D. (Life Sciences), Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He has been involved in RIVANESS since its establishment. After completing his graduate studies, he continued his research activities as a faculty member at the University of Tokyo, while at the same time he established a research institute at RIVANESS and built the foundation of its research and development business. He devised a business model for the "RIVANESS Research Grant," a unique research grant, and "L-RAD," a database of unused research ideas, and has initiated many projects involving industry, academia, and education.

D. (Engineering) from Kyushu University in 1998. He has been a research assistant at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, a visiting researcher at Stanford University, an associate professor at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Okayama University since April 2006, and a professor at the Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University since 2012. In February 2021, he won the Okayama Tech Planter 2020 Grand Prize, and in September 2021, he won the Deep Tech Grand Prix Mitsui Chemicals Award.

D. (Art Engineering), Graduate School of Art Engineering, Kyushu University. His main research themes are footwear, including: research on the effects of shoe sole wear on daily activities and visualization of wear limits; research on the mechanisms of foot deformation during walking and pain caused by shoes; research on identification of criminals from footprints left at crime scenes and gait recognition; research on the usability of soles; and research on the use of footwear. Research on usability of soles, etc.

D. in Food Science and Technology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. After working as an assistant at the Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, and as an associate professor at the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, he became a professor at Okayama University in 2008. He is also engaged in the development of a one-pot chemical process to convert glycerin, a by-product of biodiesel fuel preparation, into lactic acid dimer (lactide). Award.

D. in Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. Engaged in the development of marine propellers and propulsion systems. He has also been involved in environmental improvement projects, developing fluid equipment such as wide-area water quality improvement equipment, ocean fertility equipment, and tidal current power generation equipment. Recently, he has been engaged in research and development of propellers made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), leading to their commercialization. 2015, he received the Prime Minister's Award at the 6th Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award. He has received awards from the Japan Society of Naval Architects (for the development of marine fertilizers) and the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (for the development of propellers made of CFRP) for his inventions and other works.