Tohoku Tech Planter 2025

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2025 Regional Development Partners

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Grand Prix Name

The 3rd Tohoku Tech Plan Grand Prix

Location

Forest Sendai Conference Rooms 1 & 2 (1-2-45 Kashiwagi, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture)

Date & Time

Saturday, November 8, 2025, 13:00-19:00

Application period

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Wednesday, September 17, 2025 23:59

Participation Target

Finalists, partners, researchers in academia, undergraduate and graduate students, middle and high school students, etc.
*Semi-closed (held with pre-registration)
*Finalists: 12 teams (selected from entries)

organizing

Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.

timeline

13:00-13:30

Greetings from the Organizer / Explanation of Purpose / Introduction of Screening Committee Members

13:30-13:45

keynote speech

13:45～14:45

Finalist Presentations (Presenter①-④)

14:45～14:55

break

14:55-15:55

Finalist Presentations (Presenter ⑤-⑧)

15:55-16:05

break

16:05-17:05

Finalist Presentations (Presenter ⑨ - ⑫)

17:05-17:55

Judging Time/Poster Session

17:55-18:50

Announcement of Judging Results and Award Ceremony

18:50-19:30

(cultural) exchange meeting

*The program is subject to change.

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  head judge

  President and CCO, Liverness Corporation

  Inoue, Jyo

  D., Pharmacist, founded LIVERNESS in 2002 with only undergraduate and graduate students of science and engineering while in graduate school. After completing the doctoral process, he worked as an assistant professor and lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Kitasato University, an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, and a specially appointed associate professor at Keio University before assuming and concurrently serving as a professor of advanced pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University and a visiting professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University in 2018. He is a researcher and manager involved in launching joint research projects with universities and research institutions and supporting the establishment of research institutes while conducting research and development.

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  Deputy General Manager, Acceleration Team, Innovation Company Support Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

  Atsushi Maruyama

  After engaging in RM for small and medium-sized companies at domestic sales branches, he joined MHCB Corporate Planning Department in 2012, where he was in charge of overall planning and fund management, He joined the Innovation Company Support Department in December 2024, and assumed his current position in April 2025. He is in charge of planning and promoting startup support, including the operation of the membership service "M's Salon" and investment in VC.

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  President and Representative Director, Glocalink Inc.

  Yoshinobu Osaka

  He completed his graduate studies at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University. He was seconded to Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and served as a specially-appointed researcher at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, and ACCEL Program Manager at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). He was appointed President and Representative Director of Glocalink, where he remains to this day. He has a proven track record of providing hands-on support to pre-startup teams and investing in and fostering venture companies immediately after their establishment. He has been actively involved as an advisor and board member of various companies.

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  Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.General Manager, Research Planning Dept.

  Kazunori Nojiri

  Born in 1978, he joined Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. in 2013. He is assigned to Research Department 3, Research and Development Division. He is engaged in the development of rubber rollers for electrophotography, medical rubber used in syringes, and high damping rubber for seismic dampers, etc. From January 2024, he has been promoting new businesses, including institutional design of new businesses, in the Research Planning Department, Research & Development Division.

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  Manager, Development Planning Department, Development Laboratory, Taiyo Yuden Co.

  Shin Sawada

  He has studied telecommunications and industrial design in Japan and Australia, and has a career that spans three fields: planning and development, design, and IT. In his current position, he is engaged in creating new businesses that provide new values and styles to the world.

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  Corporate Planning Department, Management Division, Daiichi Rare Element Chemical Industry Co.

  Takuya Yamamoto

  Born in 1990. Born in Shimane, Japan, he joined Daiichi Rare Element Chemical Industry Co. in 2015. He was engaged in research and development of zirconium compounds in the Technology Department and was in charge of materials related to fuel cell materials and industrial catalysts.

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  Director and CFO, Metagen, Inc.

  Yoshinori Mizuguchi

  In 2015, while a master's student at the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Science, he co-founded and became a director of Metagen, Inc. In 2018, he completed the doctoral program of the same school and the MEXT/JSPS Leading Program for Doctoral Education in Information and Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Science. D. in Engineering. He served as Director and COO of the company and Director and CSO before assuming his current position. Specializes in biological tissue engineering.

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  Capitalist, Mobile Internet Capital, Inc.

  Kyosuke Kimoto

  After joining Japan Technology Trading Co., Ltd. in 2001, he was engaged in patent searches, analyses, and consulting projects, and since January 2020, at Zero One Booster Inc. he has been in charge of start-up support, in-house entrepreneurship programs, etc., mainly in acceleration programs for major companies, as well as providing support for university-launched ventures and other start-ups. He also provides start-up support for research seeds. He also worked on seed/pre-seed investments as a member of the investment team.

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  Representative Director, Lipidome Labs, Inc.

  Hiroki Nakanishi

  After working as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine (2009), an assistant professor at Akita University Bioscience Education and Research Center (2010-2011), and an assistant professor and leader of the Lipidomics Analysis Project at Akita University Bioinformatics Research Center (2012-2020), he founded Lipidome Lab Inc. in December 2018. and is the president of Lipidome Labs, Inc. He is committed to raising issues in the world and coming up with business ideas that can only be done as a researcher.

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  Director, UntroD Capital Japan K.K.

  Hajime Yamaya

  After graduating from Tohoku University and working in corporate planning at an R&D-oriented semiconductor venture, he joined Realtech Holdings (his current company) in 2015, leading the formation of the Glocal Deep Tech Fund, which will actively invest in ventures originating from the region in 2020. He aims to solve global issues and revitalize local economies by supporting and fostering ventures with outstanding technologies in cooperation with participating regional financial institutions and business companies.

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  amu corporation

  Shohei Ashihara

  

  Turning the common sense of value from fishing gear upside down with a knitting tool.

  Manufacture recycled materials from discarded fishing gear, which is also a direct cause of the ocean plastic problem. By selling the material as a brand name to companies seeking recycled raw materials, the company will create a mechanism to solve social problems through business.
• Grand Prize
  

  Eilat Corporation

  Presenter] KAKUTANI, Michiyuki

  

  AI Medical Devices Expand Possibilities for Radiotherapy

  With the mission of "saving all cancer patients through radiotherapy," the company expands the possibilities of radiotherapy with AI medical devices. By improving treatment results and workload, the company aims to spread the use of cutting-edge radiotherapy, which is highly effective in treating cancer without using a scalpel to the body.
• Lipidome Lab Award
  

  bionto Corporation

  Presenter] Hiromitsu Seo

  

  Innovative Transdermal Well-Being Products for Menopause

  The world's first armband femtec device based on proprietary iontronics technology. Solving the problems of 8 million menopausal women through transdermal administration while sleeping. Aiming for social implementation through a lifestyle-based approach that goes beyond medical treatment.
• Daiichi Rare Element Chemical Industry Award
  

  NanoFrontier Corporation

  Presenter] Katsuya Saito

  

  Sustainable Society Achieved through Nanoparticulation

  It will mass-produce organic nanoparticle generation technology that improves on the reprecipitation method to create PFAS detection reagents, high thermal conductivity cooling solutions, and rare metal-free electrolytes, laying the foundation for taking on environmental and energy challenges.
• Sumitomo Rubber Award / Mizuho Bank Award
  

  Tuggle Co.

  Presenter】Yoshimichi Endo

  

  Muscle Viscoelasticity Sensor for Injury Prevention in Athletes

  Quantify palpation with "robotic palpation" to measure muscle viscoelasticity non-invasively. This enables the detection of predictive signs of injury and training optimization, thereby reducing the number of professional athletes withdrawing from training.
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  Link F Corporation

  Presenter】Sintaro Tamura

  

  Pioneering Regional Potential with Value-Added Geothermal Systems

  Contribute to sustainable environmental measures while envisioning a future in which social and environmental issues currently occurring in the region are resolved through the steady spread of geothermal systems by creating new, region-specific value for geothermal systems, which have not yet been widely adopted.
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  Environmental Inland Water Resources Research Institute, Inc.

  Presenter] Yoshi Sato

  

  Regeneration of seaweed beds by environmentally harmonized structures to circulate life

  Nutrients that used to flow out of the mountains into the sea by following the inland water surface of rivers have become scarce, and the natural system has changed.
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  Hirosaki Child Development Support Center Co.

  Presenter] Manabu Saito

  

  Developmental assessment leads to early detection of developmental disorders and support

  Using the Hirokoha® System, a highly accurate developmental assessment developed from more than 10 years of developmental health checkup surveys of 5- and 3-year-olds, the company provides services to support the infant health checkup programs of local governments, leading to early detection and early support for developmental disorders.
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  Regenesome Corporation

  Presenter] Kengo Suzuki

  

  Biotechnology Solves the Challenges of Aging

  The RongevityTech business uses exosomes and other biotechnologies to solve health issues on Earth and in space due to aging.
• Taiyo Yuden Award / MIC Award
  

  Organelle Navigation

  Presenter] Yoko Shiba / Iwate University

  

  External energy controls the organelle

  Substances from outside the cell sorted by endosomes, which are cell organelles, are allowed to escape into the cytoplasm using external physical energy such as magnetic fields or plasma to control the function and dynamics of other organelles and cells.
• Real Tech Fund Award
  

  oberal health

  Tomoho Matsumiya / Hirosaki University

  

  Analyzing oral bacterial balance for systemic health

  The more than 700 bacteria living in the mouth are in perfect balance and affect health and disease. This book aims to clarify the relationship between bacteria and health, and to develop a world-standard method of health promotion that supports the future of the human body.
• Glocalink Award
  

  Origami Polymers from CO₂

  Presenter] Bungo Ochiai / Yamagata University

  

  Creating a New World with Plastic Origami Engineering

  Can be folded freely and stand on its own, CO₂The company has developed polymers made from polyester, which is used as a raw material for origami engineering. This will enable the creation of a variety of three-dimensional objects without molds, and recycling that can be folded and re-folded many times for use in other applications.