Kenichiro Kaneko

Service Design (MA)
A smiling person in formal academic gown, standing in front of a historic brick building with a large wooden door.
A career development dashboard with labeled navigation items.
A career development dashboard with labeled navigation items.
FutureForge is a digital platform concept for internal mobility and talent development in financial institutions. Features are aligned with stages such as Self-Awareness and Goal-Setting to support employee-driven growth.
A behavioural model diagram showing stages of user change.
A behavioural model diagram showing stages of user change.
The FutureForge framework draws on behavioural models to support long-term user engagement. This diagram maps a journey from inaction to unconscious action, using stages like Discovery and Continuous Development to guide behavioural change over time.
A poster-style visual for a youth offender rehabilitation program titled “Turning Point”.
A poster-style visual for a youth offender rehabilitation program titled “Turning Point”.
Turning Point is a concept for a short-term rehabilitation program aimed at youth offenders. Developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, the project explores how speculative design can offer more human-centered pathways to reintegration.
A curriculum chart outlining the four-step rehabilitation process for youth offenders.
A curriculum chart outlining the four-step rehabilitation process for youth offenders.
The proposed curriculum for Turning Point follows four phases—Needs Finding, Reflection, Envisioning, and Step Forward. Each phase combines emotional support with practical guidance, offering a flexible structure for 1- 3 months journeys.
A career development dashboard with labeled navigation items.
A behavioural model diagram showing stages of user change.
A poster-style visual for a youth offender rehabilitation program titled “Turning Point”.
A curriculum chart outlining the four-step rehabilitation process for youth offenders.

About

Kenichiro Kaneko is a public sector professional at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, where he has worked since 2016. He has led major policy initiatives across industrial development, workforce transformation, and energy innovation. His responsibilities have included designing Japan’s first national roadmap for ammonia fuel, driving legal reforms to accelerate hydrogen and renewables investment, and leading post-disaster recovery strategies in Fukushima through policy planning and stakeholder engagement. He also headed reskilling programs and contributed to shifting Japan’s traditional seniority-based pay systems toward job-based compensation.

Kenichiro earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo. In 2024, he completed an MBA at the University of Cambridge, where he engaged in consulting projects for global companies such as INDITEX and UK-based nonprofits. He was selected as a finalist in an international energy competition hosted by Duke University and co-founded the Cambridge Japan Forum.

In autumn 2024, he began an MA in Service Design at the Royal College of Art to further explore how design and systems thinking can enhance policymaking and public services.

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