Mr. Tomohisa Ishii
President and Representative Director, Ishii Seisakusho Co.

After graduating from university, he joined Ishii Seisakusho in 2013.
She was engaged in business management and planning in the Administration Department. During this time, he met many of his company's employees and farmers in Japan, and witnessed firsthand the difficulties they were facing in their lives and future. At that time, he decided to create an environment where citizens and farmers living in Sakata can work and live with peace of mind.
In 2015, his company was destroyed by fire, and he was asked to rebuild the company and became its representative director. After reviewing management, training, and improving work styles, the company returned to profitability three years after the fire and received an award as a Youth Yell Company, among others. He also developed and promoted rice farming labor-saving technologies, such as dense seedling technology and uncoated seeding technology, and was involved in the promotion of these technologies within the company as well as in activities to spread them throughout the country. He has contributed to the expansion of the scale of rice cultivation and improvement of profits by helping rice farmers in Japan to save labor.

Kazuhiro Yoshida
Director and CPO, Liverness, Inc.
Director, Nariko Seimitsu Co.

He began his internship at RIVANES Corporation in 2004 and became a director of the company in 2009, focusing on the Osaka office opened in 2006, and the Osaka headquarters in 2018. Since the same year, he has concurrently served as Director of Seikou Seimitsu Corporation (current position) and Director of Kibata Keiki Seisakusho Corporation (~January 2022), focusing on the activities of the manufacturing open innovation center at the two companies.

Mr. Jun Zeze
President and Representative Director, Humanome Research Institute, Inc.

D. in Science. D. in Science. He has served as Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Associate Professor at Ochanomizu University, Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Research Team Leader at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) before assuming his current position. He specializes in the development of machine learning and mathematical statistics methods and large-scale data analysis in the life sciences, and is involved in projects in a variety of fields aimed at social implementation.

Ms. Sayuri Goryoda
Assistant Professor (PI), Laboratory of Integrated Food and Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University

D. from Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Engaged in research at Harvard School of Public Health, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, and Tsuji Culinary Education Institute, Inc. He developed a system to change eating behavior from the shopping stage using behavioral economics methods such as nudges, etc. He received the 47th Liberace Research Fund Hyperdifferential Society Award in 2020 and moved to Shonai in April 2020. He established SABE, an organization that provides information on how to protect oneself from disease by eating in a way that takes into account individual differences and supports new farmers, and was awarded the NIPPON FOOD SHIFT by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. He specializes in preventive medicine and behavioral science, but he is also a chef and a farmer, and is using his background to tackle various social issues with food as a starting point.

Ms. Kanako Sato
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Non-Profit Organization Genki Oukoku
Sakata City Industrial Promotion and Town Development Center Sanroku Concierge

Graduated from Chuo University, Faculty of Economics. 1 year of part-time work at a sports club, followed by 1 year in New Zealand. After spending a year working at a sports club, he spent a year in New Zealand and returned to Sakata. Currently, he is the president of Togashi Sports, an outdoor sports store, and the chairman of "NPO Genki Oukoku," which supports health promotion through exercise and sports. In 2018, he also became a concierge at the Sakata City Industrial Promotion and Town Development Center (Sanroku). His life's work is to promote health through outdoor fields in Shonai.

Hikaru Tsukagoshi
Research and Development Division, LIVERNESS Co.

M.S. (Agriculture), Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Master of Agriculture. Specialized in microbiology, enzymology, and agrochemistry. After working for a consulting company, he joined RIVANES in 2015. He has worked in the Human Resource Development Division and the Research and Development Division. Since joining the company, he has been involved in a number of "RIVANES Research Grants," a research grant program for young researchers, building partnerships between academia and companies, and at the same time supporting social implementation of research results. Under the theme of "creating opportunities for people to change through research," he is currently making efforts to create a place where knowledge can be fused across fields and organizations and new research can be created, centered on the "Association of Super-Different Fields.

Mr. Hiroshi Matsumoto
General Manager, Service Innovation Division, BIPROGY Corporation

After joining the company, he worked as a sales representative for JA system financial institutions and regional financial institutions, focusing on mission-critical systems. Currently, he is also in charge of postal business, home delivery logistics, school education and childcare, entertainment business, and other areas. He is also a director of Uniadex, a group company, and a board member of a certain inbound organization. He promotes the digitalization of business in all industries, aiming to improve convenience for consumers and revitalize industries.

Hisamichi Endo
Representative Director, Farm Teitaro Co.

Farmers" produce crops in the Shonai Plain, a well-known rice-growing region in Yamagata Prefecture. The farm is a family-run business run by a couple with three siblings and their parents who grew up in the rich natural environment of Shonai, plus local residents, silver workers, and young staff interested in farming.
In January 2022, the Shonai Agribusiness Research Group was established as the lead organization and began research activities. To date, the group has promoted research and development on upcycling and improving production efficiency and high value-added production by utilizing waste vegetables.

Mr. Shigeya Onogi
President and Representative Director, Daisho Kanayama Ranch Co.

Joe Inoue
CKO, President and Representative Director, Liverness, Inc.

D., Pharmacist, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, founded REVANES in 2002 with only undergraduate and graduate students of science and technology while in graduate school. After completing the doctoral process, he worked as Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Kitasato University, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, and Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Keio University, before assuming and concurrently serving as Professor of Advanced Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University from 2018. While conducting research and development, he has been involved in launching joint research projects with universities and research institutions and supporting the establishment of research institutes. He has also been involved in the launch of many venture companies and serves as an advisor.