Summary
Tomohito Yamazaki is an interdisciplinary education technologist, data scientist, and full-stack engineer with 13 years of experience bridging cognitive science and practical learning design. As CEO of Hokkisha, senior researcher at Keio SFC, and a doctoral candidate researching metacognition, he combines rigorous quantitative methods (including econometrics and Bayesian modeling) with hands-on EdTech development and school-level practice. He has led inquiry-based learning initiatives at Tokyo Community School and founded an inquiry-focused programming school, translating classroom insights into scalable web systems for an EdTech AI startup. A Google for Education Certified Innovator and community builder, he organizes international practitioner–research networks (ABLE) and runs workshops that help educators operationalize adaptive and project-based learning. He also consults with major corporates and agencies on research design and data-driven strategy, often deriving high-value insights from behavioral logs and subjective difficulty measures. Notably, his work couples classroom-level intervention experience with production-grade engineering, enabling direct implementation of research findings into educational products.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Media and Governance, Cognitive Science, Master of Media and Governance, Cognitive Science at Keio University