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Super Creators Certified Under the FY2025 MITOU Program (Exploratory IT Human Resources Project)
Certifying outstanding young IT human resources who create new added value
June 4, 2026
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 Innovation Platform Agency, Japan (IPA). In this program, persons with outstanding capabilities among those who have completed the program are certified as Super Creators. This year, 23 individuals have been certified as Super Creators.
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 1,900 Creators to date. Of these Creators, some have been certified as Super Creators, in recognition of their particularly outstanding ability.
Out of the 34 Creators who completed the program in FY2025, 23 were certified as Super Creators, which brings the total of Super Creators to 475.
2. Certified Super Creators
In the FY2025 program, 23 individuals were chosen as Super Creators in recognition of a wide range of achievements. Their creations include: A Modular Social Robot Platform for Self-Expression ; Creating an XR Rehabilitation Space Where Everyone Can “Have Fun Together” ; An intuitive platform for editing and sharing content in the relational context of arts and culture; Development of an Operating Platform Integrating OS and Web Browsers Powered by Local LLMs; A Programming Assignment Grading System Based on Collaboration among AI, Learners, and Educators; Exoskeleton with a new mechanism and its ergonomic design. (Note: The affiliations of the Super Creators below are as of June 4, 2026.)
JIANG Rika
Affiliation: Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Project: A Subtitle-Based Foreign Language Learning Application for Anime and Drama Content
YOKOI Sotaro
Affiliation: Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
Project: A Modular Social Robot Platform for Self-Expression
SHITANDA Naoki
Affiliation: Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
Project: A Modular Social Robot Platform for Self-Expression
MATSUO Kento
Affiliation: SEGA CORPORATION
Project: A Modular Social Robot Platform for Self-Expression
TANAKA Sora
Affiliation: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED, Software Development
Project: An XR Application to Make Practicing Guitar Alone More Enjoyable
HIRATSUKA Shintaro
Affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, KITAMI Institute of Technology , Doctor’s program
Project: Creating an XR Rehabilitation Space Where Everyone Can “Have Fun Together”
MATSUNO Hitoshi
Affiliation: Doctoral Program, Emerging design and informatics course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
Project: An intuitive platform for editing and sharing content in the relational context of arts and culture
MAIE Ayato
Affiliation: None
Project: A synthesizer for intuitive sound design through synesthetic visualization
MASUDA Ryo
Affiliation: Not disclosed
Project: Development of Curve-Programmed Interlocking Structures Integrable with Sheet-Like 3D Printed Structures
NAGATA Risa
Affiliation: Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Project: Development of Curve-Programmed Interlocking Structures Integrable with Sheet-Like 3D Printed Structures
KANEDA Masaya
Affiliation: Not disclosed
Project: Development of Curve-Programmed Interlocking Structures Integrable with Sheet-Like 3D Printed Structures
MARUYAMA Takara
Affiliation: Information Physics and Computing Course, Department of Mathematical Engineering & Information Physics, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Project: Document Editing System for Advanced Typesetting with Intuitive Interfaces
ISHIDA Tempo
Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Engineering & Information Physics, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Project: Document Editing System for Advanced Typesetting with Intuitive Interfaces
NAKAMURA Ken
Affiliation: Information Physics and Computing Course, Department of Mathematical Engineering & Information Physics, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Project: Document Editing System for Advanced Typesetting with Intuitive Interfaces
TODA Honoka
Affiliation: CyberAgent, Inc. Software Engineer
Project: A Go Framework for Code-Based Software Design and Formal Verification
TAKAHASHI Yuta
Affiliation: Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design,Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University
Project: Development of an Operating Platform Integrating OS and Web Browsers Powered by Local LLMs
ASANO Ryosuke
Affiliation: Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design,Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University
Project: Development of an Operating Platform Integrating OS and Web Browsers Powered by Local LLMs
AYUZAWA Hayato
Affiliation: Cluster III (Fundamental Science and Engineering), School of Informatics and Engineering, the University of Electro-Communications
Project: Development of an Operating Platform Integrating OS and Web Browsers Powered by Local LLMs
TANIGUCHI Tomohiro
Affiliation: Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University / CEO, CrossLayer LLC
Project: Development of a 3D Printing Preprocessor for Robot Contests
SEKIGUCHI Yuto
Affiliation: Graduate School of Advanced Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University
Project: A Programming Assignment Grading System Based on Collaboration among AI, Learners, and Educators
SUGIMOTO Ryuhei
Affiliation: Emerging design and Informatics Course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
Project: Portable Shape Display Using an Ultra-Compact Pin Array
MIYAZAKI Yusuke
Affiliation: First-Year Master's Student at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Project: Development of a High-Performance, Fault-Tolerant MySQL-Based System
MURAKI Yuta
Affiliation: Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University
Project: Exoskeleton with a new mechanism and its ergonomic design
Related Links（in Japanese）
Details and evaluations of each Creator’s project are available on the IPA website below.
(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
（in Japanese）
Division in Charge
IT Innovation Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau
Digital Human Resources Policy Office