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The story of a boy who grew up in a small town in Japan, until he crossed the Pacific.
2006.01.04
Born in Kanoya, Kagoshima
— 2021
Local primary and junior high schools
In grades 1 to 3, Hamada Elementary, a school of 15 pupils; from grade 4, after a merger, Ōaira Elementary. Football, calligraphy and swimming after school. A childhood in a seaside town surrounded by nature: fishing, and releasing baby sea turtles. At Ōaira Junior High, as football captain, revived a team so small it was about to be disbanded. Student council. Ekiden relay running.
2021 — 2024
Kanoya High School, Kagoshima
Student council vice president, football captain, Kanoya 100 Challenge program, and a member of Kagoshima's youth international cooperation delegation.
2024.04 —
Yokohama National University
Faculty of Business Administration, 3rd year (on leave)
2024.05 — 2025.09
Business Contest KING Executive Committee
Vice Representative (Finance) / External Relations
Awards & Talks · 2024.09
Business Contest WING 2024 Summer
Runner-up
2025.01 — 2026.04
Founders Lab, YNU Entrepreneurship Club
Co-founder / Vice Representative
Co-founded the club with the mission "to develop people who create innovation, and build the strength to lead the Japan of the future." It grew to about 150 members in a year.
2025.04 — 07
Preparing to found (no company yet)
Worked toward founding a company with a co-founder from the YNU entrepreneurship club, building an AI SaaS for education and another for ad operations. We then decided to go our separate ways.
2025.10 — 2026.05
ITAMAE Project for SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026
Planning member
Led Business Day on days 1 and 2, and planned the "Shusse-uo Pitch" and "The Hidden Potential of Space Business" sessions.
2025.11.16 — 22
Nordic Dispatch Program
Participant
Attended Slush in Finland, one of the largest startup conferences in the Nordics, and visited Aalto University, among other things.
2025.12 — 2026.07
Arcsat
Preparing to found
Built and brought to market a product that analyzes satellite data through natural language. Joint research with a consulting firm was on the table, but I decided to pursue a bigger business and pivoted.
1st place, Business Division (preliminary round) — SIH International Business Creation Contest 2026
2026.08.23 — 09.12
JstarX Entrepreneurship Program
Student Founder Track (pre-launch)
Entrepreneurship lectures at Stanford University, design thinking workshops at the d.school, mentoring and more.
2026.10.01 —
IDDK Inc.
Intern (overseas liaison with space companies, business planning, and more)
2026.08 —
HimikoX
Founding (in preparation)
Preparing to found a company that solves problems in rocket launches. If you'd like to know more, please get in touch.