Associate Professor in the Faculty of Management at Shizuoka Sangyo University. Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyoto University.
Specializing in Urban Social Engineering and Well-being, he pursues well-being in urban development and business management through his unique concept of ASOBI (Create Mental Affordance). His career includes roles as a CRM Analyst at GE Japan Group, and as the Head of Development and Marketing for transportation IC cards at Shizuoka Railway Company. Following research positions at the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University and the Institute of Innovation for Future Society at Nagoya University, he assumed his current position.