国立科学博物館
is a Japanese zoologist with the National Museum of Nature and Science. On September 30, 2004, Kubodera and his team became the first people to "photograph" a live giant squid in its natural habitat. Two years later, on December 4, 2006, he also managed to successfully "film" a live adult giant squid for the first time ever. On July 10, 2012, Kubodera, together with Steve O'Shea and Edith Widder, became the first to "film" a live giant squid "in its natural habitat" from a submersible off the Bonin Islands.