Born in 1983, Fujimoto Minoru performed as a dancer while undertaking PhD research into wearable computing at Kobe University. After a stint teaching at Tokyo University of Technology, he founded MPLUSPLUS in 2013. Harnessing his own experience as a dancer, the group puts on stage events and develops systems that enable new kinds of live performance. He was responsible for choreographing the lighting for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games opening ceremony. In 2022, he appeared on America’s Got Talent as both a director and performer. In 2023, he hosted a media art exhibition titled “Embodiment++” by MPLUSPLUS at CCBT. Starting in April 2025, he will serve as a visiting professor in the Department of Design Informatics, College of Art and Design at Musashino Art University. University.

Selected Awards

• 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Entertainment Division, Jury Selections, 2021
• The 20th AMD Award/Digital Contents of the Year’14, The Naomi Enami Award, 2015
• Tokyo Designers Week 2012, YOUNG CREATOR OF THE YEAR, 2012
• Kobe University, President Award, 2012
• Ubicomp 2011, Best Video Award, 2011
• NHK DIGISTA TEENS “Dance Movie Contest”, Grand Prize, 2011
• Asia Digital Art Award 2010 Interactive Art, Grand Prize, 2010
• The 16th student’s CG contest Interactive Category, Entertainment Award, 2010
• The Super Creator certification by METI(IPA), 2010
• Dance Complex 2010, Judge’s Special Award and Director’s Special Award, 2010
• Street Dance Contest for college students “BIG BANG!! OSAKA”, Special Prize, 2006
• Street Dance Contest “JACKPOT”, 3rd Prize, 2006
• Street Dance Contest for college students “FUSION”, Grand Prize, 2005

Born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. I worked for a film production company, an art gallery, and a publishing company. After that, I set up a planning and editing company. In 2006, I also served as the secretariat of the NPO Wearable Computer Research and Development Organization. In 2007, I coordinated an LED costume set in “Kobe Luminarie”. In 2013, I founded MPLUSPLUS Co., Ltd. with Dr. Minoru Fujimoto. Since 2022, I has also served as CFO of MPLUSPLUS STAGE Co., Ltd.

Information Processing Society of Japan Representative Member

Meals for employees I made. mplpl_eats(Instagram)

Completed doctoral program at the Nishio Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. Received Ph.D. (Engineering) in March 1998. From the same year, worked at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Basic Research Laboratories. From 2009-2010, worked at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West), Service Creation Department. From 2010, worked at NTT Communication Science Laboratories.

Since 2013, has held current position while concurrently serving as a Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University. Engaged in development work including electronic circuit board design and production, embedded software development, wireless communication protocol design, FPGA circuit design, as well as research activities such as sensor data analysis and image recognition using CNN and other technologies.

Graduated the master’s program (Study of Art and Technology ) at the Tokyo Metropolitan University graduate School of System Design (Kushiyama – Baba Laboratory). He created interactive screen system for viewer and video image in master’s program. After graduation, he joined MPLUSPLUS as first full-time employee. he working as a programmer and chief interaction designer (Software development, Interaction design and Lighting direction).

Graduated with a Master's degree from the Kushiyama and Baba Laboratory, Graduate School of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University (March 2013).

Creates various media including programming, music, and video.

During university, the electronic musical instrument "PocoPoco," which he was involved in researching, creating, and producing music for, was selected for SIGGRAPH 2011 E-tech. He was also responsible for directing and composing music for the crowdfunding and sales videos of the smart footwear "Orphe." Since January 2017, he has been working at mplusplus, engaged in video and music production.

Major Awards

2012: 17th Student CG Contest - WAGOM work "minicom" received a corporate award [GREE Award] (responsible for direction and music production)

Graduated from the Baba Laboratory, Graduate School of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University (March 2018).

Advanced to the master's program with interests in wearable computing and interactive art. At the laboratory, engaged in research on textile interfaces and wearable computing. Presented TEXTILE++, a fabric-based touch panel made entirely of textile materials. Accepted to ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 Studio (Aug 2017).

Major Awards

2017: GUGEN2017 Excellence Award

2017: 3rd ADADA JAPAN Academic Conference Research Encouragement Award

Engaged in research on activity recognition technology aimed at realizing real-world oriented wearable interfaces in the laboratory. Responsible for public relations and design for the laboratory and laboratory-sponsored workshops. Influenced by his mother, who is a clothing pattern maker, he has been interested in clothing since childhood. While in the first year of his doctoral program, he began independent production at Hoshigaoka Dressmaking School alongside his research. A person who develops systems while sometimes mending them himself, utilizing his knowledge of fashion.

Born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Joined the company in 2018. I am engaged in accounting and general affairs.

Engaged in research at the Tsukamoto-Terada Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, and obtained a Ph.D. in Engineering in March 2020. During graduate school, he conducted research on interactions utilizing clothing deformation, such as input interfaces using clothing wrinkles. His work was presented at ACM ISWC 2016 (Brief) and Interaction 2020 Interactive Presentation (Premium Presentation), among others. He met Fujimoto during his fourth year of undergraduate studies in the laboratory, and contributed to the production of LED shoes for the EXILE tour in 2011. This experience led to his current position.

In the laboratory, he directed a wearable fashion show that proposed styling using HMDs. He owns so many clothes that he can supply almost all the costumes for fashion show models from his personal wardrobe.

Completed a Master's degree at the Functional Robotics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University (March 2020). During undergraduate studies, he belonged to the Robotics Research Club and participated in rescue robot contests, being responsible for mechanism design and production. While in the laboratory, he engaged in research on improving the accuracy of trajectory control when remotely operating hydraulically-driven robots. He would operate modified hydraulic excavators using joysticks. At mplusplus, he works as a person who handles robots and everything surrounding them. He is interested in machines, systems, and humans.

Born in Kobe City, graduated from Kyoto Saga University of Fine Arts in the field of oil painting and sculpture. In my journey towards seizing new opportunities after graduation, Im interested in to street arts and installation arts after which made decision to move to Tokyo for the purpose of upskilling myself, I started learning how to utilize 3D modeling and lighting techniques etc. to create visual elements.