Yuma Yamamoto
Business Developer, Japan
Yuma’s interest in conservation was ignited from an early age by his outdoorsy family seizing every opportunity to escape the concrete jungle of Tokyo for the natural wilderness of the countryside.
Later, Yuma enhanced his passion for environmental conservation by studying environment politics and cross-cultural communication at Ritsumeikan University in Japan and American University in the US. His focus was concentrated on "The Practice of Environmentalism: Science, Policy & Communication" combined with him conducting fieldwork and interviews in the Galapagos Islands. His subsequent graduation thesis was on the relationship between economic activities on the Galapagos Islands and environmental sustainability.
Today, Yuma benefits from nearly 7 years working on new business development and account management within the manufacturing and market research industry. The combination of professional and academic experience enables Yuma to play a leading role in Japan, enhancing communication among all our stakeholders and helping to overcome language and cultural challenges globally.
Yuma’s core desire is to articulate the ecological, economic and social benefits of the Urchinomics business model in Japan and to share Japanese best practices with the world.