Michiko Miyamoto studied at the State University of New York College at Buffalo, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree (magna cum laude). She received her MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles. After a 7-year career with Goldman Sachs and Company, obtained her PhD further to a thesis about Econometrical Approaches to Economic and Strategic Management Studies at the University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Systems Management. In 2008, she joined the Department of Management Science and Engineering at the Akita Prefectural University. In May 2022, she joined the Department of Information and Data Science at the Nagasaki University.