diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index b803239e48..7fa89cc5c9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Paul Jimenez (pj@place.org)
 Brian K. Jones (bkjones@gmail.com)
 Morita Kazutaka (morita.kazutaka@gmail.com)
 Josh Kearney (josh@jk0.org)
-Tsuyuzaki Kota (tsuyuzaki.kota@lab.ntt.co.jp)
 Ed Leafe (ed.leafe@rackspace.com)
 Tong Li (litong01@us.ibm.com)
 Zhong Yue Luo (lzyeval@gmail.com)