Speakers

Speakers are allocated in alphabetical order

Aki Nishida

YOHAKU-DESIGN CEO

Aki Nishida

YOHAKU-DESIGN CEO

After working at IBM Japan, participated in promoting diversity at an electric power company and launching the Fukuoka Globis Business school. She is involved in supporting startups at the Think & Do tank Fukuoka Regional Strategy Promotion council, which is a joint industry-academia-government-citizen collaboration. Supporting Kyushu companies’ business as a consultant for Recruit Executive Agent. Former deputy mayor of Kamimine Town, Saga Prefecture. Currently an assistant of CDO.

Akifumi Morinaka

CEO Rege Nephro Co., Ltd.

Akifumi Morinaka

CEO Rege Nephro Co., Ltd.

A clinical-stage biotech company leveraging cutting-edge induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based technology developed at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Kyoto University. Our mission is to revolutionize therapeutics and cell therapy for chronic and serious diseases, particularly in the fields of kidney, liver, and pancreas. We are developing innovative treatments with a focus on two leading products: One is small molecule for ADPKD which could be the first-in-class and first-line therapy, and the other is Allogeneic cell therapy for CKD using iPSC-derived nephron progenitor cells. As we continue to advance our clinical trials and expand our pipeline, we are actively seeking the investors from around the world who are aligned with our vision and passionate about developing transformative solutions.

Ayumu Mitera

CEO MITSUFUJI CORPORATION

Ayumu Mitera

CEO MITSUFUJI CORPORATION

Since Mitsufuji started as Nishijin Kimono factory in Kyoto in 1956, we’ve succeeded in digitally transforming into a wearable IoT company and developing in-house silver-metalized fiber named AGposs that can be used as wearable sensors utilizing its conductivity to acquire ECG and heart rate to visualize your health conditions and shielding materials to protect important equipment from electromagnetic waves. We have also developed wearable devices to monitor your health conditions equipped with a patented algorithm to detect heat stress risks in advance.

Fumiyo Kato

WASHILIFE Co., Ltd. CEO

Fumiyo Kato

WASHILIFE Co., Ltd. CEO

"WASH LIFE" is an interior coordination company that was born from a Japanese paper wholesaler with a history of 100 years and inherits that knowledge. We are a trading company specializing in Japanese paper from all over Japan, and based on the concept that "the beauty of Japan is elegant and beautiful", we offer a rich lifestyle with a wide variety of Japanese paper. Japanese paper is produced using traditional techniques and high-quality materials, and its quality is highly regarded internationally.

Hayato Nakano

President of Ventuno Co.

Hayato Nakano

President of Ventuno Co.

After graduating from the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University, he joined JR Kyushu in 2002. In 2019, he became Representative Director and President of Ventuno Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Enosaka

Managing Director/ Manager of CEO Office Tempura ENDO ～KYOTO～

Hiroshi Enosaka

Managing Director/ Manager of CEO Office Tempura ENDO ～KYOTO～

For over 140 years, Endo has been welcoming guests to its restaurants on the historical and atmospheric streets of Gion, Kyoto. Originally founded as an ochaya teahouse where geisha would perform, we have honored that heritage and status while also continuing to innovate. Endo has embraced new styles and is always striving for new levels of culinary excellence. What Endo has consistently preserved and cherished as a business is "Brand". To further elevate this brand, we aim to expand internationally. Currently, Tempura Endo operates 10 locations across Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka, and Beverly Hills in the United States. We have come to the pinnacle of the Middle East, Dubai, in search or an owner who can help us establish our presence here.

Ippei Inoue

Suntory Global Innovation Center Senior Project Researcher

Ippei Inoue

Suntory Global Innovation Center Senior Project Researcher

The Suntory Global Innovation Center was established in 2013 to undertake research in core technologies for the Suntory Group. Our mission is to create value for our future customers through research and technology development. Lidris is a service developed at the Suntory Global Innovation Center that forms liquid designs within beverages. We are open to discussions regarding collaborations, including investment opportunities.

ITO EN Tea tasters from ITO EN,LTD.

ITO EN Tea tasters from ITO EN,LTD.

The three speakers are all certified green tea tasters, an internal qualification approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan. ITO EN, LTD. Green tea is a gift from Mother Nature. It has been passed down through generations. We started our business as a small green tea company in 1964. These days, our green teas are enjoyed not only in Japan, but globally. We have continued to expand our high-quality green teas around the world. With our passion for green tea, we now provide you with various ways to drink green tea, that is loose leaf tea, tea bags, powders and ready to drink beverages. Sun, rain, soil, and our expertise create a high-quality green tea. We build strong relationships with farmers who harvest vibrant green tea leaves.

Kazuharu Shinagawa

Tobogan Co. CEO

Kazuharu Shinagawa

Tobogan Co. CEO

Worked in magazine and commercial produce in LA for 17years. After returning to Japan, he involved in a wide range of activities, including planning, producing, and PR for advertisements. Planning And producing and appearing in TV programs, as well as events and product planning. He uses the US style of forming a project team for each job and handle all types of media. He makes proposals to domestic and international clients according to their needs.

Kazuhide Konishi

CEO Kyo-Diagnostics K.K.

Kazuhide Konishi

CEO Kyo-Diagnostics K.K.

Kyo Diagnostics K.K. established in 2016 as a Kyoto University spin-off venture, aims to advance personalized cancer treatment. The company develops drug sensitivity testing using patient-derived cancer stem cell spheroids and next-generation diagnostic systems. Notably, it has achieved success in colorectal cancer treatment through its Patient-Derived Spheroid Xenograft (PDSX) model. Currently, the company is also working on drug sensitivity testing for multiple organs, contributing to the realization of highly accurate personalized therapies.

Kazuki Otsuka

ThinkX CEO

Kazuki Otsuka

ThinkX CEO

ThinkX is building a next-generation AI-type cloud for mainly higher education research institutions on our own high-performance server cluster, with programmable real-time agents at its core. Since 2015, ThinkX, which has been conducting research and development on real-time voice language AI and personalization, has accumulated technological assets such as a 70,000-hour annotated voice data set, a Japanese morphological parser that surpasses the best open source, and a patented machine learning personalization algorithm (LSH), and is developing an 880,000-line of cloud infrastructure systems, which are not dependent on external systems, to develop them into next-generation AI-type clouds with abundant GPU computing and programmable accelerators for scientific computing, ThinkX recently opened funding for the development of a foundation model and GPU cloud data center in collaboration, with teams including former DeepMind researcher, and the International Research Institute of Electrical Communication at Tohoku University, which has received competitive funding from the government for semiconductors and has a long-standing relationship with ThinkX.

Kenichi Kobayashi

Manager of the Sustainability business Promotion Team HIS Co.

Kenichi Kobayashi

Manager of the Sustainability business Promotion Team HIS Co.

After being stationed in Europe, had developed various businesses related to Sociality, Education and Travel. He currently focuses on revitalizing the local area through consulting for companies and local governments. Visiting slums in over 60 developing countries. His activities include holding seminars, lectures, writings.

Kenji Ito

Spider Plus & Co. CEO

Kenji Ito

Spider Plus & Co. CEO

Born in Hokkaido Japan. After graduating from high school, moved to Tokyo and worked in sales for a construction materials trading company and managed insulation work for building facilities. Founded insulation construction business in 1997. After that, he personally experienced the slow pace of IT in the construction industry, so started an IT business targeting the construction industry. ”SPIDERPLUS” items were created with the construction worker’s point of view. They are widely accepted in the Japanese construction industry.

Koichi Endo

CEO Tempura ENDO ～KYOTO～

Koichi Endo

CEO Tempura ENDO ～KYOTO～

Mori Japanese Incense Art for Wellness

Mori Japanese Incense Art for Wellness

・Representative, Western Japan Association of Aroma and Culture ・Wellness Incense Practitioner and Fragrance Culture Historian Our primary goal is to reconnect the cultural ties between Japan and the Arab world through the aromatic traditions cultivated along the Silk Road over 1000 years ago. By showcasing the power of fragrances to evoke emotions and memories, we aim to foster cultural exchange with people worldwide and emphasize the enduring connections that transcend regional boundaries.

Shogo Nishiguch

AVITA Inc. Founder / COO

Shogo Nishiguch

AVITA Inc. Founder / COO

Metaverse Advisor of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai Japan. Project manager of digital project at Meiwa town in Mie prefecture in Japan. After engaging in research at several overseas institutes, including City university of London, joined Nippon Television and became co-representative of the company. Founded AVITA with Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro in 2021. Developing and providing avatar customer service 「AVACOM」and AI role-playing support services to support digital transformation for companies.

Tomotaka Misawa

harappa LLC CEO

Tomotaka Misawa

harappa LLC CEO

Producer of e-Sports events. Producer of wide range of video works in a various category such as e-Sport, Movie, TV, Anime, Music clip, and You Tube etc. As an anime song DJ, performing at anime event stages in various countries. Developed steak sauce as a collaborative product with produced documentary movie「NINJA BEEF」which is sold in the United States.

Yoshimichi Kumon

CEO Pensee Sauvage Ltd

Yoshimichi Kumon

CEO Pensee Sauvage Ltd

External Director, AquaPlus Co., Ltd. June 1, 2021 – August 31, 2021 Director of the President's Office, YUKE'S Co., Ltd. September 2021 – Present President & CEO, Pensee Sauvage Ltd. September 19, 2019 – Present Involved in Game Development Projects: • Contributed to the planning and development of 3 game titles • Involved in the planning of blockchain-based games

Speakers

Speakers are allocated in alphabetical order

Aki Nishida

Akifumi Morinaka

Ayumu Mitera

Fumiyo Kato

Hayato Nakano

Hiroshi Enosaka

Ippei Inoue

ITO EN Tea tasters from ITO EN,LTD.

Kazuharu Shinagawa

Kazuhide Konishi

Kazuki Otsuka

Kenichi Kobayashi

Kenji Ito

Koichi Endo

Mori Japanese Incense Art for Wellness

Shogo Nishiguch

Tomotaka Misawa

Yoshimichi Kumon

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