Senior Research Fellow, Human Information Research Department, NTT Communication Science Laboratories. D. in Information Science and Engineering. Specializes in tactile informatics and well-being theory. He conducts research on communication mechanisms and experience creation through the human sense of touch, as well as on the fulfillment of the human mind and behavioral changes that occur there. His main publications include "Tactile Intelligence for Generating Information" (single authored, awarded the Mainichi Publication Culture Award (Natural Science Division)), "Expressive Cognitive Science" (single authored), "Information Circular World" (co-authored), "Invisible Sports Illustrated Book" (co-authored), "To Create Our Well-Being Together" (supervised and co-edited), "Designing Well-Being Theory of Wellbeing" (supervisor). Editor-in-Chief of Fure, a magazine specializing in haptic contents