Authentic Beyond
We are creating a future in which everyone can choose the health that is authentically their own,
and in which everyone involved in medicine can shine.
Beyond logic, embrace love.
Beyond comfort, embrace new.
Beyond difference, embrace harmony.
Beyond logic,
embrace love.
Beyond comfort,
embrace new.
Beyond difference,
embrace harmony.
私たちは、既存の医療の枠組み、医療の垣根と限界、
そして心と体の境界線を超えていきます。
誰もが自分らしい健康を選択できる社会、そして医療に
関わるすべての人々が輝ける未来を想像します。
vision
Bringing life to life.
mission
Connect to the authentic.
value
Beyond logic,
embrace love.
Beyond comfort,
embrace new.
Beyond difference,
embrace harmony.
Member
Representative Partner
Representative Partner & Founder
Minori Ogawa
Nurse-Entrepreneur, Community Builder
Minori is the founder of Authentic Beyond and a nurse-entrepreneur who leads the company's vision of integrative, life-centered care. From her base at Dana Village in Nishiaizu, Fukushima, she builds communities that reconnect people with nature through regenerative farming, food, and dialogue. Her journeys have taken her to more than 60 countries, and she serves as the Japan liaison for Auroville, the international township in India.
In 2026, she is leading Authentic Beyond's expansion into new markets, developing a new model of integrative healthcare in the UAE and an eco-village initiative in Uganda. Across cultures and borders, she partners with organizations that share a commitment to human wellbeing and a more connected world.
Nursing Education & Hospitality
Fujiko Ito
Nurse at a Major Hospital
Fujiko is a registered nurse, certified preventive-medicine instructor, and alternative-medicine counselor, and serves as an Academic Director of the Association for the Promotion of Preventive and Alternative Medicine in Japan. Drawing on extensive clinical experience in major hospitals, she specializes in preventive care and whole-person approaches that address body and mind together. She is the author of Heaven and Hell of Hospital Nursing and lectures widely across Japan on the value of preventive medicine.
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Board Members
Physician
Takeru Okoshi
Takeru is a physician dedicated to community-based and integrative care. Early in his career, he served in international medical assistance in Afghanistan with the NGO Peshawar-kai before earning his medical license in 2011. In 2018, he founded the Okoshi Nagomi-no-Mori Clinic in Osaka, where, as chairman of the Rakujukai Medical Corporation, he leads home medical care and visiting nursing across the community. His current focus is building systems that integrate every form of medical care, bringing world-class healthcare to people everywhere.
Philosophy of Medicine & Healing-Environment Design
Takamitsu Miyake
General Practitioner
Takamitsu is a general practitioner and family physician with deep experience in integrative and community medicine. As the sole doctor on a remote island in Okinawa, he delivered whole-person care in close collaboration with professionals across many disciplines, and during the COVID-19 pandemic he advised the local government on infection control. His work explores the design of healing environments and the dignity of life, informed in particular by his practice in end-of-life care.
Connecting people, organizations, and the future across boundaries
Kentaro Hakuta
Social Bridger / Catalyst
Kentaro connects people and organizations across boundaries. Working as in-house legal counsel at an AI company, he pairs contract and legal expertise with a talent for building partnerships, bringing people and institutions together to create new opportunities in Dubai and across Japan. A graduate of Waseda University, he holds a Bachelor of Education, a Juris Doctor, and a certified real-estate agent qualification. With curiosity spanning academia to culture, he thrives at the intersections where new collaborations begin.
Legal & Strategic Advisor
Kotaro Motojima
Attorney / DAO Architect
Kotaro is an attorney and strategic advisor specializing in DAOs, fintech, healthcare, startups, and M&A. A graduate of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, he built his career at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, one of Japan's leading law firms. He is co-founder of Kyoso DAO and a representative of the Japan DAO Association, and works to advance regional revitalization and economic renewal in Japan by harmonizing technology with culture to build more human-centered communities.
Architect of Ideas, Entrepreneur & Artist
Kazuto Jackson Sashihara
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Kazuto is an entrepreneur and artist whose work bridges tradition and the future. Over more than 25 years of studying Indian classical music, he has explored the essence of culture and identity—questions that now shape his work as project manager at Masumi Tokyo and a director of HOKUSAI COMMONS, where he connects Japanese craftsmanship and spirituality to global audiences and the next generation. He is driven by a vision of a world in which every person feels glad to be alive.
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Company
Company Name
Authentic Beyond LLC
Location
496-2 Yosoemon-ura Hei, Nozawa, Nishiaizu-machi, Yama-gun, Fukushima, Japan
Contact Information
contact@authenticbeyond.com
Representative Partner
Minori Ogawa
Fujiko Ito
Board Members
Takeru Okoshi
Takamitsu Miyake
Kentaro Hakuta
Kotaro Motojima
Kazuto Sashihara
Contact
Authentic Beyond
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