Kihara Tomo

Tomo Kihara is an artist and game designer who uses play as a form of shared inquiry. Through experimental games and playable installations in public spaces, he introduces new rules that invite people to collectively play out the questions raised by AI and other new technologies. His work has been presented at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Mori Art Museum, the Exploratorium and FACT Liverpool, and received an S+T+ARTS Prize Honorary Mention at Ars Electronica 2024.Last Updated: 2026.09

Co-Players

Taniguchi Akihiko

Media artist

Kunoh Kyoko

Artist, Ambassador of Ars Electronica

Playfool

Designer, Artist

Inukai Hiroshi

e-Sports Producer, Game Director, Sports-play Expert

Asami Kazuhiko

Producer

God Scorpion

Media artist

YOSHIDAYAMAR

Art amplifier, Curator

contact Gonzo

performance group

Maywa Denki

Art unit

Miura Daiki

Engineer

Mizuno Midori

Physical therapist; Director, Circle of Life

Kanmuri Nanana

Art mediator

Tsugawa Eri

Architect, Director / ALTEMY

Kawashima Masashi

Vice President, Niantic Spatial, Inc.

Nango Yoshikazu

Sociologist / Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Hosei University

Otsuki Shuto

Post-City Boy

Konishi Takahito

Architect / ALTEMY

Sugita Mariko

Urban designer

Tanigashira Kazuki

Urban journalist, chain store researcher

Tomura Yo

Digital designer / ALTEMY

Mizuno Tasuku

Lawyer, Attorney

Miyauchi Yasuno

Composer / Artistic Director, Tsumugine / Artistic Director, Fujimi Civic Cultural Center Kirari☆Fujimi

Sakai Eisaku

Writer, editor