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Atsuo Kumaki

After graduating from dental university, Kumaiki gained extensive experience by working in 10 different dental clinics over the span of four years. On November 1, 2011, he took a significant step by founding ALBA Dental & Orthodontics. Over the next 12 years, Kumaiki's leadership propelled the ALBA Group to remarkable growth, expanding to 20 clinics both in Japan and internationally. Today, as the chairman of the ALBA Group, his influence extends far beyond clinical practice, with his activities encompassing media appearances, lectures, and various initiatives across Japan, Asia, and around the world. Kumaiki holds several prestigious academic positions, including Visiting Professor at the School of Dentistry, Indiana University, Special Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Guam, and Special Professor at Kanagawa Dental University. His contributions to the field have been recognized with numerous awards, such as the Golden Merit Award (2021), the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon (2021), the ASIA GOLDEN STAR AWARD (2022), and the International Prestige Brand Award (2023). Additionally, he received the JCI JAPAN TOYP 2023 Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman's Encouragement Award.

Chieri Amano

A first-class architect and feng shui master. After graduating from university, she joined a major house builder, where she was involved in interior coordination and design for 23 years. In the course of working on a total of over 3,800 homes and stores, she learned traditional Chinese feng shui over a period of 20 years from clients who wanted to "make a good home and improve their fortune" and "build a profitable store". She provides Feng Shui appraisals for new construction, remodeling, and current buildings such as stores, offices, clinics, salons, and residences. She also provides Feng Shui appraisal consulting and interior coordination services using Feng Shui for overseas properties in America, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. She has earned trust as a first-class architect who can provide authentic traditional Chinese feng shui appraisals, and is active in a wide range of activities, including appearances on TV programs, writing articles for magazines and the Internet, lecturing and supervising correspondence courses, and giving lectures at study groups and seminars.

Hitoshi Tamaki

With more than 12,000 dental implants placed on more than 5,000 patients over the past 27 years, Dr. Tamaki, a dentist, has played a role in providing a "zest for life". He says that through dental implants, he brings value to his patients that goes beyond mere oral care. Tamaki advocates the idea of "life implants," which allow patients the joy of eating with their own teeth and ultimately help them find a zest and inspiration in life. He also emphasizes that his treatment has the power to not only improve patients' quality of life, but also to give people hope and motivation. He further suggests that anyone can inspire a zest for life in others, not just through medical care but in many ways.

Kunihiko Saji

Reiko Nakauchi is an educator, author, business owner, mother, consultant and researcher with more than 30 years experience in education. She currently runs three bilingual schools in Silicon Valley (US), and one in Japan. She released her book "Silicon Valley Style: The World's Best Parenting," in 2020 which was ranked No. 1 in three education categories on Amazon in Japan. She also loves to travel and discover the educational needs of children around the world.

Makiko(Lily) Uneda

Developed the Japan-originated wellness method 'Ririnage®︎,' and has trained over 100 instructors in four countries to spread it. Inspired to overcome her personal concerns about her appearance, she pursued a career in esthetics, deciding at 13 and achieving international qualification by 20. After that, she worked in esthetic salons both in Japan and abroad for 10 years. From over 20,000 sessions of treatments and counseling, with approaches to physiological anatomy, exercise physiology, philosophy of success, and subconscious mind, she developed her unique method of deep self-massage for both mind and body, 'Ririnage®︎.' So far, she has taught this method to 90,000 people. With a mission to 'transform those who blame into those who Mederu (cherish in Japanese),' she conducts workshops both in Japan and internationally, trains instructors, develops products, publishes books, and works as a radio personality.

Risa Tsuruoka

Love counselor. She became deeply immersed in love from the age of three, started studying psychology and love techniques from elementary school, and has dated 100 men. After graduating from vocational school and while working at a company, she got divorced. This experience led her to realize the importance of loving herself. There, she began her career as a love counselor, teaching love techniques. Now, with the theme 'Everything starts with loving yourself,' she runs courses and online salons to help people love themselves as they are. She has consulted with over 10,000 women on love and partnership issues and has published three books, one of which has also been translated into Taiwanese. Born in 1990 in Iwate Prefecture. Representative of Cherime Corporation

Yuki Hokotate

Yuki Hokotate is a female entrepreneur and USP producer as well as the founder and CEO of Rising Sword Co., Ltd. A holder of MBA from the University of Victoria, she is a business producer with experience of 7 years in head hunting and 12 years of being an entrepreneur. “What can I do because I am me?” This is the question she has been holding since she lost a job in February, 2009, because of her employer’s bankruptcy due to aftermath of the Lehman Shock. At that time, she witnessed numerous companies firing people in the name of recession. This led her to wonder about a life dependent on a company as its employee, and she came to start her own business although she had experiences working at Japan telecom, Dell, and a head hunting firm. There, she started her research to find the answer to the question, and reached to an answer as the system of “how to monetize one’s life and aspirations“. She’s dedicated to help as many people as possible enjoy financial and spiritual freedom. Her motto is “a person can change the world as long as they have a brain, smartphone and PC. She considers Victoria in Canada to be her home away home because she was fascinated by its beautiful city view, historic scene and her lifetime friends who studied together in MBA. She always remember the abundant love shown to her way more than her expectation.