Junichi Saito was in charge of music distribution services at an IT venture company in Silicon Valley, United States. After returning to Japan, he founded a design company in Omotesando, Tokyo, and possesses an excellent track record in handling design projects for major companies and government agencies. Following the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake of 2011, he established an NPO (incorporated in 2015) with the mission of “solving local issues through business.” He is involved in the training of entrepreneurs across Japan while simultaneously serving as an instructor at Keio University. In April 2017, he was appointed as the representative director of the local trading firm “Koyu Foundation” established by Shintomi Town Hall. He contributed to the raising of donations valued at around 5 billion yen through the development of a brand of lychee that sells for 1,000 yen per fruit and a hometown tax which harnesses local agricultural specialty products. In December 2018, he was featured by the Prime Minister’s Office as an outstanding example of regional revitalization in the country. In 2019, he founded AGRIST Inc. to develop agricultural harvest robots in order to tackle local agricultural challenges. He has participated in the Innovation Masters Series at Stanford University, completed graduate studies at SBI University (MBA, major: entrepreneurship), and is a visiting lecturer at Keio University.