Cluster CEO Naoto Kato to Speak at Asia's Largest Startup Conference 'Takeoff Tokyo 2026'

Cluster, Inc. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Naoto Kato), operator of Japan's largest metaverse platform 'cluster,' is pleased to announce that CEO Naoto Kato will be a speaker at 'Takeoff Tokyo 2026,' one of Asia's largest startup conferences, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

In this session, he is scheduled to co-present with Jia Shen, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded RockYou and currently serves as CEO of SHISA.AI and AKA Virtual.

### Session Overview Under the theme "From Entertainment to Infrastructure: Why the Next Trillion-Dollar Company Might Look Like a Game," the two entrepreneurs will engage in a dialogue.

Through 'cluster,' which boasts a cumulative attendance of over 35 million, Kato has promoted the industrial use of virtual spaces in sectors ranging from entertainment to local government, education, and manufacturing.

Jia Shen, who led the social gaming revolution on MySpace and Facebook by co-founding RockYou in 2006, continues to expand globally from his base in Japan as a serial entrepreneur leading AKA Virtual (virtual character production) and SHISA.AI (offering Japanese-specialized LLMs and real-time voice translation services like Chotto.chat).

The discussion will directly address the original theme of Takeoff Tokyo—'From Tokyo to the World'—from three perspectives: industrial application of game technology, global expansion of content IP from Japan, and the fusion of AI and virtual spaces.

### Session Details - Event Name: Takeoff Tokyo 2026 - Date & Time: Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 15:10–15:40 - Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, South Halls 1 & 2 - Format: Fireside Chat - Language: Japanese / English - Theme: "From Entertainment to Infrastructure: Why the Next Trillion-Dollar Company Might Look Like a Game"