Super Creators Certified under the MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project)!

1. Outline

METI launched the MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project) in FY2000 as a program to discover and develop outstanding IT talent. This program has produced over 1,800 Creators to date. Of these Creators, some have been certified as Super Creators, in recognition of their particularly outstanding ability.

Out of the 37 Creators chosen in FY2022, 25 were certified as Super Creators, which brings the total of Super Creators to 408.

2. Certified Super Creators

In FY2022 program, 25 individuals were chosen as Super Creators in recognition of a wide range of achievements. Their creations include: an application that uses AI to analyze the video clips of football games and generate a digest version of the video clips that help football players to improve their performance; a muscle training system that utilizes entertainment elements and illusion effects that are unique to virtual reality (VR); an input method editor (IME) for translation that is capable of converting Hiragana to a given foreign language in an easy way like a Hiragana-to-Kanji conversion; and a dialogue system in which a player is able to perform a rap battle with AI. The ages and affiliations of the Super Creators below are as of May 26, 2023.

UCHIDA Ikuma (age 25)

Affiliation: First year of Doctor’s degree course, Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba Project name: Search and Analysis System for Video Clips of Football Games Using Tracking Technology

Atom Scott (25)

Affiliation: Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University
Project name: Search and Analysis System for Video Clips of Football Games Using Tracking Technology

MINAGAWA Tatsuya (25)

Affiliation: Informatics Degree Program, Comprehensive Human Science Research Group, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Project name: Computer Aided Design of Reusable and Sacrificial Molds toward Free-form Casting

KURIMOTO Tomoki (23)

Affiliation: Second year of Master’s degree course, Emerging Design and Informatics Course, Department of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Muscle Training System Using VR and Electric Training Equipment

KUROKI Takuo (23)

Affiliation: Second year of Master’s degree course, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Muscle Training System Using VR and Electric Training Equipment

MATSUDA Hibiki (23)

Affiliation: Second year of Master’s degree course, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Muscle Training System Using VR and Electric Training Equipment

YAMAGATA Masahiro (24)

Affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Project name: A system to support figure skating practice through video

ASA Daisuke (24)

Affiliation: Master’s degree course, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Project name: A system to support figure skating practice through video

INABA Terunobu (23)

Affiliation: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Project name: Kenki — Visual Note-taking Application with High Keyboard Accessibility

SHIMAMOTO Ryo (24)

Affiliation: Hinode Industrial Arts Co., Ltd.
Project name: Development of a Rhinestone Designing System Using a UV Printer

OGAMI Takuya (23)

Affiliation: First year of Master’s degree course, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Mahjong Score Analyzing AI for Professionals

NARA Ryoya (22)

Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Mahjong Score Analyzing AI for Professionals

AMANO Katsutoshi (23)

Affiliation: Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Mahjong Score Analyzing AI for Professionals

IMAJUKU Yuki (22)

Affiliation: Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Mahjong Score Analyzing AI for Professionals

AIBA Hizuki (20)

Affiliation: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course, Department of Systems Engineering, Advanced Course, Ibaraki College of the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN)
Project name: Development of an embedded system not limited in use of hardware technology

ABE Yuki (23)

Affiliation: Second year of Master’s degree course, Course of Computer Science and Information Technology, Department of Information Science, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
Project name: Web Application for Enhancing "MATSURI" festival management communities

TSUJIGUCHI Hikaru (23)

Affiliation: Second year of Master’s degree course, Course of Computer Science and Information Technology, Department of Information Science, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
Project name: Web Application for Enhancing "MATSURI" festival management communities

ITO Kentaro (21)

Affiliation: Computer Science Program, Cluster I (Informatics and Computer Engineering), the University of Electro-Communications
Project name: Development of a Statically-Typed Functional Programming Language with Union Types Instead of Direct Sum Types

TAKEMURA Hiroki (23)

Affiliation: Department of Environment and Information Studies, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Project name: Development of Translation IME and Input Method Abstraction Layer

ISAKA Yuya (24)

Affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Project name: Development of an Edge Server in which an HDC Accelerator and RISC-V are Combined

MIBAYASHI Ryota (25)

Affiliation: Second year of Doctor’s degree course, Data Computing Science Course, Graduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo
Project name: Development of a Dialogue System for Rap Battles

IIDA Keisuke (21)

Affiliation: Senior, Course of Environment and Information Studies, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Project name: Hardware Virtualization Layer to Unionize Multiple Machines for ARM Architecture

YUYAMA Daiya (21)

Affiliation: Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University; WIDE Project
Project name: Hardware Virtualization Layer to Unionize Multiple Machines for ARM Architecture

Su Zixiong (25)

Affiliation: Doctor’s degree course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Customizable Silent Speech Commands for Smartphone Input using Lip Reading

Fang Shitao (25)

Affiliation: First year of Doctor’s degree course, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Project name: Customizable Silent Speech Commands MIBAYASHIfor Smartphone Input using Lip Reading

Related Links

• Results of the Super Creators Certified under the FY2022 MITOU Program (in Japanese)

Details and evaluations of each Creator’s project are available on the IPA website below.

• Results of the FY2022 MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project) (in Japanese)

Reference: Outline of the MITOU Program

• METI launched the MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project) in FY2000 in order to discover and develop outstanding individuals that possess the creative ideas and skills needed for innovation in IT as well as the ability to utilize and realize them.
• What is unique about the MITOU Program is that project managers with outstanding skills and track records at the forefront of industry and academia find and choose individuals with potential and support their creative development.

• For more information, please visit the IPA website: MITOU Program portal site (in Japanese).

Division in Charge

IT Innovation Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau