{"id":5565,"date":"2026-11-05T12:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T03:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/?post_type=people&p=5565"},"modified":"2026-11-05T12:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T03:10:50","slug":"s00223","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/","title":{"rendered":"Maki Komuro"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2012, she joined Switch Science Co., Ltd., where she engaged in marketing and public relations activities with the goal of creating a world where even non-experts can enjoy technology. After giving birth, she expanded her activities to include children and education, and in the process, she encountered micro:bit, a microcontroller board for education. In May 2017, she established Switch Education Co., Ltd., and in August of the same year, she was in charge of the Japanese launch of micro:bit. She is currently working to promote programming education using micro:bit. Since 2019, she has been a MITOU Junior Mentor, and since 2025, she has been the LEADING EDGE Shikoku PM, one of the AKATSUKI projects.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Board Director, Switch Science, Inc. \/ President and CEO, Switch Education, Inc. \/ Mentor, MITOU Junior \/ Project Manager, LEADING EDGE Shikoku \/ MITOU Advanced Program, Alumni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5586,"template":"","person_role":[28],"class_list":["post-5565","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","person_role-speakers","en-US"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMaki Komuro | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maki Komuro | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Board Director, Switch Science, Inc. \/ President and CEO, Switch Education, Inc. \/ Mentor, MITOU Junior \/ Project Manager, LEADING EDGE Shikoku \/ MITOU Advanced Program, Alumni\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Tech-GALA-JAPAN\/61564885483583\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-11-05T03:10:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/MakiKomuro.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TechGALA_Japan\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/s00223\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/s00223\\\/\",\"name\":\"Maki Komuro | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/s00223\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/s00223\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/MakiKomuro.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-05T03:10:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-11-05T03:10:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/s00223\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/s00223\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/s00223\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/MakiKomuro.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/MakiKomuro.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/s00223\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"TOP\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Maki Komuro\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/\",\"name\":\"TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND\",\"description\":\"\u5730\u7403\u306e\u672a\u6765\u3092\u62d3\u304f\u30c6\u30af\u30ce\u30ed\u30b8\u30fc\u306e\u796d\u5178\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/logo.svg\",\"width\":134,\"height\":43,\"caption\":\"TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techgala.jp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/people\\\/Tech-GALA-JAPAN\\\/61564885483583\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/TechGALA_Japan\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Maki Komuro | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Maki Komuro | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND","og_description":"Board Director, Switch Science, Inc. \/ President and CEO, Switch Education, Inc. \/ Mentor, MITOU Junior \/ Project Manager, LEADING EDGE Shikoku \/ MITOU Advanced Program, Alumni","og_url":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/","og_site_name":"TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Tech-GALA-JAPAN\/61564885483583\/","article_modified_time":"2026-11-05T03:10:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/MakiKomuro.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@TechGALA_Japan","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/","url":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/","name":"Maki Komuro | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/MakiKomuro.jpg","datePublished":"2026-11-05T03:10:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-11-05T03:10:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/MakiKomuro.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/MakiKomuro.jpg","width":768,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00223\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"TOP","item":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maki Komuro"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/","name":"TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND","description":"\u5730\u7403\u306e\u672a\u6765\u3092\u62d3\u304f\u30c6\u30af\u30ce\u30ed\u30b8\u30fc\u306e\u796d\u5178","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/#organization","name":"TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND","url":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo.svg","width":134,"height":43,"caption":"TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Tech-GALA-JAPAN\/61564885483583\/","https:\/\/x.com\/TechGALA_Japan"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/5565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"person_role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person_role?post=5565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}