On Thursday, 15 October 2026, Aska Kuwabara, Representative Director of anosa.ai, joined the panel discussion "Reimagining Education and Careers in the age of AI" at Venture Café Tokyo's "Homecoming Thursday Gathering #400". Thursday Gathering is Venture Café Tokyo's signature weekly event, which began in March 2018 and has since welcomed more than 120,000 participants. The session was organized by the Global Shapers Community - Yokohama Hub and held in English. The panel loo

We will be taking part in "Takanawa Community Festival 2026 with TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY” on Sunday, 25 October. Come and take on Choco, our AI conversational plush toy, in a quiz challenge! Children aged 3 and up are welcome to join, and anyone who answers every question correctly gets a little gift. It’s a chance to try what it feels like to simply have a chat with a plush toy. Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026, 11:00–19:00 Venue: Future Experience Area, TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY (on

September 10, 2026 Aska Kuwabara, Representative Director of anosa.ai, took the stage at Women's Pitch 2026, held at CIC Tokyo on 9 September 2026. She introduced Choco, our AI conversational plush toy, and spoke about how we give characters a voice and conversation capability. We are grateful to everyone who joined us on site and online, and the questions we received are already shaping what we build next. We would also like to thank other female founders who have presented

August 22, 2026 Choco spent a day at LiSH Family Day held at LiSH, the co-working space in Takanawa Gateway where anosa.ai is based. Member companies and startups brought their families along, and about 30 families took part in our workshop. "I want to sleep holding Choco," said a seven-year-old girl, and an eight-year-old boy asked to be taught more about animals. Bedtime comfort and daytime curiosity are the two kinds of purposeful conversation we design for, so hearing bot

August 8 (Sat) and 9 (Sun), 2026 We exhibited at Hotel New Otani Tokyo's Ohtani Summer Festival on 8–9 August 2026 as "Choco's Science Lab". Children made UV bead bracelets that change color in sunlight and rubber-band powered pull-back cars, asking Choco "why?" along the way. The festival drew around 3,000 visitors, and about 60 families joined our workshop. "I want to keep talking to you forever - I love Choco!" said a five-year-old girl, while a nine-year-old boy told us,

July 21, 2026 “Choco’s Science Lab” is coming to the Hotel New Otani Tokyo Summer Festival 2026! Join us at Hotel New Otani Tokyo’s Ohtani Summer Festival 2026 and experience Choco, our AI-powered talking plush toy, before its official release. This is a great opportunity for children and families to meet Choco in person and enjoy a real conversation with our latest product. At our booth, visitors can also enjoy two fun hands-on science activities: 1) Make a UV bead bracelet

July 16, 2026 anosa.ai has newly opened a business branch in the following address: TAKANAWA GATEWAY Link Scholars' Hub Studio 1 THE LINKPILLAR 1 NORTH 6F 2 Chome−21−1, Takanawa, Minato City, Tokyo, JAPAN 〒108-0074 The main business remains in Gunma, Japan.

June 28, 2026 anosa.ai exhibited at Content Tokyo 2026, held at Tokyo Big Sight from June 17–19, 2026. We would like to thank everyone who visited our booth over the three-day event. Visitors had the opportunity to experience our conversational AI plush toy prototype, CHOCO, and we were grateful to receive valuable feedback and insightful discussions. We hope the demonstrations showcased the potential of conversational plush toys and our AI technology. We are continuing to ac

May 25, 2026 Aska Kuwabara, Representative Director of anosa.ai, will participate as a panelist at Lakeland University Japan's Innovation Challenge 2026 - an official side event of SusHI Tech Tokyo 2026. ​ She will be helping the students broaden their perspectives on both the potential and responsibilities that come with AI-driven innovation.​

April 28, 2026 Aska Kuwabara, Representative Director of anosa.ai, participated as a panelist at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 - the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's flagship innovation conference. ​ The session debated the motion: "Truly Effective AI Replaces the Need for Human Workers."

April 20, 2026 anosa.ai has received funding from Japan Finance Corporation (JFC), supporting the continued development of its AI-powered conversation platform for learning.