WAKAMURA Shota
ワカムラ ショウタ
若村 将太
（英文のあと日本語が続きます）
Born with synesthesia that enables him to “see” people's “voices,” Shota can see the landscape unique to each person, and paint it as a picture.
He offers coaching based on what he “saw” listening to the sound of the person's voice, in addition to the words the person used or the stories he/she told.
When he cooks, he also hears voices, such as “A bit more salt please!” from the pan.
When he watches movies, he sees the same “landscapes” or “three-dimensional constructions” floating in front of the screen, for films made by the same director.
「声」が「見える」とでも言い表せるような共感覚を持ち、人の声からその人独自の風景を見て絵画にすることができる。
また、その人の話す言葉や内容だけでなく、声の音を「見る」ことでコーチングを行う。
料理をするときにも鍋から「もうちょっと塩」などの声が聞こえている。
映画は、同じ監督の作品には、いつも監督のもつ風景や立体構造物がスクリーン前に浮かんで見える。
His perception of true “health” is to enhance one's sensitivity, to improve one's mental environment and home, in addition to making full use of imagination. He places high priority on cultivating a creative future.
His everyday life consists of embracing reality, providing nurture, infusing vitality and realizing abundance.
感性を磨き、心の環境・住居を整え、想像力・イマジネーションを発揮することが、真の「健康」と捉え、創造的未来を開いていくことを大切にしている。
全体を大きく包み、滋養を与え、躍動をもたらし、豊かさを実現することを日々生きている。
Born to a mother who was an associate professor of Urasenke (one of the main schools of Japanese tea ceremony) and a father who worked as a sales person at an ad agency, Shota traveled alone as a child, joined boy scouts, practiced Kendo (Japanese art of fencing) and served as the president of the student council, all benefiting him as an extraordinary educational experience. After failing to enter an art university and some twists and turns, he moved to New York where he spent his twenties. He double-majored in Film (considered “the Seventh Art”) and Urban Studies at the Hunter College of the City University of New York, was on the Dean's List, and graduated top of the class. After witnessing the 9/11 attacks in 2001, Shota decided to start up his own business in Japan, and returned in Autumn 2002. He has been engaged in creating educational contents, holding educational events, providing business consultation and mental training for athletes. Father to one child.
茶道裏千家の准教授の母と大手広告代理店営業マンの父の下、幼少時代から一人旅、ボーイスカウト、剣道、生徒会長など、ある種の英才教育を受けて育つ。美大受験に失敗し、紆余曲折あってニューヨークで20代をすごす。ニューヨーク市立大学ハンター校で第7の芸術と言われる映画学と都市学のダブルメジャーを修学し学部／学期首席（ディーンズリスト）で卒業。2001年の9.11を経験。日本で事業を興すことを決め、2002年秋に帰国。教育コンテンツ制作、教育イベント開催、ビジネスコンサルティング、スポーツマンのメンタルトレーニングなどを行っている。一児の父。