Shuya Yamazaki is a former All Japan Karate Champion and current undergraduate researcher at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Born and raised in Toyama, Japan, Shuya has dedicated himself to the practice of both swimming and karate since a young age. He competed in the 2013 Junior Olympics for swimming and has achieved remarkable success in karate, winning multiple tournaments and MVP awards. In 2017, he became the best in Japan by winning the All Japan Karate Championship, reaching the pinnacle of his karate career. Shuya attended Katayama Gakuen for middle and high school, during which he studied abroad at Eton College in the UK. He was then selected for the AIG High School Diplomats Program and studied in the US. In 2021, he enrolled in the College of Engineering at NTU Singapore and is currently working as an undergraduate researcher at the NTU-A*STAR joint lab, where he focuses on research in Materials Informatics. His long-term vision is to bridge the gap between scientific research and real-world implementation through involvement in the deep-tech field as both a researcher and an investor.