CEO of Actual Inc. / Director of ART360°. Graduated from Kyoto Seika University and pursued graduate studies in the X-Design Program at Keio University’s Graduate School of Media and Governance, where he learned design engineering through research on the design of competitive prosthetic legs. He was involved in design research in developing countries at Grandma Co., Ltd. After moving to the U.S., he has been active based in Kyoto since 2015. From 2017 to 2018, he was responsible for exhibition management at KYOTOGRAPHIE, the Kyoto International Photography Festival. Since 2018, he has served as the director of the 360° exhibition archiving project, ART360°, and established ACTUAL Inc. in November 2018.