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The presentation judging for the business contest "TEIKYO Startup Award" was held atKasumigaseki Campus

On Friday, March 13, 2026, the presentation judging for the business contest "TEIKYO Startup Award" was held at Teikyo University's Kasumigaseki Campus.
Teikyo University has been selected for the "University-Based Startup Creation Support Project" implemented by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in fiscal year 2025, and is working on various measures to become a hub for creating startups with practical and innovative technologies. This contest was held as part of that project, targeting Graduate School and graduate students, faculty and staff, and alumni who are interested in entrepreneurship.
In the presentation judging, finalists selected through document screening presented their business ideas, which they had refined through repeated testing of their research results and ideas toward commercialization. In addition, there was a "Senior Entrepreneur Pitch" by faculty members of the university with entrepreneurial experience, in which they shared their experiences leading up to starting a business and presented the products and services that their companies actually provide, while also offering encouragement to participants who aspire to start their own businesses.
At the awards ceremony held towards the end of the contest, the finalists who achieved outstanding results were presented with certificates of commendation and grants of support to be used for commercialization and social implementation, by the university's Chairman the Board, Yoshihito Okinaga.

Teikyo University will continue to support startups in order to commercialize and implement the research results and ideas of its faculty, staff, and students.

program

• Presentations by finalists
• "Senior Entrepreneur Pitch" by venture entrepreneurs originating from Teikyo University
• Announcement of the results and awards

Finalists and project names (in order of appearance)

• Chiaki Ito (Teaching Associate Department of Medicine School of Medicine
  "Self-Protection Salon ~Transforming Health Checkups into Action. Your Personal Health Partner~"
• Hiroki Otani (Professor Department Department of Radiological Technology Faculty of Medical Technology)
  "Development and social implementation of radiopharmaceutical absorption sheets aimed at reducing radiation exposure risk in nuclear medicine therapy"
• Kotomi Yamamoto (1st year Graduate School of Public Health)
  "Transforming Life into Value – A Social Infrastructure Concept Where Creativity Creates a Chain Reaction"
• Tsubasa Sakamoto (2nd year, Faculty of Economics)
  "Animage"
• Mayuko Hanazaki (4th year student, Faculty of Medical Technology)
  "Re:care"
• Kanta Kuma (3rd year student, Faculty of Fukuoka Medical Technology)
  "Using private ambulances increases survival rates!!"
• Mei Oikawa (4th year student, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
  "Supporting the safety of cosmetic medicine through our platform."
• Toshimitsu Takanashi (Associate Professor Emergency Medical Technician Course Department Department of Sport and Medical Science Faculty of Medical Technology)
  "Transforming Emergency Medical Education: Development of a Wearable Venous Access Trainer – A Strategy to Increase Practical Training Opportunities"
• Towa Nanikawa (3rd year, Faculty of Economics)
  "Realice"

award recipient

Grand Prize (Certificate of Commendation and a business development grant of 1 million yen will be awarded)
Hiroki Otani (Professor Department Department of Radiological Technology Faculty of Medical Technology)
"Development and social implementation of radiopharmaceutical absorption sheets aimed at reducing radiation exposure risk in nuclear medicine therapy"

Excellence Award (Certificate of Commendation and a business development support grant of 500,000 yen will be presented)
Mei Oikawa (4th year student, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
"Supporting the safety of cosmetic medicine through our platform."

Toshimitsu Takanashi (Associate Professor Faculty of Medical Technology)
"Transforming Emergency Medical Education: Development of a Wearable Venous Access Trainer – A Strategy to Increase Practical Training Opportunities"

Rookie Award ^* (Certificate of commendation and a business development support grant of 200,000 yen will be presented)
Kanta Kuma (3rd year student, Faculty of Fukuoka Medical Technology)
"Using private ambulances increases survival rates!!"

Towa Nanikawa (3rd year, Faculty of Economics)
"Realice"

• * Selected from student finalists

Judges (titles omitted):

• Yoshihito Okinaga Chairman of Teikyo University
• Hideaki Iwano, General Manager of the Startup Strategy Department, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank Ltd.
• Kengo Uenami, Representative Director/General Partner, Beyond Next Ventures Inc.
• Michiko Sugihara, President and CEO of Forideal Japan Co., Ltd.
• Hodaka Nakanishi, Director Teikyo Technology Transfer Center Teikyo University Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization

"Senior Entrepreneur Pitches" by venture entrepreneurs originating from Teikyo University (listed in order of presentation, titles omitted)

• Masakazu Hirota, Representative Director of ManaVix Co., Ltd. (Department of Orthoptics Faculty of Medical Technology)
• Yusuke Watanabe, Representative Director of MEDVERSE Co., Ltd. (Faculty School of Medicine Department of Medicine)
• Haruhiko Hoshino, Representative Director of Vital Sign Co., Ltd. (Department of Nursing Faculty of Medical Technology)
• Masaki Sugimoto, Representative Director of Holoeyes Inc. (Okinaga Research Institute)
   

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