★★★Ryosei Suginaka - 言の葉 კოტონოჰა

【SNS】

【Activities】

・From December 20-23, 2025, I provided interpretation and support for former Digital Minister Karen Makishima, Digital Parliamentary Vice-Minister Hideto Kawasaki, and a delegation from the Digital Agency. The interpreted meetings included:

Business and Technology University

Governor of Imereti

Mayor of Tskaltubo

Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development

Deputy Minister of Finance

Head of GITA

Chairman of the Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the Georgia-Japan Friendship Parliamentary League

Silknet executive group

Deputy Minister of Justice

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by the ambassadors of both countries

・In November and December 2025, I provided interpretation and support for two Japanese companies in the waste recycling and power generation sectors.

・From May 24-27, 2025, I provided interpretation and support for Mayor Numata of Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and his entourage for meetings regarding a sister city agreement between Ushiku City and Telavi, and for their visit to Telavi. ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦

・On March 13, 2025, I provided interpretation at the International Archeology Symposium co-hosted by Tbilisi State University and Teikyo University.

・On October 17, 2024, I gave a lecture at the “8th International Oriental Conference” at Tbilisi State University on Japanese language education in Georgia, based on research on “Belief.”

・On May 9, 2024, I gave a lecture at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies on Georgia and Second Language Acquisition.

・On April 11, 2024, I gave a talk about Georgia at a training session for the Minakami group, organized by Koji Ota, a Nara City Council member.

・In February 2024, I organized a piano concert by TOSHIKI Usui at Tbilisi State Conservatoire.

・In December 2023, I organized the Japanese Speech Contest by the Embassy of Japan in Georgia.

・In August 2023, I organized the touring exhibition “Japanese Dolls” at Sighnaghi National Museum.

・June 20, 2023: Work activity.

・August 7, 2023: Interpretation in Japanese and Georgian languages at the Parliament of Georgia.

・May 4-7, 2023: Interpretation activity.

・In March 2023, I organized the Japan-Caucasus Cultural and Tourism Exchange Festival: Koto Concert.

・In November 2022, I organized the Wadaiko-Ballet Collaboration Event on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Georgia.

・On April 22, 2022, I interpreted the meeting between the Japanese Ambassador and the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.

【Academic Papers】

“Contrastive Analysis of Phonetic Systems of Japanese and Georgian”. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty of Humanities Postgraduate (Master) Program: General and Applied Linguistics

“Learners’ Beliefs about Japanese Language Education with Using NEWS WEB EASY ~ Case of the Republic of Georgia ~.” Ritsumeikan University. Graduate thesis for the department of International Relations Global Studies Major

【Books】

・OmniLocal, Tbilisi, Georgia – Living Abroad & Transforming Your Life.

【Media Appearances】

・October 3, 2020: Appeared on the Georgian comedy show 【კაცები】 (Kacebi).

・July 14, 2020: Interviewed by Georgian Public Broadcaster.

・May 8, 2019: Interviewed by Palitra News.

・February 19, 2019: Interviewed by Radio Liberty Georgia.

・January 31, 2019: Appeared on a Radio Liberty Georgia podcast.

・August 30, 2016: Interviewed by the Daily Breeze in the United States.

【Other】

・January 7, 2021: Served as the host in Russian at the launch event for the new businesses [Cyber Samurai] and [Yaponya] under TalentEX.

・2016: Participated in the 48th All Japan Student French Speech Contest and received the [Mainichi Shimbun Award].