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Ryōta Kanai
Founder & CEO, Araya Inc. · Japan
✓ Verified current role· as of 2026-09-11
Ryōta Kanai is the CEO of Araya Inc.. Kanai is based in Japan. Kanai was born in 1977 and educated at Kyoto University and Utrecht University.
Neuroscientist who obtained his PhD from Utrecht University in 2005 for research on visual processing. Previously worked as a researcher at Caltech and University College London, and as an Associate Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex before founding Araya in 2013.
Key Facts
Source: Wikidata ↗- Born
- 1977
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Education
- Kyoto University, Utrecht University
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