The 2023 Nominations
A total of 122 ideas, technologies, and challenges have been nominated.
| Proposal Title | Proposer(s) | Prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Gloves That Let a Baby Lift a Truck | Konoka Inui | Hyogo |
| Morning Glory NFT: Recreating the Edo Period's Morning Glory Boom in the Metaverse | Taizo Kobayashi | Kyoto |
| e-Doctor Clench-and-Release Rehab: A Rehabilitation System for the Digital Native Era | Shota Sato | Ibaraki |
| The Chair You'll Want Someday | Misaki Ogino | Hyogo |
| Wearable Mobility MOBILE WEAR: Hyper-Personal Transportation for Freedom of Movement | Noriyuki Kawata | Saitama |
| Inclusive Quiet Room - Aiming for a Diverse and Inclusive Society - | Masako Kimura, Kenichi Ito, Ayaka Fujii, Masato Tsuboi, Hibiki Kojima, Kazumi Okawa, Keisuke Kitagawa, Yoshinori Natsume | Tokyo |
| Aerial Spider - Research on Building a Spider Web with Drones | Akito Watanabe | Tokyo |
| AI Lip-Reading Model LipX | Toru Esaki | Saitama |
| Planning and Development of an Educational Game in Chemistry Through Dialogue with AI | EGCs (Representative: Kenichi Ito) | Chiba |
| Supporting the Future of Manufacturing! An AI Image Analysis Web Service that Converts Image Data into Numerical Data | Masataka Kubouchi | Osaka |
| Energy Efficiency-Boosting Smart Clothes-Drying Rod | Mitsuhiro Iwata | Aichi |
| Energy Self-Sufficient Digital Art Wallet | Yoshinobu Suzuki | Tokyo |
| Building a Web3 Community and Ecosystem by Democratizing Crypto Assets for the Entertainment Market | goen LLC Representative: Ikuya Takashima | Kanagawa |
| A Sustainable Beverage Service Utilizing Personal Bottles Instead of Plastic Ones | Ryoma Otani | Osaka |
| Easy Bike Sharing! One-Touch Saddle | Shuyu Nakao | Kagoshima |
| "Yolni," a Smart Crime Prevention Service to Assuage the Fears of Adults and Students on Night Roads | Yolni Inc. | Tokyo |
| Moving Walkway for One | Yasuhito Suzuki | Gumma |
| Preparing for the Unexpected with Your Child! The "Asobo Platform" Originating from University PBL (Project-Based Learning) | Takako Yamada | Mie |
| A Japanese Language Education App for Foreign Workers | Shion Kuriyama, Kohaku Kamemura, Teruaki Nozaki | Hyogo |
| Kaolid: Expanding Taste with a Lid-Type Olfactory Interface. A New Possibility for Reducing Sugar Intake. | Daiki Mayumi, Yugo Nakamura, Hiroki Matsuda, Shinya Misaki, Keiichi Yasumoto | Nara |
| No More Umbrellas!!! I'm Sick of Getting Wet in the Rain!!! | Aoi Masuda | Hyogo |
| Kashiwa Vegetable Chips | Rei Nakagawa, Sumiha Makino, Serina Iwata, Rika Takeuchi, Mizuhi Okuni, Yutori Kato, Miyu Sato | Chiba |
| "Otone-dari," a System for Sharing Musical Instruments Between Virtual and Real Spaces | Reo Takahashi, Hina Yoshimori | Kagawa |
| A Helmet That Protects Both Your Hairstyle and Yourself | Shuyu Nakao | Kagoshima |
| Pre-detecting Menstrual Leakage from Sanitary Napkins! Innovative Panty Device for a Worry-Free Period | Saaya Yoshida, Yuta Takayasu, Mai Tsuneji, Naoki Nozaki | Tokyo |
| A Safer Society with Image Generation AI from Environmental Sounds | Kazuto Ikemoto | Niigata |
| Achieving More Precise Cancer Diagnosis with a Raman Probe | Mako Kamiya | Kanagawa |
| Another Earth in Orbit | Takashi Oda | Hyogo |
| App for Measuring Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Absorption of Trees | Yusei Kojima | Kumamoto |
| "FITT360PB" - A Personal Drive Recorder Worn Around the Neck for 360-Degree Recording | JBS Co., Ltd. | Tokyo |
| A Mechanism to Physically Restrict Smartphone Use While Driving, Cycling, or Walking, Preventing Users from Becoming Victims or Perpetrators | Kiyotaka Shimazaki | Tokyo |
| Presence-Generating Device | Masahiko Mitani | Tokyo |
| Japanese Archipelago Sensor Network (Unmanned, Unpowered) System for National Defense, Resource Exploration, and Environmental Monitoring | Haruhiko Shirai | Kyoto |
| A Blockchain System that Creates Environmental Value from Individual Decarbonization, Energy Saving, and Eco-Actions | Tsubasa Maeyama, Natsuki Hanamoto (FINBEST Inc.) | Tokyo |
| This is the Comedy of the Reiwa Era: "Barrier-Free Manzai" | Manu Shimaoka, Priscilla Shimaoka, Yumi Fujita | Kanagawa |
| Peace of Mind. Displaying Toilet Vacancy Information on Your Smartphone | Yuto Tada | Hyogo |
| Now Anyone Can Be Prince Shotoku! A Listening Mastery Device! | Yodai Yamamoto | Hyogo |
| Disaster-Ready Tent with Electromagnetic Shielding and Solar Power Generation | Haruhiko Shirai | Kyoto |
| A Method to "Push" Things Inside Living Cells - Towards a Future Where We Can Freely "Engineer" the "Society" of a Cell | Hideki Nakamura | Kyoto |
| SAMURAI TRUSH ~Spiritual World~ | mocoEarth Inc. | Tokyo |
| Three-Choice Board Game | Sen Horita | Saga |
| Shake-to-Charge Dry Cell Battery | Mitsuhiro Iwata | Aichi |
| Visualizing Art & Art Supplies: Let's Make Painting Enjoyable for the Visually Impaired Too | Keigo Kato | Niigata |
| Proposal for Adaptive Color Glasses to Overcome Color Vision Diversity | Eiichi Miyazaki | Kagawa |
| Next-Generation Cancer Screening Platform ~Updating from Breast Cancer Screening!~ | Hiroko Yamagami | Kyoto |
| The Insubstantial Mouse | Yuki Takeyama | Ibaraki |
| AlterLock: Mobility Anti-Theft Alarm & GPS Tracking Device | Nextscape Inc. | Tokyo |
| "Diction," a Teaching Material Nurtured by Children | Reo Yoshida, Rikii Takano, Kandai Yoshitomi | Chiba |
| GPS Speed Limiter for Cars, Motorcycles, and Kick Scooters | Kiyotaka Shimazaki | Tokyo |
| My Own Umbrella | Haru Amimoto | Hyogo |
| Spatio-Temporal AI "QTNN" for Predicting Traffic Jam Lengths | Takashi Takeuchi | Kyoto |
| Gravity-Independent Bipedal Locomotion Alternative Technology / A Wheeled Walking Robot Realizing a New "Image of a Robot" | Noboru Nirazuka | Chiba |
| Underwear Service for People with Disabilities | Toru Narushima, Atsuko Seike | Yamanashi |
| Distribution of Food Loss to Improve Breakfast Skipping in Children: An Application of the Traveling Salesman Problem | Tohoku University Dynamic Biomedical Information Application Research Group (Emi Yuda, Itaru Kaneko, Yutaka Yoshida) | Miyagi |
| Card-Type Menu [Cartabella] to Solve Multicultural Food Issues | Ryosuke Ozawa, Runa Shimizu, Ryota Taniguchi, Kae Foylin, Mizuki Yamashiro | Kyoto |
| 'New Human Resource Development ★ Neo-Artisans Earning from Age 16' Social Implementation of Learning and Career Paths Centered on 3D Modeling | ayato + Cojifano | Chiba |
| Development of a Life Video Recorder to Document One's Life | Mitsutoshi Sakuragi | Gifu |
| Sky Link | Takao Tsuchiya | Kanagawa |
| A Project to Create New Value by Upcycling Sports Equipment | Jun Yoshikawa | Aichi |
| Smart Agriculture ICT: Realization of a New Data Platform Utilizing Agricultural Robots | KISUI TECH Inc. | Miyagi |
| Sanitary Panties that Help Moms Who "Want to but Can't" Provide Sex Education | Konomi Shibuya | Aichi |
| "Glimnote," a Generative AI-Based Tool for Creating and Managing Game Worlds and Settings | Witchpot Inc. | Tokyo |
| How Smartly Do Organisms Search for Smells? Constructing a New Theory to Unravel Noise-Resistant Search Strategies | Kento Nakamura, Tetsuya Kobayashi | Saitama |
| Wind-up Digital Movie Camera | airpocket | Okayama |
| 'Arm-Wanda,' a Musical Instrument & Life-Assist Device that Expands the "Can-Do" Possibilities for Children with Physical Disabilities with a Single Touch | Genki Hirose | Osaka |
| "eat2pic" - Eat, Apply, and Be Healthy | Yugo Nakamura (Kyushu Univ.), Rei Nakaoka, Hiroki Matsuda, Keiichi Yasumoto (NAIST) | Tokyo |
| Easy Non-Alcoholic Beer Base Made with Carbonated Water | Shoichi Matsumoto | Tokyo |
| Short-Stay Room | Chieko Kohata, Lukino Nobuhara, Yuji Ai, Haruto Ishikawa, Chiharu Shuda | Kanagawa |
| Eco-Delivery Service for Local Bakeries | Toshinori Taniguchi | Gifu |
| Voice Map: An App to Put Your Voice and Feelings on the Map | Akane Koyama | Toyama |
| Consideration of a New Authentication Method Utilizing Image Recognition and Voice Input Functions of ChatGPT, etc. | Tomoki Anan | Fukuoka |
| "TELE-BOT," a Hanging Remote Housekeeping Robot | Kenichiro Mori | Kanagawa |
| Evaluating Railway Network Performance with Accessibility - A Comparative Analysis of 40 Cities Worldwide | Xianyong Yan | Ibaraki |
| "DEN-JIKI" - A Project to Turn Gold Painting on Porcelain into Electronic Circuits | Kinmirai Gakki Gendai Shibu / Gakki Lab. | Tokyo |
| Stop Muscle Decline in the Elderly and Extend Healthy Lifespans with Toilet Training! A Toilet Seat Cover-Type Electrical Muscle Stimulation Device | Masamichi Hayashi | Tokyo |
| Subtitles Anywhere | Anzu Kudo | Hyogo |
| Urban Cycling Network | Shogo Tsuchihara | Hyogo |
| Easy Shopping with the "Dona-Dona Cart"! | Kenji Hikita | Mie |
| Reducing Non-Standard Vegetables with Drones and AI - Automatically Measuring the Size of All Plants in the Field to Estimate the Optimal Harvest Date | Wei Guo | Tokyo |
| Landmine Detection System Combining Drones and Landmine Detectors | Shigeo Miyake, Takashi Tsutsui | Hyogo |
| Creating a Profitable Livestock Industry in Rural Africa by 2025 Using Japanese IT and Technology | Kenjiro Nakayama | Osaka |
| Japan's First! "Edible Cultured Meat" | Shoji Takeuchi | Tokyo |
| Human Relationship Notebook | Chihiro Nishijima | Hyogo |
| A Robot that Replicates the Human Touch and Force | Hiroki Yamane | Ibaraki |
| Neo VTuber - A New Virtual YouTuber Using Generative AI for Real-Time Appearance Transformation | Ryota Horie | Kanagawa |
| A Platform Connecting Farmers and Children's Cafeterias | CREATE AGRI Inc. Kanta Takahashi | Tokyo |
| Turning Agriculture into Entertainment to Improve Food Self-Sufficiency While Having Fun! | Azuma Oda | Mie |
| A Game of Old Maid Mediated by an EEG ~A New Dimension of Psychological Warfare Using Colors as Cues~ | Visionary Lab | Tokyo |
| "Animooo," an Instrument that Cannot Be Played Alone, Played by High-Fiving | Mashita. | Ibaraki |
| Making Bus Stops More Visually Intuitive | Shinta Kumagai, Riho Kimura, Sara Kanema, Yuta Yanagawa, Kazuki Hirowatari, Kaira Wakasa | Tokyo |
| Hack PC UI and Forge the Future! "UIcreator," a Method for Creating a New Culture | Hideyo Oguri | Tokyo |
| A Phase-Free House that Can Help People in Emergencies | Hidetoshi Shigeoka | Tokyo |
| HoooPizza | Nobuhiro Doi | Aichi |
| 【Hack Unpleasant Sounds】 How to Turn Sounds You Dislike into Sounds You Like? | Ryota Suzuki | Chiba |
| ➕・➖ Dual-Use Electric Impact Driver | Jun Yanase | Ehime |
| Development of a Pet-Type Robotic Guide Dog | Tomoki Anan | Fukuoka |
| Large-Scale Power Generation with Large Solar Panels Lifted by Helium Balloons. | Hisashi Enomoto | Osaka |
| "Bousai Kentei Sona-Que," a Service for Learning Disaster Prevention and Preparedness for Free | Kensetsu System Co., Ltd. | Shizuoka |
| Hold-Type Healing Headphones "Squirrel-kun" | Mashita. | Ibaraki |
| Self-Maintenance with Pokitto Aroma® | Yukie Goto | Kanagawa |
| Minority (Disability/School Refusal) Hometown Well-being Platform Construction | Yachiyo Ishiguro, Atsuhiro Ishiguro, MANABO ASOBO Management Office | Gumma |
| New Water-Powered Tractor | Masaru Ohori | Nagano |
| MizLinx Monitor | MizLinx | Tokyo |
| Future Home Automated Waste Sorting Device | Soshi Nozaki | Saga |
| Future Local Production for Local Consumption Project: "Energize the Town of Zeze" for the Development of the Region, and "Energize Otsu City" | Zeze Castle VR Lab. | Shiga |
| A Crosswalk Everyone Can Cross Safely | Hanae Fujita | Chiba |
| The Invincible Jacket | Ginjiro Uchiyama | Hyogo |
| The Town of Maneki-neko, Researching Marketing Applications in the Metaverse ~The Possibilities of Avatar Work~ | Haruyo Ono | Tokyo |
| Robot Arm Marionette Performance Using Motion Capture, Archiving Everything from Objects to Experiences! | Yuki Miki | Okayama |
| The Umbrella You Don't Have to Hold | Kano Yamamoto | Ibaraki |
| LED Development from Rice Husks ~Orange-Emitting Silicon Quantum Dot LEDs~ | Kenichi Saito | Hiroshima |
| Consideration for the Social Implementation of Various Analyses Using Nighttime Light Data --Toward Increasing the Social Use of Satellite Data-- | Shoichi Otomo | Tokyo |
| I Really Want to Climb Mt. Fuji! Making it Happen with Neo-Mobility! | Kenji Hikita | Mie |
| Yaruki Switch Home: A Motivation Switch Device for Your Home/Yourself | Koyo Arai | Tokyo |
| Web App to Support Entrepreneurial Communities by Visualizing Connections Between Users | Tsukasa Yada, Yuki Aida, Yuki Luke Morimoto | Miyagi |
| Harmful Substance-Converting Water Bottle | Masahiro Shimokoji | Hyogo |
| A Bicycle That Can Ride on Snow | Riko Hosokawa | Hokkaido |
| Development and Artistic Practice of an AR Camera App that Visualizes LiDAR Information: "Surface drawing" | Madoka Ogoshi | Tokyo |
| Lapis | Oi-Rakadan | Tokyo |
| Volumetric Video Dialogue System with a 3D Display | Brightvox Inc. Kimiyoshi Haitani | Tokyo |
| Lymphedema Revolution App: Saving Patients with the Neglected Disease "Lymphedema" | Potemaru | Toyama |
| Logical Operation Formula Controller | Masaya Tanaka | Osaka |
