Eiichiro Kokubo

Astronomer

Professor of the Division of Theoretical Astronomy and director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Graduated from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo. Ph.D. His major is theory of formation of planetary systems. He uses theoretical physics and computer simulations to explore elementary processes of planet formation and aims to construct a general theory for the formation of diverse planetary systems. He is also the director of 4-Dimensional Digital Universe Project that visualizes astronomical data in 4-dimensions with computer graphics.

Koichiro Tsujikawa

Video artist

His career started as an art director for CD covers and book covers. He later started to produce movies after his friend, a musician, asked him to shoot a music video for him. He now mainly produces movies, including commercials, music videos and short films. His field of activity has been also expanded to other genres, such as planning for websites and graphics.

Tota Hasegawa

Executive Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo

He is a graduate of the Design Interaction Programme of Royal College of Art, U.K. After working at Sony Corporation, he joined the London-based artist group, "tomato". He published interactive creations in the fields of internet advertising and corporate identity. His activities as an individual also range from art to writing and education. He moved his base from London to Tokyo in spring 2011, and took the chair of Executive Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo.

Akira Wakita

Artist

He earned his Ph.D. degree in Media and Governance from Keio University in 2002. He developed original software based on fluid-dynamics and thermodynamics models, striving for visualization across science and art. His works have been exhibited at Ars Electronica Center, WRO Art Center and SIGGRAPH. In 2014, he was appointed as a professor in the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies.

Soichi Ueda

Think the Earth Director / Producer

Born in 1965. Graduated from the School of Engineering, University of Tokyo. After working at an advertising agency, he established SPACEPORT Inc. in 2000 and Think the Earth in 2001. Since then, he has kept working on creating opportunities to think about and take actions for the environment and society through communication. His main works include Earth Watch wn-1, the mobile application "live earth", publications titled One Hundred Years of Idiocy, Global Change in One Second, and Green Power Book. Renewable Energy Guide as well as a video for planetariums "A story of Biodiversity". A Visiting Professor and Lecturer at Tama Art University.

Osamu Suzuki

Broadcast writer

Born in 1972, in Chikura-cho Chiba Prefecture. He made his debut as a broadcast writer when he was 19 years old.
In 2002 he got married to Ms. Miyuki Oshima of the comical trio “Morisanchu”. He wrote a best seller essay in which he described his married life. He also wrote novels and movie scripts.
He is a theatrical producer, a radio personality, and active in other fields as well.

Dr. Keiko Takahashi

Director-General Center for Earth Information Science and Technology (CEIST), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Dr. Takahashi received her Ph.D. in Engineering from the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology. After engaging in research at Kao Corporation, University of Cambridge and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, she began her career at JAMSTEC and was appointed Director-General of CEIST in 2014.
She is engaged in academic activity as Member of the Science Council of Japan, Director of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Director of the Visualization Society of Japan, and member of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Association for Computing Machinery, International Federation of Automatic Control, etc.
Her research fields include “large-scale simulation and prediction of atmospheric and oceanic phenomena” and “massive parallelization and high speed commuting technology.”

Novmichi Tosa

Maywa Denki President

The art unit produced by Novmichi Tosa.
While wearing blue working clothes, which is a typical style of small businesses that supported Japan's high economic growth, they develop and introduce various nonsense machines all over the world in forms of concert and exhibition.
Also they develop mass products such as an note shaped electronic musical instrument "Otamatone". Maywa Denki's first retrospective exhibition in China was held and had a great success at McaM in Shanghai. At the same year, they also held an exhibition after 20 years in Osaka, Japan.

Mamoru Mohri

Chief Executive Director, Miraikan

Born in 1948. Doctor of Science. He was an assistant professor of Hokkaido University and was selected as the first Japanese astronaut in 1985.
When he flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavor in 1992 and 2000, he conducted some space experiments and data collection for the creation of a 3D land map of the Earth.
In 2000, he took the chair of the first Chief Executive Director of Miraikan. He also boarded Shinkai 6500 in 2003 to conduct scientific experiments. In the same year, he broadcast a total eclipse of the sun at the South Pole.
In 2011, he started the "TSUNAGARI" project. His field of study includes fusion material science, vacuum science, space experiments, and science communication.