, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, S. Duan, X-F. Wang, M. Yamashita, Y. Saga,
H. Yamamoto, T. Ikeuchi, N. Shishioh, "Synthesis of C3/C13-substituted semi-synthetic
bacteriochlorophyll-a derivatives and their properties as functional dyes," ChemPhotoChem, 4,5399–5407 (2020).
DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202000169
232. T. Takeda, A. Katayama, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of zinc oxime-functionalized
chlorophyll-a derivatives and their (131E/Z)-dependent self-aggregation," Tetrahedron, 76,131300 (2020).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.131300
31. Y. Kawamoto, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of tin(IV) complexes of chlorophyll-aderivatives with two halides as axial ligands and their optical properties in solution," Tetrahedron,76, 130948 (2020).
[Front cover of issue 8]
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.130948
30. K. Ohashi, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of chalcone-type chlorophyll derivatives
possessing a bacteriochlorin, chlorin or porphyrin π-system and their optical properties,"
Photochem. Photobiol., 95, 755–761 (2019).
DOI: 10.1111/php.13044
29. Y. Kashiyama, A. Yokoyama, T. Shiratori, S. Hess, F. Not, C. Bachy, A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, J.
Kawahara, T. Suzaki, M. Nakazawa, T. Ishikawa, M. Maruyama, M. Wang, M. Chen, Y. Gong,K. Seto, M. Kagami, Y. Hamamoto, D. Honda, T. Umetani, A. Shihongi, M. Kayama, T. Matsuda,
J. Taira, A. Yabuki, M. Tsuchiya, Y. Hirakawa, A. Kawaguchi, M. Nomura, A. Nakamura, N.
Namba, M. Matsumoto, T. Tanaka, T. Yoshino, R. Higuchi, A. Yamamoto, T. Maruyama, A.
Yamaguchi, A. Uzuka, S. Miyagishima, G. Tanifuji, M. Kawachi, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki,"Taming chlorophylls by early eukaryotes underpinned algal interactions and the diversificationof the eukaryotes on the oxygenated Earth," ISME J., 13, 1899–1910 (2019).
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0377-0
28. Y. Kinoshita, J. Harada, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "Isolation and optical properties ofepimerically pure bacteriochlorophyll-f homologs," Dyes Pigm., 164, 267–271 (2019).
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.01.041
27. C. Ota, K. Sugihara, Y. Kinoshita, Y. Kashiyama, Y. Nagasawa, H. Tamiaki, "Ultrafast excitedstate dynamics of nonfluorescent cyclopheophorbide-a enol, catabolite of chlorophyll-a
detoxified in algae-feeding aquatic microbes," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 18, 64–70 (2019).
DOI: 10.1039/C8PP00173A
26. H. Tamiakia, N. Hagioa, S. Tsuzukia, Y. Cuia, T. Zoutaa, X. Wangb, Y. Kinoshita, "Synthesis ofcarboxylated chlorophyll derivatives and their activities in dye-sensitized solar cells,"
Tetrahedron, 74, 4078‒4085 (2018).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.06.017
25. K. Miyata, S. Yasuda, T. Masuya, S. Ito, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, T. Oba, "Facile iodination of
the vinyl groups in protoporphyrin IX dimethyl ester and subsequent transformation of theiodinated moieties," Tetrahedron, 74, 3707–3711 (2018).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.05.040
24. K. Ohashi, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of chlorophyll-a derivatives possessing the 3(2-acylethenyl) group by cross-aldol condensation and their optical properties," Tetrahedron, 74,2703–2715 (2018).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.04.018
23. Y. Kinoshita, M. Kayama, Y. Kashiyama, H. Tamiaki, "In vivo and in vitro preparation of divinyl132,173-cyclopheophorbide-a enol," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 28, 1090–1092 (2018).
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.02.015
22. J. Harada, Y. Shibata, M. Teramura, T. Mizoguchi, Y. Kinoshita, K. Yamamoto, H. Tamiaki, "Invivo excited energy transfer of bacteriochlorophyll c, d, e, or f to bacteriochlorophyll a in thewild-type and mutant cells of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum,"
ChemPhotoChem, 2, 190–195 (2018).
DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201700164
21. T. Mizoguchi, Y. Kinoshita, J. Harada, S. Ogasawara, H. Tamiaki, "Light-dependentaccumulation of new bacteriochlorophyll-e bearing a vinyl group at the 8-position in the green
sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 358, 356–361(2018).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.08.071
20. K. Kim, K. Tsuji, Y. Kinoshita, T. Miyatake, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of monovinyl- and divinylchlorophyll analogs and their physical properties," Tetrahedron, 73, 313–321 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.12.003
19. T. Mizoguchi, Y. Kinoshita, J. Harada, H. Tamiaki, "Supramolecular organogelation ofbacteriochlorophyll-c possessing an isobutyl substituent at the 8-position in carbon tetrachloride,"
ChemPlusChem, 82, 595–597 (2017).
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201600494
18. Y. Kinoshita, Y. Kitagawa, H. Tamiaki, "Enhancement of light absorption ability of synthetic
chlorophyll derivatives by conjugation with difluoroboron diketonate group," Chem. Eur. J., 22,9996–10001 (2016).
[Inside cover of issue number 29]
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601882
17. M. Xu, Y. Kinoshita, S. Matsubara, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of chlorophyll-c derivatives bymodifying natural chlorophyll-a," Photosynth. Res., 127, 335–345 (2016).
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0190-1
16. Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis and self-aggregation of chlorophyll derivatives possessinga pyrazole ring at the C3 position," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 313, 27–35 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.04.018
415. M. Xu, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of chlorophyll-f analogs possessing the 2-formyl
group by modifying chlorophyll-a," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 24, 3997‒4000 (2014).
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.06.022
14. Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Regioselective addition of amines to the trifluoromethyl-β-diketonate
moiety of a chlorophyll derivative." J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 18, 471‒474 (2014).
DOI: 10.1142/S1088424614500217
13. H. Tamiaki, S. Matsunaga, Y. Taira, A. Wada, Y. Kinoshita, M. Kunieda, "Synthesis of zinc 20substituted bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs and their self-aggregation," Tetrahedron Lett., 55,3351‒3354 (2014).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.04.057
12. H. Tamiaki, M. Ohata, Y. Kinoshita, S. Machida, "Synthesis of 32-nitro-chlorophyll-a derivatives
and their electronic absorption/emission data," Tetrahedron, 70, 1629‒1634 (2014).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.01.020
11. H. Tamiaki, S. Koizumi, K. Tsuji, Y. Kinoshita, T. Miyatake, "Synthesis of chlorophyll-aderivatives possessing (un)substituted 131-exo-methylene moiety and their optical properties,"
Tetrahedron Lett., 55, 1093‒1096 (2014).
DOI： 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.12.099
10. Y. Kinoshita, Y. Yamamoto, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis, structure, and optical and redox propertiesof chlorophyll derivatives directly coordinating ruthenium bispyridine at the peripheral bdiketonate moiety," Inorg. Chem., 52, 9275‒9283 (2013).
DOI: 10.1021/ic400509q
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H. Tamiaki, N. Ariki, H. Sugiyama, Y. Taira, Y. Kinoshita, T. Miyatake, "Synthesis of 3,20disubstituted chlorophyll-a derivatives and reactivity of the substituents," Tetrahedron, 69, 8412‒
8421 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.07.060

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Y. Kashiyama, A. Yokoyama, T. Shiratori, I. Inouye, Y. Kinoshita, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki,"132,173-Cyclopheophorbide b enol as a catabolite of chlorophyll b in phycophagy by protists,"
FEBS Lett., 587, 2578‒2583 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.06.036

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H. Tamiaki, R. Monobe, S. Koizumi, T. Miyatake, Y. Kinoshita, "Stereoselective reduction,methylation, and phenylation of the 13-carbonyl group in chlorophyll derivatives, " Tetrahedron:
Asymmetry, 24, 677‒682/967‒972 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.04.018/10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.06.009

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H. Tamiaki, K. Azuma, Y. Kinoshita, R. Monobe, T. Miyatake, S. Sasaki, "Chemosensitive
chlorophyll derivatives: optical detection of various amines by synthetic 3-trifluoroacetyl-131deoxo-pyropheophorbides in solution," Tetrahedron, 69, 1987–1993 (2013).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.12.072
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Y. Kinoshita, M. Kunieda, Y. Mikata, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis, crystal structure and electronic
absorption of chlorophyll derivatives possessing a β-diketonate moiety at the C3
position," Tetrahedron Lett., 54, 1243−1246 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.12.100

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H. Tamiaki, M. Xu, Y. Kinoshita, "Synthesis of oxo-, thioxo- and methylene-substitutedbacteriochlorins by modifying chlorophyll-a and their electronic absorption in visible and nearinfrared regions," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 252, 60–68 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.10.022

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H. Tamiaki, N. Kosaka, Y. Kinoshita, "Metallation of a cyclic chlorophyll hetero-dyad andoptical properties of synthetic metallo-dyads," Res. Chem. Int., 39, 221–232 (2013).
DOI: 10.1007/s11164-012-0644-4

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Y. Kashiyama, A. Yokoyama, Y. Kinoshita, S. Shoji, H. Miyashita, T. Shiratori, H. Suga, K.
Ishikawa, A. Ishikawa, I. Inouye, K. Ishida, D. Fujinuma, K. Aoki, M. Kobayashi, S. Nomoto, T.
Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "Ubiquity and quantitative significance of chlorophyll detoxification
catabolism associated with protistan herbivory in aqueous ecosystems," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,
USA, 109, 17328–17335 (2012).
[Selected as Feature Article, Front cover]
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207347109

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A. Jesorka, A. R. Holzwarth, A. Eichhöfer, C. M. Reddy, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, M. Katterle,J.-V. Naubron, T. S. Balaban, "Water coordinated zinc dioxo-chlorin and porphyrin selfassemblies as chlorosomal mimics: variability of the supramolecular interactions," Photochem.
Photobiol. Sci., 11, 1069–1080 (2012).
DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25016K

AWARDS
1. March 2022

Young Award at Collage of Life Science of Ritsumeikan University6