Implementation structure

The Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE) platform designed to "nurture University Startups that can change the world" is hosted by the University of Tokyo, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Waseda University and other organizations. GTIE supports the approaches made by the Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium established in January 2020.

GTIE aims to form startup ecosystems in the Greater Tokyo in cooperation with universities, local governments, venture capital, corporate venture capital, accelerators, and private companies in the Metropolitan area. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plays the role of managing local government in cooperation with a joint organization composed of 14 universities and supporting agencies for university-originated startups, and cooperative organizations composed of universities, and other local governments.

Host Organizations / Program Representatives

Someya Takao Ph.D. (Engineering)
Executive Director and Vice President, The University of Tokyo
Since April 2009, he has been a Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. In April 2015, he became a chief Scientist at RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research). From April 2020 to March 2023, he served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. As of April 2023, he assumed the role of Executive Director and Vice President of the University of Tokyo, a position he currently holds. He received the 16th Leo Esaki Prize and the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2019.
Wakao Shinji Ph.D. (Engineering)
Vice-President, Office of the President, Waseda University
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Watanabe Osamu Ph.D. (Engineering)
Director and Vice-President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
After serving as an Assistant, Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Professor, and the Dean of the School of Computing, he assumed his current position in April 2018. He also taught as a Guest Assistant Professor at UC Santa Barbara (1987-1988) and Senior Scientific Research Specialist at the Ministry of Education (1995-1997). Japan IBM Science Award (1992); Science and Technology Award given by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2008); and more.

Host Organizations / Program Head of Directors / Program Co-Director

Program Head of Directors
Tsujimoto Masaharu Ph.D.
(Public Policy Briefing & Debate)
Director of Innovation Design Platform, Office of Research and Innovation, Tokyo Institute of Technology/ Professor, School of Environment and Society
After serving at the University of Tokyo, Shibaura Institute of Technology, and Hosei University, he joined Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2010. To date, he has served as a Guest Professor at Nagoya University, Guest Professor at Hamburg University of Technology (2014-2015), Guest Researcher at ETH Zurich (2017 and 2019). Received the 2011 Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Award.
Program Head of Directors
Kagami Shigeo Ph.D. (Business Administration)
Professor, Department of Technology Management for Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo/ Deputy Director-General, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo
After working at Boston Consulting Group, Corporate Directions (Founding partner), etc., He became an academic staff teaching the Corporate Sponsored Research Program of the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo in 2002/ 2004: Professor, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo; General Manager, Office of Science Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, The niversity of Tokyo/ 2004-2013: Corporate Auditor, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd./ April 2020: Assumed his current position/ President, The Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs (JASVE)/ 2015: Received the 1st Shuichi Matsuda's JASVE Award
Program Head of Directors
Shibayama Tomoya Ph.D. (Engineering)
President, Center for Entrepreneurship, Research Innovation Center, Waseda University
As the Director of Waseda University Center for Entrepreneurship, he supports faculty members and students starting businesses. For over 45 years, he has studied disaster-causing mechanism in coastal areas due to tsunami, high tides and waves employing field surveys, numerical predictions, and hydraulic tests. He assumed the position of leader of on-site investigation teams for a wide range of disasters including the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, the tsunami caused by the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake in 2011, and Palu Bay tsunami and Sunda Strait tsunamis in 2018, established a wide range of countermeasures designed for individual states with people in the areas, and cultivated specialists capable of engaging in disaster control studies.

Host Organizations / Deputy Program Director

Miyawaki Mamoru
Project Senior Specialists and director, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo
Shimaoka Mikiko
Professor and Deputy-Director, Center for Entrepreneurship, Research Innovation Center, Waseda University/ Secretary-General, WASEDA-EDGE Global Talent Development Program Secretariat
Mashio Kiyoko
Specially appointed Professor, Office Research and Innovation, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Host Organizations / Principal

Hirata Mikito
Project Senior Specialists and director, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo
Asahi Toru
Professor, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University/ Vice-Chairperson, WASEDA-EDGE Global Talent Development Program Executive Committee
Oyobe Tomohito
Specially appointed Professor, Office Research and Innovation, Tokyo Institute of Technology President and Co-CEO, quantum Inc.

Joint Organizations

Program Representatives of Joint Partners

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Kanaho Yasunori
　(Director General of Headquarters for International Industry-University Collaboration, University of Tsukuba)
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Fujie Koichi
　(Director-General, Academic Research & Innovation Management Organization, Chiba University)
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Soyama Akihiko
　(Standing Director, Life Science Innovation Network Japan (LINK-J))
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Misawa Kazuhiko
　(Vice-President, Chief Academic Officer, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
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Arai Yukio
　(Director & Vice-President, Ochanomizu University)
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Otani Yasuo
　(Chairman, Kanagawa University of Human Services)
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Umezawa Takaaki
　(Chairperson, CIC Toranomon G.K.)
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Nomura Sachio
　(Executive Director, Shibuya Scramble Square (SHIBUYA QWS))
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Umehara Izuru
　(President, Yokohama National University)
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Osawa Masatoshi
　(Vice Provost, Association of International Arts and Science, / Dean, School of Economics and Business Administration, Yokohama City University)
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Tojo Arinobu
　(Executive Director / Executive Vice President of Collaboration, Data Science and Faculty Affairs Director-General, Institute of Innovation Advancement/ Director, Institute for Open Innovation)
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Yamagishi Koshiro
　(Executive Director, Keio University)
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Hotta Takashi
　(Vice President (in charge of research), Tokyo Metropolitan University/ Director, Organization for Research Promotion, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
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Noguchi Kazuya
　(Senior Director, Member of the Board, Shibaura Institute of Technology)

Program Co-Director

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Igarashi Hiroya
　(Specially Appointed Professor, Headquarters for International Industry-University Collaboration, University of Tsukuba)
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Daisuke Katagiri
　(Specially appointed Professor, Academic Research & Innovation Management Organization, Chiba University)
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Shiotani Takashi
　(Manager, Business Department, Life Science Innovation Network Japan (LINK-J))
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Tanaka Tsuyoshi
　(Director, University Research Administration Center (URAC), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
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Ohta Yuji
　(Vice-President, Ochanomizu University)
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Chung Ung-il
　(Director & Vice-President, Kanagawa University of Human Services/ Dean, School of Health Innovation)
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Nagura Masaru
　(General Manager, CIC Toranomon G.K.)
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Yoneyama Takao
　(Director, Shibuya Scramble Square (SHIBUYA QWS))
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Manabe Seiji
　(Dean, College of Business Administration, Yokohama National University)
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Chiaki Ito
　(Associate Professor, Association of International Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University)
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Iida Kaori
　(Deputy Director,Professor,Acting Director,Institute of Research Division for Research Innovation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
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Miki Norihisa
　(Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University)
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Yang Ming
　(Advisor to the President (in charge of research promotion), Tokyo Metropolitan University/ Advisor to the Director, Organization for Research Promotion, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
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Kose Toshihiro
　(Deputy director of Headquater, Headquarters for Promotion of Multi-Phase Industry-Academia Collaboration, Shibaura Institute of Technology)