Norikazu Minato

In 2005, Norikazu Minato founded the renowned order-made furniture store “Minato Furniture,” and since then has been involved in everything from the buying and selling of furniture, to developing new methods and avenues for utilizing wasted timber resources, as well as creating the prototypes necessary for timber-based product commercialization. He serves as the project design and production lead on the Wappa Project, as well as chief crafting supervisor for the Kumiki Project.