WOW participated in the signature pavilion “null²” at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai as part of the creator team, contributing to the planning, visuals, sound, and overall direction system. The pavilion’s theme is “Polishing Life.” WOW joined as a direction member from the earliest planning stages and, together with Expo producer Yoichi Ochiai, spent several years creating a wide range of creative elements, from the pavilion’s interior visuals, sound, robot control, and experiential flow to the exterior visuals. A Pulsating Sculpture, a Conversational Space For this pavilion, Ochiai established “two mirrors” as a key concept. The first refers to the sculpture itself, which generates unfamiliar landscapes. Its mirror-finished exterior absorbs the surrounding scenery, pulsating as it repeatedly transforms like a living organism, even as a building. The second refers to the experience inside the pavilion. In a space where mirrors and imagery are integrated, visitors confront “kigō*” and engage in dialogue with a digital human. WOW was primarily responsible for this interior experience. The space confronting “kigō” is a cube measuring 8 meters in width, depth, and height, with mirrored surfaces on all sides. Projection systems on the ceiling, floor, and walls, together with a vertical video object called the “Monolith” standing at the center, work in response to one another to depict “kigō,” creating endless reflections. In addition, the cube-shaped mirrored “goshintai,” which symbolizes the space, moves freely overhead, shifting perspectives and stirring the visitor’s mind and thoughts. Using mirrors as a medium, the experience moves back and forth between meaning and matter, self and other, reality and virtuality, encouraging visitors to reconsider and reinterpret what life is and offering a prompt to “polish life.” *Elements that constitute a person’s individuality, such as their name, hobbies, preferences, voice, and appearance Two Types of Experiences, Two Different Perspectives The experience is offered in two modes: “Dialogue Mode” and “Installation Mode.” Dialogue Mode centers on the world of “computational nature,” as proposed by Ochiai, and the story connected to it, allowing visitors to let go of their “kigō” through verbal communication. In Installation Mode, visitors view simple patterned visuals, along with the Monolith and goshintai moving throughout the space, from the outer corridor, creating a non-verbal experience that lets them intuitively sense the structures at the essence of life. In both experiences, the story, visuals, sound, goshintai, and Monolith are all intricately linked, so WOW worked closely with Ochiai to craft a precise direction. Direction Where Technology and Expression Merge On the technical side, to create a more three-dimensional and densely layered experience, WOW integrated a wide range of direction elements, including AI-generated real-time video, display of 3D Gaussian splatting, sound generation, image effects, as well as the display and speech of MirroredBodies created by visitors in a dedicated app, and robot control for the goshintai and Monolith. In collaboration with various companies, WOW developed the main system that aggregates and controls these elements. In addition, the carefully designed sound direction, which makes use of characteristics across different frequency ranges, contributed to a unique auditory experience. Logo Design and Design Guidelines That Create Organic Expression WOW also handled the logo design for null². For the dynamic logo, multiple fonts were used to create a design that transforms into various forms. The static logo was refined from the dynamic logo as the official version. In both cases, the aim was to maintain a certain degree of legibility while pursuing a fluid, life-like design tone through verification and rule setting. In this project, the participating teams, including WOW, brought together all of their technical capabilities and creativity to create the work “null²,” something that could only have been realized at the Expo.

We were responsible for the direction, design, and editing of the concept movie for “MotionBoard,” the business intelligence tool provided by WingArc 1st. The new version of “MotionBoard,” equipped with generative AI, makes analysis and board creation more intuitive and has evolved significantly in usability, enabling not only engineers but also frontline staff to develop business applications and leverage data in-house with greater ease. In the video, we depict data spreading through an abstract world and being handled with light, effortless operations, expressing its freedom of use and sense of innovation. Furthermore, by using soft colors and a friendly tone, we soften the rigid and difficult image often associated with BI tools, creating an impression that is approachable and easy for anyone to use.

In the initial concept, we truly entrusted part of the production to AI, exploring a singularity-like structure: what does it mean for AI to possess a self and express itself? However, while AI is suited to producing “something similar” as a form of collective intelligence, when it comes to depicting “the beauty within unease” or “human-like misalignment,” human hands were inevitably necessary. As a result, we shifted to a design in which AI expressions are “intentionally reconstructed by humans,” arriving at a paradoxical approach in which humans manually create the very condition of AI’s “imperfection.” We have designed it as a game, in a sense: a contrastive device that highlights human creativity by having humans deliberately create something AI-like.

Description: We were responsible for planning, directing, designing, and editing the promotional video for “KUUMA STYRO,” a next-generation sauna offered by KUUMA Inc. “KUUMA STYRO,” characterized by its special foam material and high design quality, adapts to any environment and offers a free, personalized sauna experience. Through powerful and innovative visuals, we portrayed a new era of saunas that overturns conventional sauna conventions.

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I want to eat. I want to eat. Binge eating. Swelling. Ruin. A montage using illustrations generated by AI.

Opening video used at the opening ceremony of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. The opening ceremony’s theme was “The Relay of Life.” The visuals were designed to work together with the circular walls of the venue and the mountain-shaped screen placed at the center. The video was created as a collage using a variety of methods, including live action, animation, CG, and volumetric scanning.

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This work, 5W1h, is a 3D motion graphics piece that reexamines the “meaning of creation” shaken by the rise of generative AI. In the present day, the motion and graphic skills built up through years of effort can be replaced by “just a few clicks.” When confronted with this irrational reality, the “5W1H,” the foundation of information transmission, transforms into “six questions that threaten the very existence of creators.” Where is your goal?: Loss of the place to aim for What do you want to do?: Absence of purpose in expression Why do you keep creating?: Absence of reason to keep creating How did you make it, AI?: Futility of being suspected as AI-generated Who created the AI video?: Humiliation of being mistaken for AI When will you surpass AI?: The moment your own skills are defeated This work visualizes the “hesitation” toward these questions in 3D space, expressing the conflict born in the gap between them and “the meaning of being human-made.” The heart motif that appears in the piece serves as a form that represents the emotions and motives tied to creation. As the questions progress, it changes shape, breaks apart, and eventually its very existence becomes ambiguous.

For the production, CG and generative AI were used in tandem, and the work was developed by designing structure, light, and material qualities while also incorporating forms and movements that emerged accidentally. In the end, the piece was composed, edited, and color-corrected across multiple tools, aiming for a visual expression in which human intention and the unpredictability of algorithms coexist.

Official trailer for the 12th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival. Using natural motifs such as ripples, droplets, and the moon, I wanted to express the festival’s divine energy and a pure admiration for the works. I also used AI to transform hand-drawn 2D animation into three-dimensional, realistic water, making it possible to “move water,” something that had previously been difficult to achieve. On the other hand, I intentionally reduced the image quality and frame rate of the AI-generated footage, and composed the music with a deliberately simple, primal feel, aiming to evoke the festival’s atmosphere where “warmth and sharpness intersect.”

With the theme “All life is connected by light,” this fantastical night show follows dolphins and humans as they search for the “flower of light.” Traveling through worlds symbolized by seven colors of light—such as the deep sea, the world of fire, the future, and the forest—they recover the lost light. Fountains, projection mapping, music, and performance come together, leading to a moving finale where the audience’s applause makes the “miracle flower” bloom. Direction / Visual Director: Daisuke Hashimoto (LIL) Music: Yorushika “Haruru”

SOUL BUBBLE is an immersive art installation that visualises an individual’s mental and physical state. Inside a space surrounded by eleven screens, visitors sit on a single-seat sofa equipped with AI and sensors. The sofa reads changes in posture and centre of gravity, heart rate, breathing, and hand movements, visualising these signals in real time. States of mind and body such as relaxation, focus, tension, anxiety, excitement, meditation, and confusion are analysed and transformed into microbial-like patterns that spread throughout the entire space. At the end of the experience, the participant’s own behavioural data is projected onto the screens, stored, and used to advance the AI system. As more participants join, individual and collective data accumulate, revealing differences, distributions, and new tendencies. This ongoing process continually evolves the installation, forming an endless archive that keeps recording human states. Interestingly, many visitors were highly interested in their own results and came expecting to find a pattern of “high relaxation.” SOUL BUBBLE gently envelops the body like a bubble, while also presenting itself as a prototype for future sensing devices, where technology stays close to the body, responds to the soul, and brings to light the hidden layers beneath mind and existence.

Description: This is a showreel of works I directed and handled VFX for between 2025 and 2026. Using VFX centered on set extensions and live-action compositing, I have pursued visual expression that expands real spaces while blurring the boundary between reality and fiction. In music video production, I feature the construction of visual worlds that balance narrative depth and visual impact, drawing on the compositions and symbolism of mythology, religious paintings, and classical art as motifs. Rather than serving as mere visual effects, I aim to consistently handle everything from concept development and direction to VFX design, reinterpreting and visualizing the inner themes of each song or work through imagery.

Music animation for the Electronica band Tōu’s song “Be Gone.” Combining AI-generated video and hand-drawn 2D animation in an experimental way, it tells the story of a smartphone that, through accidental flashes of inspiration, experiences the plight of modern people and learns what it means to be human between life and death.

A spin-off animation for adults derived from the popular “Minna no Dance” segment featured on TV Tokyo’s infant and toddler program “Shinapshu.” With simple, approachable characters and dance performances set to lively music, it humorously portrays small everyday scenes. In this work, the theme is “an evening drink,” expressed through humorous dance that captures the relaxing end of the day. Its short, intuitively enjoyable format and gentle world view are key features.

At the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo, which reopened on March 31, 2026, we produced three works—“Traditional GRID,” “Moving Picture,” and “Another Sky”—as part of the permanent video projection program presented in the Edo-Tokyo Plaza on the third floor. Cultural resources held by the Edo-Tokyo Museum, such as ukiyo-e prints and maps, have been reimagined not as objects to be viewed, but as a spatial experience that envelops visitors. Approximately 100 works by ukiyo-e artists and painters, including Katsushika Hokusai and Tōshūsai Sharaku, unfold overhead as landscapes connected to modern-day Tokyo. Crossing the memories of cultural properties, architecture, and the city, this project seeks not only to “exhibit” history, but to give it form as an experience that visitors can physically অনুভ in the scale of this place. Projection screening schedule in the third-floor Edo-Tokyo Plaza (from May 2026) Times: 19:00, 19:20, 19:40

Shot just one photograph. Generated a video from that photo using AI. Then, using the generated last frame, repeated AI video generation again and again, finishing with a single music video.

A collection of works from 2015 to 2026.

By blending private footage, live-action fluids, and generative AI, I tried to visualize the personal texture and sensation of the sound. I would be delighted if you could also feel the universality of the lyrics, which still resonate today, through the visuals. The fluid seen in the MV is actually the wax from a Lava Lamp in my home. Using the simple principles of gravity and temperature, this man-made object creates an organic landscape like “wind.” To me, the Lava Lamp is a brilliant invention. On top of that, I added generative AI. Organic + inorganic