User:Kenyat1989
Kenya Tamura (田村賢哉)
Founder & CEO, Eukarya Inc. · OSGeo Charter Member · Board Member, OSGeo Japan Chapter
Personal Details
- Full name: Kenya TAMURA (田村賢哉)
- Born: Hiroshima, Japan, 1989
- Based in: Tokyo, Japan
- Languages: Japanese, English
- E-mail: kenya.tamura@osgeo.jp
- GitHub: Kenyat1989
- X: @Kenyat1989
- LinkedIn: kenya-tamura
- OSGeo member page: osgeo.org/member/tamura
Biography
Kenya Tamura is the Founder and CEO of Eukarya Inc., a University of Tokyo spinout founded in 2017. Eukarya develops Re:Earth, an open-source WebGIS platform recognized as a Digital Public Good, along with Navara, a 3D map rendering engine built on Rust, WebAssembly and Three.js, and LINKS Veda, an LLM-powered geospatial analysis tool. The company works closely with Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Project PLATEAU and Project LINKS) and the Digital Agency, and with UN agencies including UNITAR, UNIDO, UNHCR and UNDP.
His work focuses on open-source sustainability, cooperative organizational models, and the role of geospatial technology in humanitarian and peacebuilding contexts. Eukarya has employed engineers from conflict-affected regions since 2020. He also teaches geospatial analysis as a part-time lecturer at Komazawa University.
OSGeo Involvement
- OSGeo Charter Member, 2015–present
- Steering Committee Member, OSGeo Japan Chapter (一般社団法人OSGeo日本支部), 2011–2024
- Board Member, OSGeo Japan Chapter, 2024–present
- Conference Co-Chair, FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 (Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2026) — theme: "Bridging Geospatial Technology and Humanity"
- FOSS4G Diamond Sponsor (Eukarya Inc.), 2023–present
Current Positions
- 2017– Founder & CEO, Eukarya Inc.
- Visiting Researcher, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
- Board Member, OSGeo Japan Chapter
- Board Member, Welcome Japan (general incorporated association)
- Part-time Lecturer, Department of Geography, Komazawa University (Geographic Information Analysis)
Education
- 2011 B.A. in Geography, Faculty of Letters, Nara University
- 2014 M.A. in Geography, Graduate School of Letters, Nara University
- 2015 Research Student, Department of Social and Human Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
- 2018 Ph.D. program (completed coursework), Industrial Art, Graduate School of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University
- 2023 Ph.D. program (completed coursework), Cultural and Human Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Projects
- Re:Earth — open-source WebGIS platform
- Navara — 3D map rendering engine (Rust / WASM / Three.js)
- LINKS Veda — LLM-powered geospatial data analysis
- Project PLATEAU (MLIT) — 3D city model platform development