biography
I founded my company while studying at Keio University at the age of 19, and I am now in my 22nd year of running it. I completed AI-related programs at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo (GCI) and at MIT Sloan School of Management. I hold a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Tokyo University of the Arts, specializing in Advanced Art Expression.
I have invented 20 AI-related patents across Japan, the United States, China, and Hong Kong. With a deep understanding of AI’s internal structures from an engineer’s perspective, I deliberately hack, subvert, and highlight its errors and glitches in order to illuminate the existence of marginalized communities at risk of erasure.
In Yamagata Prefecture’s Nishikawa Town, for example, I collaborated on a project to train AI on endangered local dialects. Through the fusion of media technology and conceptual methodologies, I strive to deconstruct the common binary opposition of “human versus AI” and explore new ways of coexisting.
Biography
2003 Founded Creator’s NEXT (currently serving as CEO)
2006 Graduated from the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
2024 Enrolled in the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Intermedia Art
Award
2018 Won the Grand Finale at the Keihanna Venture Championship
2018 Selected as Best of the Best Web Analyst in Japan
2019 Selected again as Best of the Best Web Analyst in Japan (two consecutive years)
2020 Inducted into the Web Analytics Hall of Fame
2021 Received the Grand Prize at MONSTER Exhibition 2022
2021 Received the Prime Minister’s Award at the Value Design Contest
2021 Received the Excellence Award, Nagoya City Award, and Sakai City Award at Rise Up Festa
2021 Received the Invention Merit Award at the 48th Invention Grand Prize by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
2025 Selected as a 2nd Cohort Supported Artist of the Tokyo Artist Accelerator Program
2025 Nominated for Best Short Documentary Film at the Atlantis Awards (Los Angeles)
2025 Selected as an Official Selection at the CENRETA Art Award 2025 (Bangkok)
2025 Received Honorable Mention at the Film Arts & Hearts Festival (USA)
2025 Received Best Humanity Film Award at the ICP Entertainment Film Festival (USA)
2025 Received Best Short Documentary Award at the Hollywood Stage Script Film Competition (USA)
2025 Received 14th Delhi Shorts Int. Film Fest-25 Best Documentary（Republic of India）
2026 Berlin Indie Film Festival Best Director – Short Documentary(Germany)
Artist Visit
Patents
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Patent No. 6968475 – Adversarial Defense Using IoT Sensors (Inventor: Nozomu Kubota)
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Patent No. 6971514 – Optimal Defense Against AI Hacking (Inventor: Nozomu Kubota)
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Patent No. 6942900 – Hidden Layer Optimization Focusing on Activation Functions (Inventor: Nozomu Kubota)
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Patent No. 6774129 – Optimization of Preprocessing, Models, and Hyperparameters for Supervised and Unsupervised Learning (Inventor: Nozomu Kubota)
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Patent No. 6647543 – Real-Data Platform and Psychological Preservation (Inventor: Nozomu Kubota)
In addition, Kubota has invented a total of 20 AI-related patents across Japan, the United States, China, and Hong Kong.