Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Tokyo, Japan · Hybrid

• Providing strategic guidance to foreign companies seeking to enter the Japanese market, focusing on the Shibuya startup ecosystem.
• Advising Shibuya Startups KK on investment opportunities in inbound foreign startups, enhancing the local innovation landscape.
• Serving as a committee member for the selection of startups eligible for the incubation program, ensuring high-quality support for emerging businesses.

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Tokyo, Japan · On-site

• Spearheading the creation of original anime content, including the innovative DQN series, enhancing storytelling techniques in the industry.
• Collaborating with tech companies and anime powerhouses to develop unique intellectual properties, driving engagement and audience growth.
• Providing strategic consulting to anime studios, fostering new narrative approaches and expanding market reach.

Jun 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Tokyo, Japan · On-site

• Collaborated with AI engineers to develop innovative technologies tailored for the animation industry in Japan.
• Conducted thorough quality assurance on AI products to ensure optimal performance and usability.
• Onboarded traditional anime creators, enhancing their creative processes through AI integration, leading to improved animation workflows.

Aug 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr · Remote

• Selected as Artist-in-Residence for the first cohort of Avaissance,an initiative to bring the artist community on Avalanche ecosystem.
• Avaissance is Avalanche’s groundbreaking new initiative to incubate the next generation of digital artists. The expansive program’s goal is to foster a space for creators to explore new ideas, leverage the latest Web3 technology, build meaningful relationships, and launch game-changing careers.

Feb 2023 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr · Tokyo, Japan · Remote

• supervising keyframe animator

Oct 2021 – Oct 2024 · 3 yrs · Greater Tokyo Area · On-site

• Metasky is a cross-blockchain web3 tooling layer that enables communities and brands to design and execute gamified bounties and utilities-charged NFTs for their followers across social media platforms.
• Backed by Sequoia Capital | Woodstock Fund

Aug 2021 – Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Tokyo, Japan

• Drawing Digital and Analog Genga and Layouts for various anime series.
• 原画（アナログとデジタル）、レイアウトなど

Jun 2018 – Jul 2018 · 1 mo · Tokyo, Japan

• Incharge of pre-production design and character design.

May 2018 – Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Tokyo, Japan

• Was in charge of the visual development and animation sequences of numerous anime series such as Hensuki, Try Knights, Yugioh Sevens, Battle athletes Restart and Kyoto Tera Machi

Nov 2016 – Mar 2017 · 4 mos · Leh Area, India

• Involved in documenting the lifestyle of Ladakhis through comic journalism in the form of a travelogue, while undertaking initiatives to teach the kids of Ladakh the basic elementary education of sciences and humanities.

Aug 2015 – Dec 2015 · 4 mos · Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Zhongdian, Yunnan, China

• Documenting the traditional and contemporary culture of Gyalthang, in the form of an art journal, while pursuing the Buddhist art of Thangka Painting.

Nov 2014 – Jan 2015 · 2 mos · Singapore

• Undertook the work as a concept artist and caricaturist at Association of Comic Artists Singapore. Involved in making commissioned comic pages for SupaCross Universe.