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OriHime was created by Yoshifuji

Kentaro.

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The idea for OriHime came from

his own experience.

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When Yoshifuji was young, he

was not able to go to school for

three and a half years.

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He wanted to attend classes, but

he could not.

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He was extremely lonely.

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He thought, “If I had an avatar, I

could be with my classmates

without going to school.”

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During this period, he became

interested in designing robots.

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Yoshifuji entered an engineering

high school.

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When he was 18, he took part in

an engineering contest in the US.

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He met various people there and

found his goal: to help people

who cannot communicate with

others easily.

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That is why he calls himself a

“robot communicator”, not a

“robot engineer.”