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After engaging in investment banking at Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd., he held key positions including CFO and COO at the space startup Axelspace Corporation. There, he significantly contributed to the company’s growth by managing a wide range of responsibilities such as business planning, fundraising, business development, and satellite development project management. Subsequently, after serving as CFO at JDSC Inc., he joined Nareru Group, a portfolio company of a private equity fund, as CFO and spearheaded its successful IPO.

In 2023, he co-founded LINEA Innovations, Inc. as a founding member. In August 2024, he assumed the role of Representative Director and CEO. Leveraging his strong management expertise, he is responsible for formulating management policies and business strategies, and for overseeing the entire company.

  Master of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

He has extensively engaged in research on magnetic confinement fusion, including FRC, Tokamak, and Reversed Field Pinch experiments. At Nihon University, he developed an FRC experimental device and achieved the unique success of FRC collisional merging in Japan. The supersonic plasmoid collisions, realized in his research, offer a novel experimental environment for the field of laboratory astrophysics. Furthermore, he collaborates with TAE Technologies, Inc. in the United States, and advances research aimed at realizing highly efficient advanced fuel fusion power generation.

In 2023, he co-founded LINEA Innovations, Inc. Leveraging his experience as a central figure in the FRC research community in both Japan and the United States, he leads the formulation and execution of the technology strategy.

  Professor, Department of Physics at the College of Science and Technology, Nihon University Ph.D. in Engineering, Osaka University

He began his career at NIFS, where he was involved in the development of superconducting coils for the Large Helical Device (LHD). Subsequently, he moved to Kyushu University, and achieved long-duration plasma control (over 5 hours, a world record at the time) using the superconducting tokamak TRIAM-1M. He also contributed to the construction and initial plasma generation of the spherical tokamak QUEST. In 2010, he moved to the University of Tsukuba, where he has engaged in research using the world’s largest tandem mirror device, and led the construction and plasma operation in a superconducting mirror device project.

In 2023, he co-founded LINEA Innovations, Inc. Leveraging his knowledge and experience in plasma and fusion research accumulated over many years, he is responsible for determining the technical direction and overseeing R&D.

  Professor, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba (Director of Plasma Research Center) Ph.D. in Science, Nagoya University