2026
Festival Committee
Meet the Team!
Meet the team that made Japan Festival Boston 2026 possible! Every single one of our committee members are volunteers that give up their precious time to make this festival happen. Without their endless dedication and hours upon hours of work, Japan Festival Boston would not be the amazing event that it is today.
MANAGEMENT
HONORARY PRESIDENT
Consul General
Seiichiro Takahashi
PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Nobuhiro Mitsuoka
SECRETARY GENERAL
Miho Owens
DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, TREASURER
Yoshiatsu Murata
ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL
Mari Funakoshi
BOARD MEMBER
HONORARY ADVISOR
Etsuko Yashiro
Yasuo Kubota
Miki Lovett
Miyo Takahashi
Kevin Hiromoto
Gen Hamanaka
Akiko Ghosh
Ara Mahar
CULTURE TEAM
Chieko Yoshida
LEADER
Deputy Consul General
Suguru Minoya
Akari Nishiyama
Donnie Markey
Ryan Yonaitis
Kaori Yamaguchi
Shizuku Mori
REGULAR BOOTHS
LEADER
Yasuo Kubota
Hanezu Chikada
Sachi Lee
Nanaka Kohlbach
FOOD
LEADER
Yoshiatsu Murata
Mayumi Miyamoto
Kanna Watanabe
Ryota Kawaguchi
Aimi Gagne
Tomoka Tsuzuki
Rio Ohiro
Rintaro Ozeki
Kevin Hiromoto
Shinnosuke Arakawa
Mio Kuroda
Hibiki Akuzawa
Kousei Tamagawa
Ayako Osawa
Karen Asaki
Misaki Ito
STAGE
LEADER
Kevin Hiromoto
MC
Mio Takenaka
MC
Yutaka Yamaguchi
Maho Ban
Soi Hirose
Sayuki Tanaka
Mio Kuroda
Aoi Okubo
Rio Ohiro
Moka Takayama
Rima Motojima
PR AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Ara Mahar
LEADER
Mari Funakoshi
Jocelyn Williams
Marie Romano
Brian Ticlayauri
Asuka Fukagawa
Miran Imamura
Hikaru Suzuki
Yuzuki Yoshida
Rio Sawai
Felix
SUSTAINABILITY
Takashi Ouchi
LEADER
Nanaka Kohlbach
Chika Kobayashi
Hayate Kosuga
Grace Koizumi
Yasuaki Tashiro
Rio Takesue
Mutsumi Tomoyose
Himari Suwa
Reno Takahashi
Corey Shayman
Banri Ouchi
Sakura Nakano
Reia Matsuda
Yoichiro Ashida
Miyabi Oyamada
VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT
LEADER
Miyo Takahashi
Isamu Tsuji
Ryota Kikuchi
Yoshinori Hamaji
Takafumi Takai
Akari Nishiyama
Hana Katono
Yuko Torigoe
Remi Matsumura
Taka Kitazume
Kosuke Yoshinaga
Atsushi Shiomi
Emi Toma
Noboru Ando
Masashi Furuta
Hirano
Nonoka Misawa
Takumaru Tampo
Yuma Hashiguchi
Tomotake Takai
JAPAN TEAM
Miyabi Oyamada
LEADER
Chika Kobayashi
Haruka Kawabe
Arisa Nokuo
Yasuaki Tashiro
Hijiri Ozeki
Hiromi Kato
Taisei Hamada
田中優愛
六角咲羽子
田中 美紅
高橋心菜
長田陽向
岡部亜柚奈
林絢音
坂本みのり
石黒小晴
CROWDFUNDING
LEADER
Hamza Ahmed
Rena Kume
Yuuna Kimura
Aoi Terasawa
Felix
Nobukazu Nakazawa
Ayako Osawa
Shunnosuke Nakajima
DOWNTOWN
LEADER
Gen Hamanaka
Kotaro Natsume
Kana Yoda
Maho Goto
Sayaka Yokoyama
Honoka Hara
Airi Hiramatsu
VENUE OPERATIONS
Gen Hamanaka
Tomotake Takai
STUDENT TEAM
LEADER
Takahiro Ochi
Yumi Hongo
Moka Takayama
Natsu Yamada
Riko Takahashi
Mai Tashiro
Reia Matsuda
Kento Maeda
Riki Yoshida
Soi Hirose
Jordan Lin
Taich Kure
Asuka Fukagawa
Hikaru Suzuki
Utano Uda
Maya Kai
Yuuki Hori
Hayate Kosuga
Gen Hamanaka
Hiroharu Okabe
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Taizo Azuchi
Mimika Moro
SECURITY
LEADER
Atsushi Shiomi
Tomotake Takai
Kuniharu Kakihara
Ryan Yonaitis
Donnie Markey
MEDICAL TEAM
LEADER
Kaori Mizuno
Hiromichi Miyashita
KIDS
LEADER
Akiko Ghosh
Miyabi Oyamadami
Grace Koizumi
Moe Yamamoto
An Suzuki
Atsushi Shiomi
Satoko Watanabe
Yoichiro Ashida
Etsuko Yashiro
Hiromi Taru
Rie Saito
Mayu Higashioka
Chika Kobayashi
Takayuki Sugimoto
Chiho Desmond
Emery Ritzenthaler
Chris Orrick
Arisa Nokuo
Sachiko Suzuki
Yosie Karahashi
Lia Altrmatt
Shima Ito
Yume Nakayama
Eri Ouchi
WEBSITE
Ara Mahar
