Hikari Nonaka

Hikari Nonaka is the founder and Co- CEO of HelloWorld Inc. a company which provides homestay & online cultural exchange programs towards students, so that we can make it a norm for us to make friends all over the world. He is also the representative of Lagoon Koza in Okinawa Japan, a base for fostering entrepreneurs, He supports over 60 startups annually and manage numerous governmental educational and industrial development projects. While in college, Hikari experienced studying abroad in eight Asian countries. After working at a consulting company and supporting the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, he returned to Okinawa Prefecture and founded HelloWorld Inc..

(Award)

• Nikkei XTREND "100 Companies Creating Future Markets" (2026)
• Prize Winner of Taiwan International Startup Contest (2024)
• Winner (1st Place) of ICC Social Good Catapult (2023)
• Japan Representative & Global Finalist Global EdTech Startup Awards (2023)
• Double Award Winner of Social Innovation Challenge Japan (Co-hosted by UNDP, etc.) (2020)
• Forbes JAPAN Next Impact Startups 30 Changing the World

• Bachelor in English Language Education Course, Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus, Japan