Agritech Grand Prix 2023 Entry Seminar will be held on June 7, 2012!

Representative Director and CTO, Japan Moth Factory, Inc.

Agri-Tech Grand Prix 2018_Grand Prize

D. from Hiroshima University in 2002, he has been a researcher at the RIKEN Plant Science Center since 2003 and a senior researcher at the Center for Environmental Resource Science at the same institute since 2013. He received the Incentive Award from the Bryophyte Society of Japan, the Mining Industry Association of Japan Award, etc. In 2019, he spun out and founded JAPAN MOSS FACTORY, Inc. and was adopted by NEDO NEP 2019 and certified as a social experiment implementer by the Ichikawa Future Creation Conference. Currently, he is certified as an environmental RIKEN Venture.

Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

Agri-Tech Grand Prix 2021 Kubota Prize, Sompo Japan Prize

D. in Advanced Interdisciplinary Engineering from the University of Tokyo. After engaging in research on nondestructive evaluation of various materials using acoustic emissions (AE, elastic waves generated by sudden phenomena), he has developed acoustic and ultrasonic sensors using electrets. He is now working on the practical application of technology that uses electret sensors to capture the invisible movements of plants and microorganisms with AE and monitor their activities. By developing (self-made) the necessary equipment for AE measurement, such as sensor elements, device circuit boards, and analysis programs, in our laboratory, we are challenging activity monitoring in a variety of environments.

CULTA Corporation representative director (i.e. someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company)

Agri-Tech Grand Prix 2022 Suntory Award

Born in Shizuoka, Japan in 1993. He received his Master's degree from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. During his master's program, he conducted research on estimating soil moisture content in farmland by remote sensing using drones. While in school, he was engaged in overseas agricultural research and management of agricultural media at an agricultural start-up in Thailand. After that, he was engaged in building a business at a plant sensing start-up, working for a middleman, managing cultivation and improving workflow at an agricultural production corporation, and providing support for the 6th stage of agricultural development.

Director, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center, Riverness, Inc.

Representative Director, Agronome Research Institute, Inc.

D. (Agronomy), Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University. In graduate school, he worked with local researchers in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to establish high-yield cultivation technology for soybean. At RIVANES, he is involved in research projects based on his experience, and in 2019, he established the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Research Center to actively promote cross-sectional research in the field of agriculture. In the same year, he became the president of Agronome Research Institute, Inc. to conduct projects and research on the realization of fully cyclical agriculture for sustainable food production.

General Manager, Community Development Division, Riverness, Inc.

After completing a master's degree in molecular biology at the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, he worked in agriculture for a year and a half at a pig farm directly managed by a feed sales company. In 2016, he launched and managed "Kumamoto Tech Planter," a project to support startups by the Kumamoto Prefecture Next-Generation Venture Creation Support Consortium. After working in Osaka, he joined the Tokyo Head Office in 2020.