--- title: "Makoto Nakatsuji — author profile and papers" description: "Makoto Nakatsuji, NTT (Japan): 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 14 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/makoto-nakatsuji/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/makoto-nakatsuji/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Makoto Nakatsuji # Makoto Nakatsuji 2 papers on this site · 2026 current affiliation [NTT (Japan)](https://ror.org/00berct97), Tokyo, Japan Makoto Nakatsuji has 2 papers on this site, in 2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Atsushi Otsuka](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/atsushi-otsuka/), [Kazuya Matsuo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kazuya-matsuo/), [Narichika Nomoto](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/narichika-nomoto/). [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5081131668) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2181-0056) · [**h-index 14**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5081131668) · [65 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5081131668) · [600 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5081131668&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [2 works on this site](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/makoto-nakatsuji/#papers) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Makoto+Nakatsuji) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Makoto+Nakatsuji) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Makoto+Nakatsuji) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Makoto+Nakatsuji) ## Affiliations - [NTT (Japan)](https://ror.org/00berct97) · Tokyo, Japan —current · 2005–2026 on 44 papers From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Topics [Dialogue systems 2](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Multi-dimensional Evaluation of Character-Authentic Dialogue Models Learned from Question-Answer Data](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/otsuka-2026-multi-dimensional-evaluation-character-authentic/)** *(2026)* LLMs that role-play a specific character tend to slip into a generic voice and fabricate persona facts, mostly because character-specific training data is scarce. 2. **[Topic-Initiator: A Proactive Chatbot with Personalized Topic RAG for Enhancing Willingness to Converse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/matsuo-2026-topic-initiator-proactive-chatbot-personalized/)** *(2026)* Most chatbots wait for the user to choose what to talk about, which tires people out and erodes their motivation to keep chatting. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Atsushi Otsuka](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/atsushi-otsuka/) ×2 - [Kazuya Matsuo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kazuya-matsuo/) ×2 - [Narichika Nomoto](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/narichika-nomoto/) ×2