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Can you engage in dialogue and immersion? As the theme of the meeting suggests, KuSoukai is the best place for me, a person who is driven by an awareness of the issues facing the world, to be able to immerse myself in my own issues while being stimulated through dialogue with mentors and members.
Dialogue with unique members who have different issues to solve not only gives you a chance to discover new aspects of your own issues that you could not see on your own, but it also provides an opportunity to encounter things you did not know before. In addition, being in an environment where you have someone you can talk to about your issues will give you the courage to try your best at what you want to do, and you will move forward much more powerfully than if you were to work alone.
Finally, Kyusokai is a place where you can be who you want to be and aim to be who you want to be. There are no easy mistakes or failures in Kyusokai. We support each other’s members who are fully committed to what they aspire to, and we all aim to shine with the colors of our hearts.

At QREC, I participated in the Acceleration Program and worked on the development of a device that would make bonsai more accessible and enjoyable. I had many valuable experiences, but the most important thing I learned was the idea that “it is natural for the first challenge to be difficult. I myself sometimes felt depressed when I was faced with something “impossible” in my first attempt. For example, I sometimes spent several hours on a problem that an experienced person could solve in five seconds. What helped me, however, was the idea that even experienced people who can solve a problem in five seconds now took years and five seconds to do so. I also learned that while it is important to be conscious of trying to solve problems on your own, it is also important to ask for help from your peers when you “can’t do it. I realized that we can achieve greater results by helping each other and not by taking on everything alone.
I want to emphasize the importance of not being too pessimistic and continuing to take small steps forward when you feel you can’t. Through QREC activities, I have gained not only development experience, but also opportunities to grow as a team and to lower the bar for my own challenges. Through QREC activities, I was able to gain not only development experience, but also opportunities to grow as a team and to lower the hurdles for my own challenges.

I was very impressed with the course “Advanced Lecture in Research Skills Development” that I took in my second year of my master’s degree, and that is when I started to show up in the QREC community. Although I joined QREC quite a few years later, I was given the opportunity to take on various challenges through my hobby of BONSAI, and I was able to gain new knowledge, skills, and connections that I normally would not have been able to obtain.

I believe that QREC is a place that is open to people with a strong desire to take on challenges, regardless of their faculty, grade, or nationality. It is never too late to take action. We are waiting for your challenge.

Entering the world of entrepreneurship was a leap I took not just with ambition, but with the desire to transform my dreams into tangible realities. My journey began with a quest for understanding—the intricate dance of trial, error, and experimentation that entrepreneurship embodies. What is entrepreneurship? What are the different stages of a start-up? QREC didn’t merely serve as an academic cornerstone; it was the crucible that forged my resolve, teaching me the importance of design thinking, the necessity of interconnectedness within the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and the value of engaging with all stakeholders.

Belief in an idea, I learned, is merely the starting point. True progress demands action. The courses provided the framework, and the funding offered a stepping stone, but it was up to me to take the courageous next steps. Entrepreneurship can be a lonely path, marked by moments of doubt and isolation, yet the passion and fire within must remain undimmed.

QREC has been more than an institution to me—it’s been a family, a home away from home. It challenged me to strive for excellence, not just competence. Thank you for all the financial assistance to get my projects up and running, and advice along the way. I am immensely grateful to all the professors and staff at QREC; your unwavering support has been indispensable. As I continue on this journey, your cheers and encouragement will be my guiding light.

For those interested in witnessing the fruits of this journey, I invite you to take a look at my projects at:

Deat: deatjapan.com
READILY 冷デリー: reideli.com

If you are interested to connect, feel free to find my on LinkedIn or any other platforms I may be on!

Thank you, QREC, for being the catalyst of change in my life.

I first learned about QREC when I spoke with the representative of the QSIP. I was interested in tea, so I was introduced to the QREC idea battle, and in the first semester of my sophomore year, my project was accepted with the theme of “creating a system to remotely manage frost protection fans”. I was able to get a glimpse of the skills and manners I will need when I enter the workforce, while doing something I love.
Some people start with classroom learning and others with hands-on experience, but I think that I gain input more efficiently if I experience and act first rather than think, so I recommend Idea Battle, Challenge & Creation, and Digital Fabrication Tutorial.
I think there are few other universities where you can learn entrepreneurship in a systematic way like at QREC. Whether you want to start a business in the future or not, you will be able to learn how organizations should be, how to be aware of problems, and how to solve them, which will be useful in the future.

As you can see from the programs I have participated in so far, my college life has been immersed in QREC’s entrepreneurship education.
It all started in the fall of my sophomore year of undergraduate school. My friends and I were thinking about how many interesting things we could do with the millions of dollars we had received from a scholarship program on campus, when a poster for an Idea Battle caught our attention.
At the time, I didn’t even really understand what QREC was, and the few QREC courses I took were taken without knowing they were QREC courses. Naturally, I was applying for the grant. However, in retrospect, I was very fortunate to have a mentor who provided me with a lot of support, knowledge, and experience. Although my mentor was with me for only six months, he has continued to be a longtime friend, serving as an advisor to a research group I founded and helping me expand a business I started.
When you pick up a QREC brochure, what catches your eye are the grants of 100,000 yen and 500,000 yen! However, I think you will realize the value of the experience of “giving shape to an idea” by actually working with your hands.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the professors and staff of QREC and the Kyushu University Foundation for their generous support until the very end of my graduate studies.
Let’s all get our hands dirty “for now” to give shape to our ideas.

I was assisted by QREC in breaking through barriers in the initial phase of my project.
I first became aware of QREC through a senior entrepreneur who provided me with information as I was conducting various research in preparation for starting my own business. At the end of my sophomore year, I took a year off from school to work for a venture company that supported improvement activities in the manufacturing industry, working on a wide range of tasks from sensor development to data application. When I returned to school the following year, I wanted to do something that would make use of my experience since I was able to spend time as a student with a year of working experience in the industry. It was during this time that I learned about QREC and my idea was selected for the Challenge & Creation (C&C) program, which was followed by the Acceleration Program.
In addition to funding, QREC’s various programs provide support in the form of mentors who are knowledgeable in the field of the project. For me personally, this was very important, as I was able to understand the real needs and challenges of the actual clientele, which gave me a great basis for my project’s direction. I still go to my mentor’s office two days a week to verify that the system we developed meets their expectations. While it is very important to find clients who are willing to cooperate with us in the early stages of a project, it is also a matter of luck whether or not we can actually find such people, given that we have no track record of success. In this sense, we believe that the support we can receive in the name of QREC, especially in the early stages of the project, will be more valuable than monetary support.

Entrepreneurship does not equal entrepreneurship.”
This was the first thing that was communicated to me in the QREC lectures and the biggest thing I learned in the lectures.
I believe that entrepreneurship is about taking ownership of your life. I think that the QREC lectures are always structured around that entrepreneurship. Therefore, every time I attend a lecture, I am confronted with myself.
Among the many lectures, I especially recommend the “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” course. This lecture provides an opportunity to objectively analyze how one’s inner self has been formed and to think about various things from different perspectives. I am convinced that the ideas learned or acquired in these lectures will be useful for a long time to come.
QREC offers not only lectures, but also a system that financially and cooperatively supports students’ challenges and aspirations. Thanks to this opportunity, I have been able to pursue my own interests.
I hope you will take full advantage of QREC and learn a lot from it!

The classes in my major department were mostly classroom lectures in specialized fields, so I decided to take the practical QREC classes. All of the classes are friendly to first-time students and are a very good first step in starting something you are interested in. Also, in the Idea Battle, the idea we had when it was accepted did not work out, and after mentoring, we changed our idea several times. In the end, we only created part of the product and did not complete it, but we were able to learn how to think in a social problem-based manner without being limited by what we had learned at QREC or in our major classes.

I first became interested in business and entrepreneurship when I took a course at QREC, “The Technology Marketing Game,” which I took lightly and found more interesting than I had expected. I was then selected for the Challenge & Creation (C&C) and Acceleration Programs, which gave me the opportunity to experience many hands-on opportunities.
The most impressive of all was the learning I gained through design thinking. I was able to learn the process of uncovering issues that users themselves were unaware of and finding solutions in a practical way through repeated failures. The ability to verbalize issues, which I developed through this process, has been a great help not only in my business and research, but also in my daily life and relationships.
I recommend the QREC Acceleration Program. In this program, you will learn through lectures and workshops the general flow of the process up to proof of concept. You will also receive valuable feedback on your ideas from a diverse group of people, including entrepreneurs and investors.

I began to look into QREC after seeing some of my good friends and seniors participating in the QREC program and seeing how much fun they were having.
However, because I found out about QREC so late, I was not able to get involved in the classes or the program very much, but I still had a meaningful time and was able to rethink my future plans. I wish I had known about it earlier (laughs).
I myself am an architectural design major, and although I had a strong education in design thinking and was unfamiliar with entrepreneurship and business, I have incorporated those ideas and am now struggling daily to commercialize my ongoing projects. I am still in contact with the people I attended the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp with in the QREC class, and I am glad I participated because I was able to expand my network and receive good opportunities from them. I think one of the advantages of attending QREC is that I am able to interact with people from completely different backgrounds.
Because I was able to participate in the QREC program and other programs, I was able to have an intense graduate school experience. I would like to make the most of this experience and push forward toward my goals. Thank you very much!

My motivation for applying to Challenge & Creation (C&C) was my goal of competing in iGEM, an international synthetic biology competition. However, I was shocked to hear during the C&C selection process that “it is not enough to perform well in the competition.” In C&C, we must always be aware of how much impact we can have on society, whether we really need it now, and whether our experiments have become mere tricks. We had a very great responsibility for the funds we were allowed to use, especially in terms of considering the people who had “financed” our activities. In this sense, I felt that C&C is different from mere support for students, and that it is a place that requires meaningful activities. If you want to know more about QREC, I recommend the Entrepreneurship and Career Design course that I was involved in administering. The course is a great way to learn what you need to know right now.

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A place where you can be and aspire to be who you want to be.

The most nurturing thought was the idea that "the first time you try something, it's natural that it's difficult.

I gained new knowledge, skills, and connections that I would not normally have gained.

For being the catalyst of change in my life.

I was able to get a glimpse of the skills and mannerisms I will need when I enter the workforce while doing what I love.

Let's all get our hands moving “for now” to give shape to our ideas!

I was assisted in breaking through barriers at the beginning of the project.

I am confident that what I learn here will serve me well for a long time to come

Very good as a first step in starting something you are interested in.

The practical skills I have gained here have been of great help not only in my business and research, but also in my daily life and relationships.

I was able to take a fresh look at my future plans.

Abundant opportunities to gain diverse perspectives and valuable experiences gained through interactions

Students' Voices - subsidy

A place where you can be and aspire to be who you want to be.

A place where you can be and aspire to be who you want to be.

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The most nurturing thought was the idea that "the first time you try something, it's natural that it's difficult.

The most nurturing thought was the idea that "the first time you try something, it's natural that it's difficult.

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I gained new knowledge, skills, and connections that I would not normally have gained.

I gained new knowledge, skills, and connections that I would not normally have gained.

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For being the catalyst of change in my life.

For being the catalyst of change in my life.

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I was able to get a glimpse of the skills and mannerisms I will need when I enter the workforce while doing what I love.

I was able to get a glimpse of the skills and mannerisms I will need when I enter the workforce while doing what I love.

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Let's all get our hands moving “for now” to give shape to our ideas!

Let's all get our hands moving “for now” to give shape to our ideas!

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I was assisted in breaking through barriers at the beginning of the project.

I was assisted in breaking through barriers at the beginning of the project.

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I am confident that what I learn here will serve me well for a long time to come

I am confident that what I learn here will serve me well for a long time to come

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Very good as a first step in starting something you are interested in.

Very good as a first step in starting something you are interested in.

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The practical skills I have gained here have been of great help not only in my business and research, but also in my daily life and relationships.

The practical skills I have gained here have been of great help not only in my business and research, but also in my daily life and relationships.

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I was able to take a fresh look at my future plans.

I was able to take a fresh look at my future plans.

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Abundant opportunities to gain diverse perspectives and valuable experiences gained through interactions

Abundant opportunities to gain diverse perspectives and valuable experiences gained through interactions

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