The team connectingtomorrow.

Shota holds a Ph.D. in Media and Governance from Keio University. Following his work as a senior researcher at Mercari R4D, he is now an associate professor at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Director of the Quantum Internet Task Force, and a WIDE Project board member. At Q2I, he leads quantum-network R&D, real-world implementation, and business strategy.

Rodney received a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science from the California Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. from Keio University. He joined the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University in 2007 and is now a professor there. A pioneer of systems design for distributed quantum computers and quantum networks since the field's early days, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering and as an advisor to the Quantum Internet Task Force, and gave a keynote at IEEE Quantum Week 2025. At Q2I, he is responsible for the overall architecture of quantum networks.

Akihito received a Ph.D. in Science from the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo. After serving as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science, he became an associate professor in the Principles of Informatics Research Division at the National Institute of Informatics in 2022. Specialising in quantum information theory, quantum algorithms, and higher-order quantum information processing, he has studied the quantum nature of operations in distributed quantum information processing and what can be achieved by combining unknown quantum operations. He has also served as a board member of the Quantum Internet Task Force, and a paper he co-authored won the second-place Best Paper Award in the Quantum Photonics track at IEEE Quantum Week 2026. At Q2I, he leads work on the theory of distributed quantum computing.

From 2019 to 2026, Kentaro worked at Mercari R4D as a research engineer and research manager. Alongside his work on quantum-network architecture, protocols, simulation, and implementation, he managed research across a broad range of fields. At Q2I, he leads software engineering, turning research into working systems.

Rikizo studied at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering and the Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering Science, and joined the latter as a specially appointed assistant professor in 2011. After serving as an assistant professor and lecturer, he became an associate professor there in 2023. He researches technologies that connect quantum information with light, including quantum frequency conversion, quantum memories, and quantum frequency combs. His honours include the MEXT Young Scientists' Award and the Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan.

Alto received a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Tokyo. At the University of Tokyo, he served as a project assistant professor at the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, and then as a project assistant professor and assistant professor at the Komaba Institute for Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, while concurrently serving as a JST PRESTO researcher. He has been an associate professor at the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, The University of Osaka, since September 2024. He researches quantum devices that combine ion traps with photonic circuits and has proposed integrated photonic circuit architectures for scaling up quantum computers. He has received the Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan and the Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists.