Adapting to Climate Change for the Coexistence of Humanity and Water

Satoru passed the Certified Meteorological Forecaster examination at 14 — the youngest person ever at the time. He went on to earn a Master of Science from the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, specializing in climate response mechanisms under global warming.

He then spent a decade at the intersection of strategy and technology — as a consultant at PwC and Arthur D. Little applying AI across industries, and as Chief Strategy Officer at Araya, an AI startup, leading AI projects and business development.

As co-founder of Gaia Vision, he was engaged in building flood forecasting solutions and deployed a climate risk analysis platform to major Japanese manufacturers. The company won the Minister of the Environment Award at the 2023 Environmental Startup Grand Prix, and secured a METI-adopted project covering Central Asia and Southeast Asia under the Global South master plan program.

In 2025, he founded Aqunia to bring cutting-edge global water cycle science into social implementation, combining the scientific depth of JAXA and University of Tokyo research with the product and business instincts of a practitioner