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Super Creators Certified Under the FY2024 MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project)
Certifying outstanding young IT human resources who create new added value
May 29, 2025
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has been promoting the discovery and development of human resources with outstanding IT abilities in order to create new added value for the economy and society through technological innovation in the IT field. As part of this, METI has been involved in the MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project) through the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA). In this program, persons with outstanding capabilities among those who have completed the program are certified as Super Creators. This year, 19 individuals have been certified as Super Creators.
1．Outline
From Monday, May 26 to Thursday, May 29, METI hosted the AZEC Leading Action Forum, which convened working-level officials from AZEC partner countries, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). During the forum, participants shared their respective countries’ energy transition policies, the current state of decarbonization efforts in the power, transport, and industrial sectors, and transition finance. They also engaged in active discussions about future polies as well as challenges, aiming to materialize the three initiatives adopted at the 2nd AZEC Ministerial Meeting held in Indonesia last August: promotion of zero emission power, creation of sustainable fuel markets, and establishment of next-generation industry. To encourage cooperation through the use of Japan’s technologies, participants toured facilities related to decarbonization technologies and participated in an opinion-exchange session.
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 1,900 Creators to date. Of these Creators, some have been certified as Super Creators, in recognition of their particularly outstanding ability.
Out of the 35 Creators chosen in FY2024, 19 were certified as Super Creators, which brings the total of Super Creators to 452.
2．Certified Super Creators
In the FY2024 program, 19 individuals were chosen as Super Creators in recognition of a wide range of achievements. Their creations include: AR-based conversation support system for seamless multilingual communication; AR System for Creating Networked Experiences between Users and Objects; Agricultural spraying drone fleet for mountainous areas based on machine learning; Secure User-level Memory Management System with a Capability-based Microkernel; and Development of an Early Detection System for IoT Devices Targeted by Zero-Day Attacks.
Note: The affiliations of the Super Creators below are as of May 29, 2025.
AOHARA Hikaru
Affiliation: Program of Multimedia and Human Computer Interaction, Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Project: AR-based conversation support system for seamless multilingual communication
ITO Asahi
Affiliation: Program of Networks, Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Project: AR-based conversation support system for seamless multilingual communication
OKUDA Sota
Affiliation: Doctoral Scholar, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biomedicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University
Project: Integrated development environment for synthetic genetic circuit design
HOKAO Koki
Affiliation: Mercari, Inc.
Project: Integrated development environment for synthetic genetic circuit design
SUGA Kanta
Affiliation: Mercari, Inc.
Project: Integrated development environment for synthetic genetic circuit design
GOTO Taisei
Affiliation: Acoustic Design Course, Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University
Project: AR System for Creating Networked Experiences between Users and Objects
OTSUKA Toshiro
Affiliation: SHIKUMI DESIGN Inc.
Project: AR System for Creating Networked Experiences between Users and Objects
ISHIYAMA Ryo
Affiliation: Master’s Program, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
Project: AR System for Creating Networked Experiences between Users and Objects
MIWA Keita
Affiliation: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo / Turing Inc.
Project: Development of an optimal Japanese input system using neural language models
TAKAHASHI Naoki
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Waseda University / CoeFont Co., Ltd.
Project: Development of an optimal Japanese input system using neural language models
ARITA Tomoki
Affiliation: Master’s Program, School of Integrated Design Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
Project: Agricultural spraying drone fleet for mountainous areas based on machine learning
WADA Yuiga
Affiliation: Ph.D. Program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Project: Agricultural spraying drone fleet for mountainous areas based on machine learning
KAMIJO Haruto
Affiliation: Doctoral Program, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Project: Development of Mass-Productible 4D Fabrication Textiles
IGUMI Rekka
Affiliation: Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Project: Secure User-level Memory Management System with a Capability-based Microkernel
NISHIMURA Hinata
Affiliation: Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, School of Science and Technology for Future Life, Tokyo Denki University
Project: Development of a Trackball-Type 3D Mouse
TAKAHASHI Iori
Affiliation: College of Media Arts, Science and Technology, School of Informatics, University of Tsukuba
Project: Development of a Trackball-Type 3D Mouse
NARUSE Hiroaki
Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo
Project: Development of a Trackball-Type 3D Mouse
KUKI Ryu
Affiliation: Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University / CEO of Opsys Inc.
Project: Development of an Early Detection System for IoT Devices Targeted by Zero-Day Attacks
TAKANA Norimasa
Affiliation: Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba
Project: Development of a hypervisor that can virtualize RISC-V extensions
Related Links (in Japanese)
- Results of the Super Creators Certified Under the FY2024 MITOU Program Details and evaluations of each Creator’s project are available on the IPA website below.
- Results of the FY2024 MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project)
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 put those ideas and skills into practice.
- 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.
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