My research investigates how digital communication can restore authenticity and empathy in a media environment increasingly shaped by modern society’s intensified attention economy and pursuit of the spectacle. By integrating semiotics, artificial intelligence, and media design, I develop frameworks and AI-assisted tools to analyze communication fidelity and detect miscommunication risks. This approach offers new methodologies for understanding and improving authentic and empathetic human–technology communication, ultimately supporting cross-cultural and global collaboration in the post-digital era.

I aim to pursue a career that bridges two complementary roles: as an educator and researcher in media, design, and communication at a university, and as a new media and communication curator within museums or art centers. Through these dual paths, I hope to advance critical media literacy and empathetic communication in academic settings, while fostering innovative applications of media and communication technology in artistic and cultural contexts.

Design Researcher in the fields of social innovation, futures studies, speculative design and policy design.

Research Subject:
Empathic Design between User and Virtual Avatar based on User Experience

Purpose of the Research:
This research will focus on designing a unified service interface where virtual avatar shares affective presence with the user beyond its competency through empathy as a substantial experience of the interaction. This research aims to develop emotional interaction between user and virtual avatar to allow natural expressiveness in the service assistance. The efficacy of emotional connection, satisfaction and desirability performance transferred will be assessed by studying the relationships among emotions, mental models of sociability and human-computer communication behaviour. At the end, this research seeks to construct an interactive assistant with a purpose of ability to check on user’s implicit emotional state and fulfil user’s impulsive decision.

Career Prospects:
I would like to pursue a career as a researcher and a designer focusing on leveraging community engagement in the industry. I aim to work in the entertainment industry in Japan.