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Collaborating Members

We work by bringing together specialists from a range of fields who share our aims, forming a team for each project. "Rather than staying within a single organization, we meet the challenges of real-world practice alongside specialists from across disciplines, learning from and resonating with one another." 

LUKE（Russian Blue)

Senior Fellow

Work Experience
  Cat Mascot

Hobbies: Chasing anything that moves. Dozing by the window. Sleeping, as a general rule. Keeping my senses razor-sharp — or so I like to think. Conducting daily research into the behavior of my (human) colleagues, with a view to obtaining meals. 

Qualifications: I understand a little human language. I say "prrrp" to absolutely everyone. Otherwise I keep quiet. I have recently mastered the art of meowing like a proper cat. 

SIMBA (Munchkin)

 Fellow

Work Experience
 Cat Mascot

Hobbies: Launching full-force headbutt attacks with my (admittedly rather short) front legs spread as wide as they will go. Helping myself to the senior researcher's kibble, entirely without shame. Conducting daily research into the behavior of my human colleagues and my senior colleague, with a view to obtaining meals. Everything looks delicious to me. 

Qualifications: I gain muscle without doing anything whatsoever. Extremely shy around anyone new.

X.Y.Z.

Special fellows


For each project, we turn to colleagues working at the forefront of their own fields — medicine, early childhood education and care, nursing, elder care, welfare, psychology, nutrition, rehabilitation, pharmacy, education, public administration, IT, architecture, food service, sports, and more — and ask for their help exactly where it is needed. We are truly grateful to every one of them.

Ka. YOGI

Associate Members

Work Experience
None

Educational Background
Nursing School Student


Hobbies 

Watching YouTube, looking after my hamster, makeup, online gaming 


Qualifications 

Standard driver's license 

Ai. YOGI

Associate Members （Based overseas）

Work Experience
 Drugstore interpreter, English and Japanese Teacher for Kids


Educational Background
 National Tsing Hua University Student

Hobbies 

Watching films, studying languages, going from one dim sum place to the next, cat-watching, online gaming 


Qualifications 

Chinese, English, Korean

Ke. YOGI

 Honorary Adviser

Work Experience 
High school teacher; Bank of America Professor at national, public, and private universities and graduate schools; councilor for academic societies, among other roles Professor Emeritus of a national university; Visiting Professor Director of an NPO; Visiting Professor at a university in the United States 
Educational Background 
Indiana University Bloomington, Graduate School — Linguistics The State University of New York at Buffalo, Graduate School — Linguistics 
Qualifications 
Specialized Teaching License (English), among others
Hobbies 
Go (apparently quite a strong player). Making mysterious curries and stews. Studying, research, and teaching. Compiling dictionaries (it does take a while...). Playing with the grandchildren! Growing mysterious vegetables (herbs find their way into every dish...). Basketball (said to have once played for the local team). Ballroom dancing (instructor level, perhaps?). 

A. YOGI

Co-Founder


Work Experience 

Pharmacy; Administrative Director of a general hospital 


Educational Background 

BA in Economics 


Hobbies 

Food, beer, films, travel


Qualifications 

Secretarial Skills Certification; Bookkeeping Certification; Certified Healthcare Manager 

T. YOGI

 Founder

Work Experience
Information and communications technology company; healthcare professional at a hospital Personal trainer (cognition, learning, voice and speech, and more); in-house counselor at a corporation University lecturer; psychological counselor for public agencies; management advisor to welfare-sector companies; executive officer Clinical psychology practitioner at an elder care facility; healthcare professional at a welfare facility Supervisor at nursery schools and children's facilities; lecturer at a nursing school; and more

Hobby

 Driving, travel, DIY, basketball, whisky, online shopping, playing with cats, reading

Recent

 Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Adviser,  Director,  Educator, Supervisor

Educational Background
 Indiana University Bloomington Graduate School of Education Social Studies   　　      Kyushu University of Health and Welfare Graduate School of Social Welfare 

Qualifications

 (National)Certified Public Psychologist; Certified Speech-Language-Hearing Therapist; Specially Controlled Industrial Waste Manager; Standard driver's license; Motorcycle license; Class 2 Small Craft Operator license; Food Sanitation Supervisor; Class A Fire Prevention Manager; Disaster Prevention Manager; Safety and Health Promoter; Foreman and Safety and Health Supervisor; Responsible Person for Worker Dispatching Undertakings; Responsible Person for Employment Placement

(Public) Stress Check Program Implementer; Certified Consultation Support Specialist; Social Welfare Officer; Family Counselor; Child Guidance Worker; Mental Health and Welfare Counselor; Heat Illness Prevention Manager; Childcare Support Worker; Completed training for newly appointed nursery school directors

 (Private）Certified Sarcopenia and Frailty Instructor; Regional Certified Diabetes Educator; Lifestyle-Related Disease Prevention Planner; Japanese Language Teacher; Inclusive Society Communication Certification; Fair Hiring and Human Rights Awareness Promoter; Certified Long-Term Care Administrative Specialist; Health and Productivity Management Advisor; Employment Management Supervisor for Care Workers; Personal Information Handling (care and medical settings); Learning Therapist, Level 1; Labor Management Specialist; Internet Communication Advisor; Advanced Certified Dementia Care Specialist; Certified Member, Japanese Society of Dysphagia Rehabilitation; Dry Mouth Care Instructor; Healthy Mastication Instructor; Seitai therapist (Japanese manual therapy); Welfare Robotics Certification; Psychotherapy and The HSP Course completed; Sleep Consultant; TOEFL 603; BA in Law; MA in Social Science; Anger Management; Work and Treatment Balance Support Coordinator; Child Language Development Instructor (United States); Crowdfunding Proficiency Certification; Class 2 Dental Infection Control Manager; Food and Nutrition Education Instructor; Pink Ribbon Certification (Advanced); SDGs Certification; Yoga Instructor; Natural Beauty Stylist; Senior Employment Environment Coordinator (employment of people with disabilities); ISO 9001 Internal Auditor; Personnel Evaluator Certification; Employment Environment Coordinator (employment of foreign nationals); Telework Certification; Social Media Risk Management Certification; Healthcare Hospitality and Patient Service Certification; Advanced Google Analytics Course completed; External Instructor for Cancer Education; Sauna and Spa Professional; Smart Care Worker (Expert); Advanced Life-Saving and First Aid Course; Childcare ICT Certification (Advanced); Children's English Instructor; Toy Instructor; Workplace Supporter for People with Mental and Developmental Disabilities; Childcare Facility Management Certification, Level 1