
Naho Yashiro
Founder & CEO
Naho founded MizLinx in 2021 while she was a graduate student. She was engaged in the development of IoT products as a long-term intern while in school. She was selected as a recipient of the Mitou Advanced Project in FY2021 by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. She has a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University.

Keinosuke Soda
Hardware Engineer
Keinosuke is in charge of hardware development at MizLinx. Prior to joining MizLinx, he worked as a mechanical engineer for a company that sells and develops underwater drones. He is a second-year master’s student at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University. He is working on underwater soft robotics as a graduate student.

Yuto Miyanohara
Software Engineer
Yuto is in charge of software development at MizLinx. He has a wide range of implementation experience from low-layer to front-end software, in addition to hardware such as mechanical and electrical design. He is a first-year master’s student at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo.

Daisuke Sasakawa
Engineer
As an undergraduate, he developed an audio navigation system for the visually impaired using object recognition and depth estimation. In graduate school, he is working on the repair of missing parts in seawater temperature images acquired from satellites. Worked as a mechanical engineer for a company that sells and develops underwater drones for a year and a half. He is mainly in charge of hardware development at MizLinx. He is a second-year master’s student at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Waseda University.

Kanato Sakama
Engineer
As an undergraduate, he conducted research on predictive image generation for video coding using machine learning. Currently working as a consultant’s assistant at a digital advertising and marketing company. (He is a recipient of the Advanced Project for Exploratory Research in 2021 by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, and is mainly in charge of software development (cloud and web development) at MizLinx. Second year master student at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Waseda University.

Takuto Kishimoto
Engineer
Since his undergraduate days, he has been involved in the development of current velocity sensors for underwater animal motion measurement, and has created new principle sensors specialized for underwater measurements. He is in charge of hardware development and sensor evaluation at MizLinx based on his experience in underwater sensing research. Second year master’s student at Keio University Graduate School of Science and Technology.

Takahiro Yamaguchi
Engineer
After working on a simulation of lunar regolith dispersal by lunar lander jets as an undergraduate, he is now working on robot movement control based on kinematics as a graduate student. He has participated in the Moonshot-type R&D project promoted by JST since his undergraduate days, and is mainly in charge of hardware development at MizLinx. He is a first-year master’s student at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University.

Shigetora Hokiguchi
Engineer
At university, he is involved in research on autonomous route planning for planetary exploration vehicles.
At MizLinx, he is in charge of hardware development. He is a fourth-year student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University.

Kyota Shimada
Engine
At university, he is working on the development of velocity sensors for water flow.
At MizLinx, he is mainly in charge of hardware development and sensor evaluation. He is a fourth-year student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University.

Wakana Tokutake
Engineer
At the university, she is working on research of control for autonomous landing of drones on ships, and at MizLinx, she is mainly in charge of hardware development. She is a fourth-year student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University.
Employee Qualifications
- Basic Information Technology Engineer (including Second-Class Information Technology Engineer)
- Chief Telecommunications Engineer (Transmission and Switching)
- Construction Manager (General Class)
- Special Radio Engineer (Land First Class)
- Radio Communication Engineer (Marine Class 4, Aviation)
- Electrician (second class)
- Hazardous material handler (Class B, Class IV)