Shu Takada

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

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Hideki Yoshino

CEO at Clean Planet

Sou Fujimoto

Japanese Architect Known for his Concept of Primitive Future

Christel Takigawa

French-Japanese Television Announcer & News Presenter

Toshihiro Mibe

President, CEO & Representative Director of Honda Motor Co.

Guntur V. Subbarao

Crop Physiologist, Plant Science & Agronomy

Mamoru Hosoda

Academy Award-Nominated Japanese Film Director & Animator Known for "Mirai"

Hideaki Anno

Japanese Animator, Filmmaker & Actor Best Known for "Neon Genesis Evangelion"

Makoto Shinkai

Japanese Animator, Filmmaker, Author & Manga Artist

Katsuhiro Otomo

Japanese Manga Artist, Screenwriter & Director; Best Known for "Akira"

Anna and Mizuki Nakajima

Co-Founders of Coly Inc. Gaming

Shu Matsuo Post

DEI Advocate, Author & TED Speaker

Kengo Kuma

Japanese Architect & Professor

Sara Takanashi

Japanese Ski Jumper; Record Holder for the most Individual World Cup Wins; Winter Olympics Medalist

Bianca Smith

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

Reiko Kuroda

Professor of Chemistry & Biology at Chubu University & Winner of the L’Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science

Shinichirō Watanabe

Critically-Acclaimed Japanese Anime Filmmaker, Screenwriter & Producer; Best Known for "Cowboy Bebop"

Kōhei Uchimura

5x Olympic Medallist Gymnast

Kaori Icho

4x Olympic Wrestling Champion

Kaname Hayashi

CEO & Founder of GROOVE X