Composer. Inventor! Patent attorney? School board member?! Musician - Kota Ogawa

Hello, I'm Fumika Mabuchi.

This time, we'll continue our introduction of Kota Ogawa.
As mentioned in my previous post, this musician moved to Kamakura over ten years ago and has been actively working in the local community ever since.
In his private life, Kota is married and a father of two children.

She says she enjoys going to the beach and various other places with her children.
Furthermore, at their previous home, they apparently involved their neighbors and friends in building a treehouse in the garden.
There are swings and slides there.

You can find out how we built the treehouse in this article ( "How we built a treehouse out of driftwood. You can build one too!" ).

I'm so jealous of this active dad!!
But actually, Kota has another side to him besides that.
Looking at their social media profiles...

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Inventor (flick input, etc.)
Composer (provides songs to AKB48, Momoiro Clover Z, etc.)
Patent attorney
Board Member of Hokulea Academy
Great-grandson of Edison's disciple (founder of NEC)
Kamakura musicians Kota Ogawa & Tomason
Founder of Edison Lab Co., Ltd.
(Quoted from the person's social media)
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An inventor!?
Composer. Yeah, that's right.

A patent attorney!?
School board member!?!?
Great-grandson of the NEC founder!?!?!?
A musician. Yes, that's right.

The head of a limited company... basically the president!?!?!?

Huh, Kouta-san??
How many hats are you wearing?!

For a while after we first met, I only knew him as a musician, so when I found out about this, I was completely confused.

Moreover, he's the person who invented "flick input," which many people probably use today.
I used it too, or rather, I loved using it because I thought it was so convenient, so I'm really surprised.
The story of how he invented flick input is summarized by the inventor himself in his note ( "The Secret Story of the Invention of Flick Input" ), so please be sure to read it.

Then, in 2021, we established Edison Lab Co., Ltd. , and have since released numerous products to the market.

- When waiting for waves
- When washing dishes
- When taking a bath

Apparently, ideas come to him at times like these.

"But when I get an idea, I'm usually in an environment where I can't immediately use my smartphone, so I often forget about it," says Kota.

Indeed, I often get ideas when I'm near water.
So that means there are tons of ideas that have been born but haven't taken shape yet!?

I'm very curious about those ideas that haven't taken shape yet, but I'll wait for them to come back to me as ideas again. The products that have already been made are available for sale on Amazon .

And for information on the other intriguing position, "School Board Member," please see this article ("The Reason We Created Shonan Hokulea Academy").

Kota already has so much going on, but is there anything new he'd like to try? When I asked him that,
"My friend's family is traveling around the world in a campervan, and I really admire them."

Wow, so active!
I wish I could have just a little bit of that energy!

Furthermore, Kota's musical unit, "Ogawa Kota & Tomason," has a live performance scheduled at Enoshima's "Toramaru-za" on May 14th, so be sure to check their official website!

Ogawa Kota & Tomason Official Website

Kota Ogawa

Official website
YouTube
Twitter
Instagram

Enchanted by Kamakura, musician Kota Ogawa moved there!