My name is Narihiro Hosoe.

1989　　
　Born in Gifu (岐阜), Japan.
2014
　Completed the Master's Program in the Graduate School of Information Science at Nagoya University
2014 to present
　working for a major IT company

Main Achievements & Awards

● Mobile Website Development for Komeda's Coffee
-Winning Project: NEXT COMMUNICATION FORUM 2012

Developed the official smartphone website for Komeda's Coffee, one of Japan's largest coffee shop chains.
Participated in the “NEXT COMMUNICATION FORUM 2012”, an industry-academia collaboration project by NTT DOCOMO Tokai and four universities, competing in the smartphone planning and development category.
- Out of 687 entries, passed the first round of selection.
- Received the Fighting Spirit Award at the final screening.
- The submitted design, featuring a brick-style theme, was adopted for the official website and released on March 27, 2013.
Announcement 1
Announcement 2

● Research: Impact of Social Media (Twitter) on Consumer Purchasing Behavior

Conducted a study on the influence of Twitter word-of-mouth on consumer purchases, targeting app downloads from Apple’s iTunes App Store.
- Identified a strong correlation between the increase in retweets and app ranking surges, especially for mobile games.
- Found that tweets from influential users prior to ranking surges significantly contributed to app popularity.
- The research was covered by CNET Japan and ITmedia:
CNET Article
ITmedia Article

● Award: Yamashita Memorial Research Award (Information Processing Society of Japan)

The above research received the Yamashita Memorial Research Award from the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ).
Award Details (IPSJ)

I ♡

Music, Piano&Keyboard, Cooking (Certified Advanced Food Education Advisor), Running

 Musical Activities

Currently active as the keyboardist for the band "Jam Funkos".