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Kotaro Nishigori

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Founder & Ph.D. Researcher

Tokyo, Japan

me@watagori.com

I explore how people with diverse perspectives can co-create and innovate together. Currently, I'm especially focused on collaborative storytelling as a medium of collective creativity.

Experience

Founder & CEO

  • Founder & CEO, TwinArte Inc. (Currently aiming for a Seed round)
  • Building platforms for collective creativity and storytelling

Education

Academic Background

  • Ph.D. Student, Informatics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
  • Research Assistant at National Institute of Informatics
  • Specializing in collaborative systems, digital narratives

Achievements

Awards & Grants

  • INOSE Student Encouragement Award, NII (2025)
  • HUMAI Program, The Nippon Foundation and DWANGO (2025)
  • Co-Creation Activity Support Grant, SOKENDAI (2025)