Kenichi Ebina

Solo Dance Performer, America's Got Talent Winner, Multimedia Artist

Naoko Yamazaki

Astronaut Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Takaharu Tezuka

Architect & Founder of Tezuka Architects

Sarah Birke

Tokyo Bureau Chief

Richard Lloyd Parry

Asia Editor of The Times of London, Author, International Journalist

Bianca Smith

Baseball Coach & Sports Exchange Advisor, Japan Exchange & Teaching Program; Hitting Coach, Great Britain Baseball; First Black Woman to Coach Professional Baseball

Shu Matsuo Post

DEI Advocate, Author & TED Speaker

Paul Pugh

Founder & Chief Designer at Airline Design; Former Vice President of Connected Fitness Products at Under Armour

Hideo Kojima

Japanese Video Game Designer, Screenwriter, Director, and Producer; Kojima Productions

Ichiro Fujisaki

Ambassador of Japan to the United States

Madeintyo

Hip Hop Recording Artist

Morinosuke Kawaguchi

Innovation & Competitive Strategy Consultant, Futurist, Author, Designer

Marie Kondo

Japanese Organizing Consultant & Author; One of TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in 2015

Shu Takada

Yo-Yo Artist & Six-Time World Yo-Yo Champion

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Leza Lowitz

Author of "Up From the Sea"

Kohei Nishiyama

Founder, CEO, Cuusoo System.

Yoshito Hori

President and Dean of Globis University & Managing Partner of Globis Capital Partners

Tara Tiger Brown

Founder, CEO at KitHub, Technologist

Christel Takigawa

French-Japanese Television Announcer & News Presenter

J. Berkshire Miller

Jonathan is an international affairs professional and public intellectual with expertise on East Asian issues. He has held a variety of positions in the private and public sector. Currently, he is an international affairs fellow with the Council on Forei