Co-founded HEART CATCH Inc. in 2014, and expanded to Los Angeles in 2020. Drawing on cross-disciplinary expertise in technology, creativity, and business, she has been engaged in new business production in collaboration with corporations and municipalities, startup support, communications strategy design, and the development of numerous corporate education programs. As one of the Japanese representatives of Art Thinking Improbable, developed in France, she introduces art thinking into business and innovation. She has also invested in and supported the growth of multiple startups both in Japan and internationally.

She has served as a member of the Cabinet Office’s “Open Innovation Award” expert committee and the Keidanren web3 Task Force. Currently, she is a Visiting Professor at Musashino Art University, a Forbes JAPAN columnist, and a Fellow of Shizuoka Prefecture.


In addition, she co-hosts “weeklygm”, a program streamed every Friday on Joi Ito’s YouTube channel, where she shares insights on the latest global trends in web3 and crypto.

Moving seamlessly across disciplines, she acts as a “Pollinator”, connecting people, companies, technologies, and cultures to spark ideas and collaborations that transcend boundaries.