TEAM
Members
Haruto Nakamura
team leaderHaruto Nakamura
The Leader. Who lacks leadership skills. A man who became leader through sheer passion and boundless love for iGEM, serving as the team's driving force. He's passionate about making things and single-handedly built almost all the hardware last year. Every time he opens his mouth, internet memes come pouring out.
Taketo Ota
wet leaderTaketo Ota
Team's experiment leader. His dedication to iGEM is second to none within the team. He has a very gentle nature, but occasionally reveals a hidden madness.
Mayu Kataoka
Wiki leaderMayu Kataoka
She travels for good coffee and is passionate about beans and latte art. Planning to open a coffee shop soon. Seems quiet but makes outlandish comments—the leader said, Mayu says strange things sometimes. Always refused to dye her hair but recently started. Want to see bizarre colors for a flashy hair army in iGEM Kyoto team.
Hiroaki Yagi
modeling leaderHiroaki Yagi
He is the leader of the Dry department and has a dry personality. He is a military strategist of the team who goes to work when his team is in a pinch. He is prepared for jet lag and often wakes up at 3:00 in the afternoon. He loves mathematics and programming, and organizes independent mathematics seminars, and is looking forward to having more independent seminars after iGEM is over.
Kazuma Yabuki
wetKazuma Yabuki
He has a deep love for protists and has been captivated by the vastness of the protist world and their fascinating nature as living organisms. Since then, He has been dedicating myself to research every day. He's also passionate about the board game shogi and continue battling online to prove that my tactics are superior to all others. In iGEM, I'm highly trusted by everyone thanks to my contributions in research and experiments.
Mari Hashimoto
accounting,wiki,HPMari Hashimoto
She's a rare breed among iGEMers—someone who never misses a deadline and always submits work early. Beyond iGEM, She's also active in speed skating and the dance research club, with monster-level stamina to match. Her schedule is so packed that it's genuinely concerning to watch—you wonder when he ever finds time to rest.
Haruki Minamiyama
public relationsHaruki Minamiyama
He's a photographer who's great at bringing out people's best sides—he actually took all the team member photos. He loves big challenges, which is why he joined iGEM. He might look a bit flashy, but he's really a good guy you can count on.
Moe Baba
design,wikiMoe Baba
She is a gifted violinist with a strong curiosity about many things. Her schedule is always full, and she tackles each day with great energy. Despite her busy life, she listens carefully to others and expresses her own opinions clearly. At iGEM, this balance has earned her the trust and respect of the whole team.
Yota Oka
wet,HPYota Oka
He's a biophysics-loving undergraduate science student with a passion for sake and sweets. As the researcher on his team, he's also dedicated to his personal research, aiming to publish a paper as the lead author before he graduates. His one wish is that Japan's four seasons would disappear and be replaced by a perpetual winter.
Taiyo Okayama
modelingTaiyo Okayama
He is a key member of the dry team, contributing to modeling by applying his physics knowledge. Unusually for the team, he possesses common sense and can build good relationships with anyone. His special talent is solving Rubik's cubes in under 40 seconds.
Taichiro Oda
modelingTaichiro Oda
He is an inventor. He loves fish and makes his own fishing rods at home. He also uses a 3D printer to create tools needed for experiments studying fish behavior. Additionally, he seems unable to suppress his urge to go mad, and cries can be heard from him at times.
Saya Nitta
HP,wet,wikiSaya Nitta
She is the ace among the first-year students on our team. Tirelessly tackling even the most difficult research tasks, she not only delivers both quality and quantity, but also supports her teammates generously. Her contributions are truly invaluable. Despite being such a 'super freshman', she sometimes surprises us in the best way. For example, one day she casually said, It's no big deal to walk to Kyoto Station from here, right?. That kind of remark makes everyone pause—but it's all part of her unique charm.
Riku Ogawa
wet,HPRiku Ogawa
Adorable. Calming. Even though he got a tan after starting university, he's still incredibly cute. His gentle Kansai dialect is also charming. He is a reliable person who is not only strong in biology, as a representative candidate for the Biology Olympiad, but also in chemistry. He is also a very popular YouTuber and a member of the science communication YouTube channel, Aurora Science. Adorable.
Yoshino Goto
wet,HPYoshino Goto
A shogi-loving, jogging enthusiast—and the only member from the Faculty of Letters in iGEM! She's the one who came up with this project's title, proving her literary talent beyond doubt. Fueled by matcha parfaits and curiosity, she's a morning person with a soft spot for retro pop culture!
Yusei Nishizaka
wet,HPYusei Nishizaka
Despite being a physics student with no biology background, he's actively working hard on iGEM activities. As a pharmacy student, he's a junior of former leader Kiriyama. He played table tennis in high school but gave up sports to join iGEM. His hobby is gaming, particularly Puzzle & Dragons.
Yuki Wakita
wikiYuki Wakita
He is a first-year Engineering (Informatics) student in the Tanka Poetry Club and Heimat Choir. He is also an eloquent speaker who boldly voices his opinions. While his academic diligence may be questionable, he puts tremendous effort into his interests. Fluent in multiple languages including English and Chinese, he's an ideal international citizen. Despite struggling with biological background knowledge due to his physics-chemistry high school focus, he supports iGEM by handling wiki creation.
Risa Koreeda
wetRisa Koreeda
She's an outgoing person, the sunshine of the iGEM Kyoto team. Originally from Osaka, she has a great sense of humor and is always making people laugh. She is very interested in cancer immunology and also plays on the tennis team, leading a very fulfilling life. She also loves visiting temples and shrines, with Nanzen-ji Temple being her absolute favorite.
Rika Nishida
wet,HPRika Nishida
She's an entrepreneur who founded a cooking club. She's a very active person, balancing a tea ceremony club and part-time jobs, but she tends to over-schedule herself, sometimes leading to overwhelm and burnout! Also, since she's a beginner in biology, she apparently struggles to keep up with conversations in that field.
Taisei Sakurai
modelingTaisei Sakurai
He is incredibly knowledgeable for a first-year student, and whenever we ask him questions, he always responds kindly. The other members count on him, but he also has a great sense of humor. He often makes everyone laugh with funny stories and jokes. Although he's not old enough to drink alcohol, he once made us laugh by jokingly recommending wine to us.
Kaito Igeta
modelingKaito Igeta
He is a first-year student in the modeling team with a strong interest in physics and mathematics. For iGEM Kyoto, he primarily researches topics related to mathematical modeling, but lately, he've also been involved in plasmid design, supporting the project's progress both directly and indirectly.
Tomoaki Asai
wet, modelingTomoaki Asai
He's primarily responsible for modeling, reading papers for research and developing mathematical models. Despite choosing physics and chemistry in high school and only starting biology in university, he's mastering biology at an incredible pace. He also participates in wet lab work, learning experimental skills and rapidly expanding his biological expertise. Beyond academics, he has interests in the arts and is actually a member of both the art club and music research society.
Jiale Song
researchJiale Song
He is a genuine field worker. Most of his time is occupied with insects and other living things. In his spare time, he travels to the fields and mountains all over Japan, his lightness of footwork like that of his beloved lepidoptera flying freely in the sky. His outlandish words and deeds always surprise us.