About Us

Co-founded MSA and was President between 2018 - 2023. Throughout this period, he expanded MSA into the largest MEXT community in Japan. He currently resides in Singapore, while keeping his links with Japan alive.

A Pharmacist and Public Health Specialist. I am interested in Cancer epidemiology, my current research is focus on addressing cancer disparities and inequalities in cancer outcome.

I’m Amruta, from India currently pursuing (5yr PhD) Biophysics in Japan. My research focuses on understanding cell division errors.

Bachelor degree in biomedical engineering with research interest in molecular biology and drug discovery continued for Masters as well.

Fawaz Bagoudou is a Certified Food Scientist and Assistant Professor at Shinshu University in Japan, where he works on sustainable and healthy food systems.

I’m Zaiyr from the Kyrgyz Republic, a master’s student at Tohoku University’s Graduate School of Information Sciences. My research explores procedural content generation using generative AI. I love playing chess and traveling around Japan.

Zhengyang currently works as a private equity investor in Tokyo, In MSA, he focuses on relationship management with external parties and stakeholders from both public and private sectors.

Bala from India — a Master’s student at Kansai University researching at the Robots and Microsystems Lab, balancing research life with gym, running, PE teaching at a Saturday school in Osaka, and a love for speaking Japanese

Argentinian pursuing a Master's in Japanese Linguistics at The University of Osaka. I am passionate about helping people reach the highest levels of Japanese language fluency through a lesser-known method. I just love all about Japanese.

I’m Aditya Krishna, from India, currently studying Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (IUPE) at Kyushu University. I’m passionate about engineering innovations that drive sustainable progress and global connection. Outside academics, I enjoy judo, and exploring Japan, as well as meeting new people and learning from different perspectives.

My name is Suuri, a vice-head of MSA external team. I am also working as an assistant project manager at Colliers.

I'm Anna Cui, a Korean-Chinese born in the United States. I am an undergrad at the University of Tokyo majoring in Environmental Sciences.

Chemist and about to graduate from PhD on Environmental Education at Kyoto University. My research has gravitated towards environmental pollution and monitoring, with a recent focus on waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste). Soon working as a teacher in Nagoya, I want to spark passion for science through arts, including storytelling and videogames.

I am a Thai PhD student in Policy Science at Ritsumeikan University. Alongside my studies, I am actively working on improving my Japanese language skills and hope to contribute to building strong connections within the community. Nice to meet you all.

My name is Andre from Indonesia. Currently I am studying MBA. I have about 5 years experience as financial and operational auditor. I aspire to become consultant focusing in digital and green transformation

Hello World, This is Federico Martin Redfern, PhD. Student at Ritsumeikan APU originally from Argentina. Financial Controller in the private sector and UN-Habitat Alumn; I do research on Digital Transformation and Institutional Economics.