It all began in 2011, when a Nissan engineer invited me to a special session at Inter-noise 2011 in Osaka. By then, I had already presented my work on electric vehicle sounds—what we now call AVAS (Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System)—at the JSAE Spring Conference 2010. That presentation opened the doo…

Looking back at more than 20 years of conference presentations (2002–2024), I have selected the five that were the most memorable to me. Coming in at number five is my presentation at SFA/DAGA’04 in Strasbourg, 2004. At that time, I was working for a German car manufacturer, where my main challenge …

If you grew up in the ’80s in Japan, you probably know Char Aznable—the “red comet” from Mobile Suit Gundam. Even if you are not Japanese, you may still share the same excitement through Star Wars. These shared cultural icons inspired me to present a unique approach to Active Sound Design (ASD).Sinc…