TEDxTokyo Talks

Rome Kanda approaches life like a samurai— head-on and with unwavering intensity. After moving to the U.S., the Osaka native soon found his calling as

Kazuto Ataka – Futurist Kazuto Ataka, the man who excels at big data and market insights, business development and strategies as well as data sc

Imagine running ninety meters on a single breath. Daunting but conceivable, right? But . . . underwater? You’d have to be a fish, a mermaid or Ai Futa

Masayo Takahashi is a researcher in the area of visual disorders. After carrying out a pioneering iPS cell clinical study in summer 2013, she was name

Kyoto-born Dr. Naoto Ueno’s avowed mission is to nurture a new generation of oncology investigators and reduce the suffering of breast cancer patients

An “X-Ray for the human heart” Mitsuyoshi has a unique background which includes becoming a doctor in engineering and pursuing research in bio-robotic

Before he turned 30, Hiro Fujita lived in New Jersey, Hawaii, Zurich, London, and Tokyo, was an all-star athlete and an advertising professional who “

Shizuka Aoi – Dancer Shizuka Aoi tumbled into the world of gymnastics at the age of six and continued it until college, leaving a great record o

Struggling people probably need music more than others. What makes Makoto Kuriya such a distinctive pianist are the soulful groove he developed while

As the co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit group Japan for Sustainability (JFS), Junko Edahiro is immersed in the colossal task of spreading environme

At some point in history, the Japanese stopped writing vertically. Nowadays, it may be rare to find people who write by hand at all. Aoi Yamaguchi is

Michael Peng - Creative Strategist and Catalyst

The drive to probe deep into a social phenomenon switches on at different ages. Maiki K. is still in her teens, but she’s already fully committed to i

Every well-run NPO needs caring, dynamic and versatile executives like Miho Walker and Amy Moyers. Before joining Living Dreams, Amy spent ten years h

Abigail Terrien – Founder of Abi Loves Sales Agency and MyOrganic Tokyo Abigail Terrien believes we can be trendy and still keep the Earth clean

Ryogen – Guitarist Ryogen uses a single guitar for his live concerts and recordings, and yet his amazing technique makes it sound like multiple