From a Team Member with 3.5 Years at TOKYO: A Peek at Our President’s Playful Side!

Our President: A Former JICA Volunteer

Hello! I’m Adjoa, a system engineer who’s been part of the TOKYO team for three and a half years. Today, I’d like to introduce our president, Mr. Sakurai.

TOKYO has many former members of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV). Before joining the company, I was also a volunteer, working as a PC instructor in Ghana.

President Sakurai is one of us too — he served in the 3rd group of the 1996 dispatch to the Kingdom of Bhutan, where he worked as a system engineer.

What Happened When We Tried to Put His Photo on the Website?

Recently, we were preparing to update our company website with a photo of President Sakurai — and that’s when this little episode happened:

I said,
“Mr. Sakurai, didn’t you have a photo of yourself vacuuming in Bhutan during your volunteer days? Wouldn’t that be perfect for the website?”

In response, he sent…
an AI-generated image of a young man vacuuming in Bhutan! 😂

(Just to be clear: this is not him!)

And Then Came Images from Other Countries…

Next thing we knew, he started generating AI images of other countries where our team members had volunteered — including Ghana (where I served), Laos, Uzbekistan, and Ecuador!

Here’s the image for Ghana:

Here’s Laos:

Here’s Uzbekistan:

And Ecuador:

The President’s AI Image Generation Skills Are Impressive?!

Inspired by him, I tried generating an AI image myself — a Ghanaian person vacuuming. But the result was far from what I imagined. In the image, the person’s fingers turned into a vacuum brush, and the house didn’t resemble a typical Ghanaian home at all!

Clearly, President Sakurai has a knack for giving precise prompts and getting good results. No surprise there — it seems his leadership skills even apply to AI prompts!

More Than Just a Playful Personality

Under this fun and playful president, the TOKYO team enjoys a cheerful and engaging work environment every day.

But he’s not just a fun guy — he’s also a reliable and supportive leader with strong technical expertise and extensive experience both in Japan and abroad. He looks after every employee with genuine care and attention. 😁

If you’re curious to learn more about President Sakurai or the TOKYO team, feel free to get in touch with us. Click here to contact us!