Takuto Takata, AI Engineer and Former Nada High School Student Council President, Appointed as Student Evangelist for 'ABS Business Open 2027'

Attackers Business School (ABS), an entrepreneurship training school established in 1996 by management consultant Kenichi Ohmae and a subsidiary of Aoba-BBT (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Iwao Shibata), is pleased to announce the appointment of Takuto Takata (born 2007, Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology, 73rd Student Council President of Nada High School) as the student evangelist for the Under 18 and University categories of the 'ABS Business Open 2027' international business pitch contest, to be held in March 2027.

Takata is a Gen Z AI talent who completed the University of Tokyo's GCI program and Deep Learning fundamentals during high school, and has gained practical experience as an AI engineer at multiple companies. He passed the Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination in the spring of 2022 as one of the youngest candidates. He will play a key role in encouraging his peers—middle school, high school, and university students—to take on the challenge of this contest.

To commemorate his appointment, a YouTube LIVE talk session with Reiichiro Uno, Managing Executive Officer of Aoba-BBT, will be streamed on June 1, 2026, at 14:00. They will discuss the realities of entrepreneurship in the AI era, the significance of taking on global challenges, and how young people who lack confidence in English or experience can take their 'first step.'