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EDUCATION
2019 - 2020 : European School of Urban Game Design [Athens, Greece & Amsterdam, Netherlands]
2016 - 2018 : Delft University of Technology - MSc in Interaction Design [Delft, Netherlands]
2012 - 2016 : Keio University - BA in Environmental Information [Shonan, Japan]
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2023 : Watershed — Playable City Commission [Bristol, United Kingdom]
2022 : Civic Creative Base Tokyo — Artist Fellow [Tokyo, Japan]
2022 : Mozilla Technology Fund — Awardee [Global]
2021 : Artsformation EU [Europe]
2020 : Creative Industries Fund NL — Talent Development Fund [Amsterdam, Netherlands]
2018 - 2021 : Waag Future Lab — Research Fellow [Amsterdam, Netherlands]
2018 : Design Indaba — Global graduates [Capetown, South Africa]
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024: FACT Liverpool — ART PLAYS GAME [Liverpool, UK]
2024: Taipei Digital Art Festival [Taipei, Taiwan]
2023: Arts Maebashi 10th anniversary Exhibition — New Horizon [Maebashi, Japan]
2023: Busan Sea Art Festival 2023 [Busan, South Korea]
2023: ICC Kids Program 2023 [Tokyo, Japan]
2023: Now Play This — A Festival of Experimental Game Design [London, UK]
2022: V&A Digital Design Weekend [London, UK]
2022: EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE [Berlin, Germany]
2022: 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT — Future In-sight [Tokyo, Japan]
2021: Matsudo International Science Art Festival [Matsudo, Japan]
2021: ARS ELECTRONICA — STARTS PRIZE Exhibition [Linz, Austria]
2019: Red Dot Design Museum Xiamen — Social Design Exhibition Asia [Xiamen, China]
2019: Kunsthal KAdE — Balancing Acts [Amersfoort, Netherlands]
2018: Victoria & Albert Museum — Future Starts here [London, UK]
2016: London Design Museum — Designs of the Year [London, UK]
AWARDS
2024: S+T+ARTS Prize 2024 — Honorary Mention : How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car
2021: S+T+ARTS Prize 2021 — Nomination : TheirTube
2019: Mozilla Creative Media Awards 2020 : TheirTube
PUBLICATIONS
English
2021: Goethe-Institut -“Fish discovers water last”: Designer Tomo Kihara in interview
日本語
2024: WORKSIGHT 22号 ゲームは世界 A–Z World is a Game
2022: グラフィック社 - 来るべきデザイナー 現代グラフィックデザインの方法と態度
2020: WIRED.jp フィルターバブルを“体験”可能にする「TheirTube」
2019: BNN社 SPECULATIONS 人間中心主義のデザインをこえて
2018: WIRED.jp 「ものごい」の代替手段 : ストリートディベーターという職業が、路上生活者を社会復帰に導く
ACADEMIC PAPERS
2019: DIS - San Diego : Designing and Prototyping from the Perspective of AI in the Wild (Full Paper)
2019: CHI - Glasgow : Designing an Escape Room in the City for Public Engagement with AI-enhanced Surveillance (Late Breaking Work)
2018 CHI - Montreal : Connected Resources: A Novel Approach in Designing Technologies for Older People (Late Breaking Work)
TEACHINGS & WORKSHOPS
2023: < Guest Lecture > Chicago University — Department of Computer Science [Chicago,USA]
2022: < Workshop > Columbia University — MA in Global Thought [New York, USA]
2022: <Guest Lecture> Haute école d'art et de design Genève — MA Media Design [Genève, Switzerland]