Creating New Clothing from Human Joy: The Field of Study Known as HCI

Graduated from the Doctoral Program in Information Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo in 2020 with a PhD in Information Science and Technology. He served as a special research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and an individual researcher in the ACT-I "Information and Future" project of the Japan Science and Technology Agency while enrolled in the doctoral program. He has been an assistant professor at the Information Studies Circle, University of Tokyo Graduate School since April 2020, and has been a special lecturer at the university's School of Engineering since April 2021. In addition to his research on soft actuators and foldable fabrication methods, he has been involved in research on real-world interfaces that harmonize with humans, such as chairing a session on "Wearables, Tangibles, and Fabrics" at the top international conference on Human-Computer Interaction, CHI2021. His main awards include the 2020 Tokyo University President's Award.