Theme: 兆 -Kizashi-

Are you walking toward the future with confidence?

I have thought and decided all things by myself.
I have never worked in the community so far.

When I was 22, I started to be involved in TEDx because I was interested in making presentations.
However, I felt like broadening view of the society and world as I interacted with people of different ages, jobs and backgrounds.

“There are such great technologies.”
“There are such different ways of thinking.”
“There are such new values and world views.”

All was new to me and maybe I couldn’t get them if I wasn’t there.

I guess the feeling of broadening view of the society and the world is the sign of broadening the world view of mine.

Of course, just the “sign” is not enough. You need the effort to advance, if you want to change.

However, I can step forward with confidence, because there are these signs which broaden my possibility.

We call these signs which broaden our possibility, “Kizashi”.

TEDxYouth@Kobe creates “Kizashi” which broaden possibility with staffs, participants, partner companies and all the people involved.

TEDxYouth@Kobe
Ryo Okube

XEBEC Hall
7-2-1, Minatojima Nakamachi, Chuo-ku
Kobe, Hyôgo, 650-0046
Japan

esquisse

“esquisse” is an architectural group of two college students, Yurie Kibi from Tokyo University and Kyoko Tsuzuki from Tokyo University of the Arts. With their motto “Anata to kenchiku shitai (We want to construct with you.),” they are trying to connect “people/society” and “architecture.” Taking advantage of their unique ways of grasping cities/spaces and of processing ideas, this student union designs anything like a piece of paper, even a city, with their unique and eye-opening perspectives of the world. They send messages through their works. They ask us “What does construction mean to the world?” or “How is a place produced?” By doing so they are trying to redefine “Kenchiku (Architecture).”

wasabi

An original life is the envy of all, but it is not easy to live an original life. wasabi chose to make her living as an freelancer by going off from the typical Japanese way of joining a company right after her graduation. She shares how she found her way up there?

Hideki OTA

At the age of 20, he went into his first business named Tadacopy, which provides photocopy service free of charge by printing ads on the backside of copy papers. He co-founded Oceanize, inc. of that business. After that, he left the company and traveled around the world for about 2 years. During the journey, he promoted “Samurai Backpacker Project”, aiming “encouraging Japanese younger generation to be active globally and internationally”, and met over a thousand of local business people and Japanese business people working outside of their native countries. He launched his second business School With Inc., and is currently operating a review site of English language study in foreign countries like Philippines. He keeps on his efforts every day to globalize Japanese people more, and to make a difference in a Japanese market of overseas language study.

Megumi YUZUKI

YUZUKI Megumi started dancing from her early childhood, and she has thirty-three years’ experience as a dancer. Describing her dance as an expression of her soul, she has been performing her dances that express her human essence and conducting her activities to pass her dances down to her others. What is she appealing to us through her destination “Pole Dance”?

Nobukatsu OKUBO

Laughter Yoga Leader

In his university days, OKUBO Nobukatsu put himself into studying of "laughter". When he was 20 years old, he became a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader. In 2014, he met the founder of Laughter Yoga, Dr. Madan Kataria, in India, and Dr. Kataria brought out OKUBO’s talent for Laughter Yoga. This spurred him to a new career as a Laughter Yoga Teacher. After he resigned as a private secretary to a member of the Lower House of the Diet, he turned a professional Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. With his motto “Let’s create the world everyone can laugh!” he is now devoting his energies to his work in order to convey to people the greatness of influence that laughter gives – not only on oneself who laughs but also on people around him/her.

Shoko TAKAHASHI

After she graduated from Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University in 2010, she completed her Ph.D. at Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. In June 2013, while she was studying at the graduate school, she founded Genequest Inc. which provides genome analysis service using DNA chip. It is the first Japan-based large-scale individual gene analysis service, which allowed to provide clients with gene information on risks and predispositions related to diabetes and other lifestyle diseases. Now, her attempt is drawing attention from both fields of business and research.