Theme: Bloom

あなたがひらく、せかいがひらく。

3年に渡るコロナ禍で常にマスクをするようになり、素顔を見たことのない友人も増えるなか、生活の形や授業の形は大きく移り変わってきました。同時にそれはきっと、人々がありのままの自分を表現したり、他者と対話する場が生活から少なくなったことも意味しているはずです。先行きの見えない中で、理想の未来を描くこと、進みたい未来を語ることは難しくなってしまったと感じます。
しかし、そのコロナ禍から人々が立ち直ろうとしている2022年度。未来を自らの手で、自分らしく創造することが必要とされているのではないでしょうか。
だからこそTEDxICU2022は、Bloomをテーマとして掲げます。一人ひとりの夢や思いがともに花開き、あなたにとって大切な未来になりますように。

The ongoing pandemic has forced us to wear masks, creating a barrier hiding our true faces and feelings. Our lifestyles have changed dramatically, lessening our opportunities to express ourselves. We feel that in this uncertain state, it is difficult to envision the future we want to see, and to talk about the future we want to move towards.
However, in 2022, a way out of the pandemic is in sight. We believe it is necessary to make the future our own.
This is why TEDxICU2022 will focus on the theme of “Bloom”. We hope that everyone’s thoughts and dreams will flourish together and enlighten your life.

Diffendorfer Memorial Hall East Wing, International Christian University
3-10-2 Osawa
Mitaka City, Tôkyô, 181-8585
Japan

Aria Ikehata

Student

People would describe Aria Ikehata in many different words. One would tell her as a university student. One would describe her as a returnee. While attending university, she has always been actively thinking about who she is and her identity.

Chiho Asada

Intimacy Coordinator/English-Japanese interpreter

Ms. Asada graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 1998. After working as an interpreter for US-Japan co-productions, film festivals, and overseas musicals, she completed the Intimacy Coordinator Training Program at the US-based Intimacy Professionals Association in 2020. Then, she became the first Intimacy Coordinator in Japan! Her most recent works include NHK Drama 10 "Ooku".

Daijiro Kojima

Student

Daijiro Kojima is currently a third-year student at ICU. He is the representative of the ICU Honey Project, a beekeeping organization on the ICU campus. He talks about his experiences in food and agriculture.

Farrah Hasnain

Writer/Researcher

Farrah Hasnain is a Pakistani-American writer and researcher based in Tokyo. Since 2016, she has published ethnographic research on multicultural identity among Japanese youth and workplace conditions for migrant workers. Her work has been featured in Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, The Japan Times, NHK, and more.

Ibun Hirahara

CEO HI.LLC

Ibun Hirahara completed her BA at Waseda University School of International Liberal Studies and began working at Johnson & Johnson in the field of digital marketing. Pursuing of her dream of realizing a “borderless world”, she found HI.LLC. Selected as a 2018,2019 One Young World Ambassador, Forbes JAPAN 2021 ” Best 100 talent”.

ICU LAMBS

ICU LAMBS is the performance group from ICU, engaged in a series of performances in and out of ICU actively seeking to promote Latin American Music including Samba.

Utako Kawakami

Student

Utako is junior student studying Law and Sociology at ICU. She has been involved in many activities off campus. She has participated in International Law Moot Court Competition twice and won both times. Also, as a chairperson of a social advocacy student organization, she collected and submitted more than 15000 signatures to the ministry of health and has held press conferences.