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Editor, writer, and project facilitator based in Oita, Japan.

After working as a regional newspaper journalist, I joined BEPPU PROJECT, an NPO working in contemporary art and related fields. I was involved from the planning and operational side, focusing mainly on initiatives to foster collaboration between small businesses and designers: running a web media platform, organizing design events, and providing intermediary support for collaborative projects.

I went independent as an editor in 2022. Since then, I've been involved in a wide range of projects: planning, editing, writing, and project management working with companies, welfare organizations, public bodies, designers, and more. The teams and the work vary considerably, and so does my role, but putting things into words is always at the centre of what I do.

Making the final work as good as it can be matters, of course. But I also care about the process: about creating conditions where everyone involved can bring their strengths, and sometimes step beyond their usual role, so that the work grows through collaboration. And somewhere at the root of it all is an interest in the small frictions and unquestioned assumptions of everyday life, and in nudging them, gradually, toward change.

Based in Oita, I work mainly across Kyushu, but please feel free to get in touch wherever you are.