Yoko Miura
Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University

Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan
Hobbies: Sauna, Walking
Past Explorations : Hakodate, Denmark bicycle camping trip, hitchhiking across Japan, driving across Italy
Pioneering : Gathering Interesting Club Members
Comment : I will do my best to leave maximum human connections for the last year.

Shungo Oki
Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University

Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan
Hobbies: Board games, lunch
Pioneering in the past : Development of AI for automatic currency trading and horse race forecasting
Pioneering : Web application development
Comment : I will do my best to do what I can do now!

Takuma Yamashita
Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University

From: Tokyo, Japan
Hobbies: Bonfires, Zen
Past Pioneering: Participated in a brass band competition
Pioneering: Around Japan for Zero Yen
Comment: Life is a journey in search of meaning

Tatsuya Minami
Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University

Birthplace: Saitama, Japan
Hobbies : Swimming, voltaing, Pokemon
Pioneering in the past : breaking a swimming best, tasting mineral water
Pioneering : My future
Comment : I don’t know everything, but I will do my best to enjoy and learn. Best regards!

Rei Sato
Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University

Birthplace: Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Hobbies: Piano, ear copying, chord progressions, Japanese maps, memorization, mental arithmetic
Pioneering in the past: Memorizing pi 200 digits, all 1747 cities, towns and villages of Japan, selling sheet music
Pioneering: Composing & submitting music, Web development
Comment: Actually, I am an administrator of this site!

We believe that the greatest blessings you can get from college life are good relationships. Connections bring opportunities, knowledge, and cooperation. We also feel a sense of urgency that if we do not proceed past tabletop discussions into initiating action, we will produce nothing of substance.

I feel that it is difficult to gain such blessings from simply attending a university. We felt that we needed a new place that specializes in hands-on learning, and where we can meet friends who are engaged in friendly competition with us, even though we are in different fields. Such a place would also need first-rate mentors who are on the front lines of implementation.

So, this club was founded. Think, act, and learn. This is the opposite of the traditional process of first learning how to do something, then doing it, and then thinking about what to do. In this club, you first join the club, perhaps wondering who you are and what you want to do. Then, you gain information as you participate in seminars and projects. Finally, you manage your own projects and businesses ideas, and through repeated failures, you acquire the ability to truly move the world forward.

The management also believes that the expansion of the circle of people is a mutual interaction. We hope that this club will help each other expand the possibilities of university life.

Tsutomu Tsuchiya
Specially Appointed Professor and Deputy Director of the Organization for Promotion of
Industry-Academia-Regional Collaboration, Hokkaido University

After graduating from Hokkaido University’s Faculty of Law, he worked as a banker in domestic and international financial services. In his mid-30s, he started his own business and has been involved in various business fields, including the establishment of an IT company.

Katsuhiko Hiroshige
Visiting Professor, Organization for Promotion of Industry-Academia-Region
Collaboration; Fellow, Nitobe College

Graduated from Hokkaido University, Faculty of Law, and joined SMBC Nikko Securities. Since then, he has served as Head of Investment Management at Cargill Financial Products in the U.S., Head of the Equities Department at Mizuho Securities, and Director of Traders & Co.

Eiji Terada
Visiting Professor, Hokkaido University, School of Public Policy

After graduating from Hokkaido University with a Master’s degree in Law, he worked at Fujitsu Research Institute, Public Consultant Division. Currently, he is a part-time lecturer and researcher at the School of Public Policy, Hokkaido University, and holds positions in numerous private and social enterprises, beginning with the NPO CAN and Winery MOI Inc.

Kota Imai
Representative Director, Element Inc.

He provides overall marketing operations and support to small and medium-sized businesses as a specialist in web customer attraction, including SEO and listing ad operations. In the future, he would like to train leaders and build teams from the field of web marketing, and provide truly necessary marketing management that integrates online and offline.