Ryu Umayahara

Project Manager

Born in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture in 1988. Spent time on the island until entering university. After completing graduate school, he worked for D-SIGN Inc. where he was involved in building workplaces with management and employees. In his previous job, he worked as a project manager for many companies in Japan and abroad, and won many awards including the Nikkei New Office Award. He has also made camping his life's work and has traveled all over Japan. He started his own business in 2021, and has been in his current position ever since.

Makoto Tanijiri

Architect, Entrepreneur
President of SUPPOSE DESIGN OFFICE Co.,Ltd.

Born in 1974 in Hiroshima, Japan, Tanijiri founded the architectural design office SUPPOSE DESIGN OFFICE in 2000, and has been co-president with Ai Yoshida since 2014. Based in Hiroshima and Tokyo, he has worked on numerous projects in Japan and abroad, ranging from interior design to housing and complex facilities, and is also a specially appointed lecturer at Anabuki Design College, a visiting professor at Hiroshima Jogakuin University, and an associate professor at Osaka University of Arts. In addition to the recently opened "BIRD BATH&KIOSK", he has opened "company cafeteria", "superb view real estate", "21st century construction company", "Tecture", "CAMP.TECTS", "outside director", "toha", and many more.

Taichi Saito

Landscape architect, Green director

Born in 1983. Representative of DAISHIZEN, which operates SOLSO and SOLSO FARM for landscape and indoor green design. He has been involved in many collaborations with high-profile commercial facilities and architects. In 2018, he celebrated the 20th anniversary of his career and started a new career as a landscape architect and farmer, expanding his activities.

Rie Kimoto

Creative Director

Born in 1992. Representative of HARKEN Inc. Part-time lecturer at Musashino Art University. Works in business development, event and brand planning, art direction and design. Major projects she has directed include the bookstore "Bunka-Ku Roppongi", "Sandwich on the Second Floor" in the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and cosmetics. sandwich on the second floor" in the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and the cosmetic brand "&WOLF". Awards received include the Good Design Award, iF Design Award, and the Japan Typography Yearbook.

Tomoaki Machida

Director

Born in 1986. Director and Chief Producer of THE STANDARD Co., Ltd. Representative of Nakameguro Inc. Studied abroad in California upon graduation from university. After returning to Japan, he worked for a human resource service company, where he was involved in new business development and producing food and beverage related businesses. He launched THE STANDARD Co., Ltd. and has been involved in planning, producing and directing food and service related businesses. In 2021, he also established Nakameguro Inc. and is developing various businesses.

Tomonoe Oyakata / Dai Matsu

Lives in Sapporo. He is a businessman and a professional sauna owner who runs a welfare facility and a fitness club. He has been to saunas all over the world, and experienced a sauna after fasting for 5 days in the mountains of Arizona. After that, he became a natural professional sauna owner who uses oceans, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, and even ice floes as water baths. He is known as "Tonoe Oyakata" because he has been guiding executives and celebrities visiting Sapporo to a state of "tono" in the sauna. In 2017, he launched "TTNE PRO SAUNNER," a brand specializing in professional saunas, and in February 2019, he established the Japan Sauna Society with his friend, a doctor, to advocate the best way to use saunas. He is also the co-author of "Life-Changing Sauna Techniques" (KADOKAWA) with Naoyuki Honda.

Sauna Master / Daisuke Akiyama

Daisuke Akiyama lives in Tokyo. Lives in Tokyo and runs a branding and promotion company focusing on events. Since his 20s, he has had a keen interest in saunas and has experienced a variety of saunas in Japan and abroad. He has been to Finland, the mother country of sauna. He has been to Finland, the mother country of sauna, EU sauna tour to experience 40 saunas in 10 countries mainly in Northern Europe, and New York sauna tour to visit 7 saunas including fashion sauna in New York. He launched the sauna brand "TTNE", established the anniversary of "Tonoe Day", supervised "CORONA WINTER SAUNA", launched "Sauna Suran", established the "Japan Sauna Society", and established the "Japan Sauna Association". He also established the "Japan Sauna Society," produced "SAUNA FES JAPAN," "SKYTREE SAUNA," and "RoofTop 37," and supervised the "Solo Sauna Tune" sauna. Recently, he is not only sweating in the sauna, but also sweating for the sauna through media activities such as sauna production, TV, newspaper, radio, magazine, and web.