Kiyatake, I. & Ito, K. & Yoshii, Y. & Miyagawa, Y. & Kitadani, Y. & Nishida, K. (2025)
Insights Into the Reproduction and Maturity of the Spinetail Devil Ray (Mobula mobular). Zoo Biology, 44(2), 189–196
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21888

Momota, K. & Kiyatake, I. & Izawa, T. & Aihara, H. & Kuraku, S. & Nishida, K. (2025)
First case of parthenogenesis in an intersexual zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) having incomplete claspers. Journal of Fish Biology, 107(4), 1248–1255
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.70122

Niwa, T. & Uno, Y. & Ohishi, Y. & Kadota, M. & Aburatani, N. & Kiyatake, I. & Katooka, D. & Yorozu, M. & Tsuzuki, N. & Toyoda, A. & Takagi, W. & Nakamura, M. & Kuraku, S. (2025)
Sharks and rays have the oldest vertebrate sex chromosome with unique sex determination mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(30), Article e2513676122
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2513676122

Ito, T. & Segawa, T. & Takasaki, K. & Matsudaira, T. & Kiyatake, I. & Irino, H. & Nakajima, Y. (2025)
Comparison of the Fecal Microbiota from Long-term Captive and Newly Captured Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typos). Microbes and Environments, 40(3), Article ME25023
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME25023

Kiyatake, I. & Murata, M. & Kitadani, Y. (2025)
First sighting in 45 years of a basking shark off Mie, Japan, and occurrence records of the species in Japanese coastal waters. Marine Biodiversity, 55(6), Article 108
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-025-01592-3

Ito, T. & Tanaka, T. & Kiyatake, I. & Izawa, T. & Furuya, M. & Sasai, K. (2023)
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography and cross-sectional anatomy of the trunk in the brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum). Anatomia Histologia Embryologia, 52(3), 437–447
DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12903

Kiyatake, I. & Johnson, T.L. & Cottrant, E. & Kitadani, Y. & Onda, K. & Murata, M. & Drobniewska, N.J. & Paulet, T.G. & Nishida, K. (2023)
A comparison of the growth and development of pyjama sharks (Poroderma africanum) in wild and captive populations. Journal of Fish Biology, 103(6), 1515–1525
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15555

Uno, Y. & Nozu, R. & Kiyatake, I. & Higashiguchi, N. & Sodeyama, S. & Murakumo, K. & Sato, K. & Kuraku, S. (2020)
Cell culture-based karyotyping of orectolobiform sharks for chromosome-scale genome analysis. Communications Biology, 3(1), Article 652
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01373-7

Kiyatake, I. & Kitadani, Y. & Nishida, K. (2019)
Chondrichthyes studies in the rearing environment at Kaiyukan [in Japanese]. Report of Japanese Society for Elasmobranch Studies, 55, 8–23

Onimaru, K. & Motone, F. & Kiyatake, I. & Nishida, K. & Kuraku, S. (2018)
A staging table for the embryonic development of the brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum). Developmental Dynamics, 247(5), 712–723
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24623

Hara, Y. & Yamaguchi, K. & Onimaru , K. & Kadota, M. & Koyanagi, M. & Keeley, S.D. & Tatsumi, K. & Tanaka, K. & Motone, F. & Kageyama, Y. & Nozu, R. & Adachi, N. & Nishimura, O. & Nakagawa, R. & Tanegashima, C. & Kiyatake, I. & Matsumoto, R. & Murakumo, K. & Nishida, K. & Terakita, A. & Kuratani, S. & Sato, K. & Hyodo, S. & Kuraku, S. (2018)
Shark genomes provide insights into elasmobranch evolution and the origin of vertebrates. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 1761–1771