Shinnosuke Komiya / Yamico
Curriculum vitae
I’m an artist, researcher, design engineer and educator exploring cognitive human augmentation: how encounters with people, organisms, machines and virtual objects can expand perception. My practice brings speculative perspectives to questions about future technologies and society.
CV 2026 · Updated 8 October 2026
Experience
- 2026/07 – present
Project Researcher
The University of Tokyo
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
- 2024/05 – 2026/04
Project Researcher / André Hoffmann Fellow
World Economic Forum / Center for Global Commons, The University of Tokyo
- 2018 – 2025/07
Design Engineer / Chief Design Officer / Co-founder
Eukarya Inc.
Established a design and development team; developed front-end software and product interfaces.
- 2017 – 2018
Design Engineer / UX Designer
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
UX research and growth design for Townwork, a Japanese part-time-job service, with a focus on improving job search.
- 2016 – present
Design Engineer / CEO
DesignCat Inc.
Local-government marketing projects and web services for sharing design knowledge.
Education
- 2024/04 –
PhD candidate
The University of Tokyo
Interdisciplinary Information Studies
- 2020/09 – 2022/05
Master of Professional Studies
New York University
Tisch School of the Arts, Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)
- 2015/04 – 2017/03
Master of Design
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Division of Industrial Art, Graduate School of System Design
- 2011/04 – 2015/03
Bachelor of Design
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Division of Industrial Art, Faculty of System Design
Teaching & advising
- 2026
Part-time Lecturer
Aoyama Gakuin University
The Expression of Spatial Information
- 2023
- 2019
Part-time Lecturer
Tokyo University of Technology
Basic Human Computer Interaction
- 2019
Part-time Adviser / Mentor
Techpreneur Inc.
Design & Technical Adviser
- 2016 – 2017
Teaching Assistant
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Network practice class, Industrial Art Department
Awards
- 2023
ArcGIS Prize
MIT Reality Hack
Prize: USD 3,000.
- 2022
Best Demo — Epitaph of the Earth
NIME 2022
- 2022
NEWVIEW AWARD Finalist
Ambient Divergence
- 2021
First Place — Graphic Recorder
HackDay 2021
Prize: USD 30,000.
- 2018
Engine Award / Best Technical Product — Tilestone
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
- 2018
Best Growth Prize — Tilestone
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
- 2018
Tech Award — Mangaka
HackDay 2018
- 2017
Grand Prix — GROOVE
Mashup Award 2017 / Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Prize: JPY 1,000,000; approximately 400 participants.
- 2017
First Prize of Faculty Work — smarTcane
Department of Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Approximately 60 participants.
- 2016
SXSW Prize — GROOVE
The University of Tokyo / Todai To Texas
SXSW exhibition opportunity and JPY 300,000 in development support.
- 2016
JPHACKS SXSW Award — GROOVE
JPHACKS
- 2015
Best IoT Award — PetaPeta
Mashup Award 11 / Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Prize: approximately USD 1,800; approximately 400 participants.
- 2015
GeoActivity Festa Encouragement Award
Geospatial Expo / Young Participants category
Residencies
- 2022
Micro Grant Artist in Residency
FloodNet / NYU Tandon School of Engineering / CUNY
- 2022
Pratt>FORWARD Artist in Residency
Pratt Institute / New Lab, Brooklyn
Presentations
- 2025
Invited Talk — Hoffmann Fellows Showcase
Sustainable Asia Conference 2025
World Economic Forum Fellows Showcase, Main Room. Shinnosuke Komiya.
- 2022
Epitaph of the Earth
New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2022)
Shinnosuke Komiya and Tetsuaki Baba. Chosen as Best Demo.
- 2017
Development of a real time feedback system during T-cane utilization for rehabilitation
SIGAAC Vol. 2, IPSJ
Shinnosuke Komiya, Tetsuaki Baba, Youichiro Eguchi, Kei Sato and Hidenori Watanabe.
- 2015
Proposal of a body movement controlled multimedia device
Interaction 2015, IPSJ
Shinnosuke Komiya, Kumiko Kushiyama and Tetsuaki Baba.
- 2015
A new outdoor activity utilizing smartphone and insole device
ADADA Japan 2015
Shinnosuke Komiya, Hidenori Watanabe, Tetsuaki Baba, Taiga Sano and Hiroki Inoue.
Exhibitions & performances
- 2023
Yowami wo nigiru sushiya
Gallery 5610, Tokyo, Japan
Group exhibition.
- 2023
hAIku
United Nations International School, New York, USA
Invited performance.
- 2023
- 2019
Yowami wo nigiru sushiya
Yutenji Rocket, Tokyo, Japan
Group exhibition.
- 2017
Representative works
PetaPeta
A smartphone and smart-insole tag game in which walking earns points, running reveals a player’s location, Bluetooth proximity passes the role of ‘it’, and a scoreboard tracks rankings.
GROOVE
A wearable glove that connects a dancer’s movements to sound, video and light, including LEDs on the glove.
Epitaph of the Earth
A rock player combining custom hardware and software to bring the characteristics of individual rocks into an evolving musical composition.
Skills & qualifications
Practice
Front-end engineering and UX design; human-resources products and customer research; entrepreneurship, communication and collaborative product development.
Design tools
Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Figma and After Effects.
Software
JavaScript, Node.js, React, Vue.js, jQuery, Ruby, Swift and Unity.
Certification
Cesium Certified Developer (2023).