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Natsu Camp '25

<Team Members>

Mentors are listed in alphabetical order.

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Ria Oyama

Ria Oyama

Representative Director​

Background Highlights:

  • Founder and Representative Director of Natsu Project

  • Stanford University, M.A.

  • Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center

Natsu Camp 2025 distinguished mentor and advisor Professor Xueji Zhang

Professor Xueji Zhang

Distinguished Mentor

Background Highlights:

  • Course Theme: Future of Medicine

  • Guest Professor at University of Tokyo

  • Fellow of 4 prestigious science academies (US, Europe, UK, Russia)

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Kohei Oyama

Kohei Oyama

Mentor

Background Highlights:

  • Course Theme: Aerospace Engineering

  • CEO at a Tokyo-based start-up

  • Penn State University, M.S.

  • Bosch Japan (JMP), NTT (Sr. Consultant)

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Shogo Takatsu

Shogo Takatsu

Mentor

Background Highlights:

  • Course Theme: Music Creation

  • Bosch Japan

  • Keyboardist of Johnnivan

  • Waseda University, B.A.

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Hitoshi Kiyokawa

Hitoshi Kiyokawa

’25 Class Director​

Background Highlights:

  • ​Executive at a Tokyo-based start-up

  • Keio University, MSE

  • P&G Japan

  • Published in international journals

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Lauren Barnes

Lauren Barnes

Mentor

Background Highlights:

  • Course Theme: Literary Criticism 

  • Fulbright Scholar

  • Stanford University, M.A.

  • Hoover Institution (think tank)

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Sharon Shen

Sharon Shen

Mentor, Impact Lab Director

Background Highlights:

  • Course Theme: Social Innovation and Impact

  • United Nations affiliated international NGO

  • Stanford University, M.A.

  • London School of Economics (LSE), B.A.

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Yifan Xu

Yifan Xu

Mentor

Background Highlights:

  • Course Theme: International Relations

  • Analyst at Deloitte Japan

  • Stanford University, M.A.

  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Natsu Camp 2025 team member KuoChuan (KC) Tseng

KuoChuan Tseng (KC)

Youth Advisor​

Background Highlights:

  • Waseda University, B.A.

  • Peking University, LL.B. 

  • Okuma Memorial Scholarship

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Caroline Lin Cheng

Caroline Lin Cheng

Mentor

Background Highlights:

  • Course Theme: Medical Data Science

  • Data scientist at Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • Johns Hopkins University, M.S.

  • Published in international journals

Natsu Camp 2025 team member Eric Senkit Suen

Eric Senkit Suen

Mentor

Background Highlights:

  • Course Theme: Modern Japanese History

  • Ph.D. research at Harvard University

  • Stanford University, M.A.

  • Mitsubishi Research Institute

<Student Capstone Impact Projects>

TEAM 1

RICE:

Reform, いま (now), Climate, Environment ​

Members: Jordan, Junxi, Koto, Satsuki

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TEAM 2

Health Education in Japanese Youth:

Sexual and Reproductive Health in Japanese High Schools

Members: Malaika, Manami, Nodoka, Ruka

 

TEAM 3

Ainu Culture

Members: Hisui, Reika, Sachi, Vani​​

<Theme Music: Call me in Natsu>

Co-Created by Natsu Camp '25 Family​​

  • Composed and produced by Shogo Takatsu

  • Additional sound elements created by Natsu Camp ’25 students and mentors during a collaborative session with Shogo Takatsu

  • Final mixing and mastering by Shogo Takatsu

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