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The publication of invaluable papers in Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery depends on the prompt, careful review of submitted manuscripts. We would like to thank the following experts for reviewing manuscripts submitted between December 1, 2024 and November 30, 2025.

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Aizawa, Masaki

Ajiki, Tetsuo

Akagi, Tomonori

Akamatsu, Nobuhisa

Akita, Hirofumi

Akiyama, Shintaro

Akiyoshi, Takashi

Ando, Koji

Aoki, Takeshi

Aoki, Taku

Aoyagi, Yasuko

Aoyama, Toru

Araki, Kenichiro

Arigami, Takaaki

Arima, Kota

Asai, Koji

Asano, Toshimichi

Baba, Kenji

Bekki, Yuki

Booka, Eisuke

Daiko, Hiroyuki

Ebata, Tomoki

Eguchi, Hidetoshi

Endo, Shungo

Eo, Wankyu

Etoh, Tsuyoshi

Fujio, Atsushi

Fujita, Fumihiko

Fujita, Takeo

Fujiyoshi, Kenji

Fukami, Yasuyuki

Fukui, Yudai

Fukushima, Ryoji

Furuhata, Tomohisa

Furukawa, Kenei

Fuse, Masahiro

Ganeko, Riki

Gohda, Yoshimasa

Goto, Toru

Hagi, Takaomi

Hamabe, Atsushi

Hamada, Madoka

Hanaoka, Marie

Harada, Kazuto

Harimoto, Norifumi

Haruki, Koichiro

Hasegawa, Kiyoshi

Hasegawa, Suguru

Hasegawa, Yasushi

Hashimoto, Daisuke

Hashimoto, Masashi

Hatano, Etsuro

Hayama, Tamuro

Hayami, Shinya

Hayano, Koichi

Hayashi, Hiromitsu

Hayata, Keiji

Hibi, Taizo

Hida, Koya

Hidaka, Masaaki

Hirano, Satoshi

Hirano, Yasumitsu

Hirashita, Teijiro

Hisaka, Toru

Hiyoshi, Yukiharu

Honda, Goro

Honda, Michitaka

Hosoda, Kei

Hu, Qingjiang

Ichikawa, Nobuki

Igaki, Takahiro

Ikenaga, Naoki

Ikeuchi, Hiroki

Ikoma, Hisashi

Imai, Katsunori

Inaki, Noriyuki

Inoue, Mikihiro

Inoue, Yosuke

Irino, Tomoyuki

Ishido, Keinosuke

Ishiyama, Yasuhiro

Ishizawa, Takeaki

Ishizuka, Mitsuru

Ito, Sono

Ito, Takashi

Itoh, Shinji

Iwashita, Yoshiaki

Jiang, Weizhong

Kagawa, Hiroyasu

Kagawa, Yoshinori

Kaibori, Masaki

Kaido, Toshimi

Kajiwara, Yoshiki

Kakisaka, Tatsuhiko

Kakiuchi, Nobuyuki

Kaku, Keizo

Kanaji, Shingo

Kanemitsu, Yukihide

Kanetaka, Kengo

Kasai, Shunsuke

Kato, Yutaro

Kawaguchi, Yoshihiko

Kawai, Kazushige

Kawai, Manabu

Kawaida, Hiromichi

Kawamura, Junichiro

Kawamura, Mikio

Kawanaka, Hirofumi

Kawazoe, Tetsuro

Kikuchi, Hirotoshi

Kimura, Yasutoshi

Kimura, Yutaka

Kinoshita, Takahiro

Kishi, Yoji

Kishino, Takayoshi

Kitago, Minoru

Kitahata, Yuji

Kitami, Chie

Kitano, Shoichi

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Kobayashi, Shogo

Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi

Koike, Yuhki

Komatsu, Shohei

Komatsu, Shuhei

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Konishi, Hirotaka

Kosaka, Hisashi

Kosuga, Toshiyuki

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Kouno, Nobuji

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Koyanagi, Kazuo

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Kumazu, Yuta

Kunisaki, Chikara

Kuroda, Shinji

Lee, Sang‐Woong

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Makino, Tomoki

Makuuchi, Rie

Manabe, Tatsuya

Maruyama, Suguru

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Matsuda, Kenji

Matsuhashi, Nobuhisa

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Matsumiya, Yuriko

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Mayanagi, Shuhei

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Mise, Yoshihiro

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Miura, Fumihiko

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Motoi, Fuyuhiko

Motomura, Takashi

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