One Junior World
2025 Leadership Camp

Associate Professor of Global Studies, College of International Studies, Akita International University.

Ph.D. in Sustainability Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo.

He is a Visiting Scholar at the Asian Centre, University of Pretoria, South Africa.Specializes in sustainability studies, development studies, and urban planning in a society with declining population. While traveling back and forth between Akita and rural South Africa, he has been working on the development of a methodology for community development called “Translocal Learning,” which is born out of encounters between entities from different climates.

Born in Iwate. He is a graduate of Akita International University’s Graduate School of English Language Teaching (ELT) and currently teaches courses such as Academic Writing and TOEFL Preparation Course in the university’s intensive English program.

His areas of expertise are foreign language teaching methods with an emphasis on academic English education, and his teaching and research focus on academic writing and research skill development.

Born in Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture, she holds a J.S.A. Sake Diploma, WSET SAKE Level 3, and is an SSI International Sake Instructor.

Studied environmental tolerance mechanisms in rice plants at the University of Tokyo and the University of Tokyo Graduate School. She fell in love with sake during her college years and was Miss Sake Ibaraki Representative in 2018. After working at Goldman Sachs, she founded Iris Inc. in July 2022 to contribute to the increase of Japanese sake consumption through regional tours.

Born and raised in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. During university, he participated in One Young World, so-called Young Davos Forum, which is attended by over 190 countries’ youth change makers. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, joined Japan’s leading entertainment company Amuse Inc. In the department directly under the chairman in charge of new business, he was in charge of establishing an inbound team.

In 2019, he established World Road to create education and opportunities to open up a ‘Road’ to the ‘World’ for people, utilizing a network of more than 196 countries to provide education and corporate training programmes on global leadership, sustainability and career themes, as well as PR and organizational consultancy in the public, private and academic sectors.

Kiyoka has lived, studied and worked in the United States, Japan, and Sweden. These diverse experiences have shaped her perspectives and inspired her passion for driving positive change through education and global citizenship. Currently, she leads the education programs at the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, partnering with academic institutions to provide students with opportunities to explore international business and cross-cultural understanding. She collaborates with companies, government agencies, and industry leaders to contribute to advancing the international business ecosystem in Japan.

A 2023 graduate of International Christian University, Kiyoka is a One Young World Ambassador, Associate Leader for the US-Japan Council, and World Economic Forum Global Shaper.

Currently enrolled in the Global Liberal Arts Program at Rikkyo University. President of BRIDGE CLUB Japan of the Asia Pacific Children’s Conference in Fukuoka, a non-profit organization in Fukuoka City.

She was dispatched to Bhutan, Thailand, and Taiwan as a child ambassador by the same organization, and studied abroad in Canada by herself as a junior high school student.

This fall, she will attend the 57th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. She continues to engage in international exchange activities, making use of the international sense she has cultivated through her experience and the connections she has made with colleagues from around the world.