Yuka Nakamura graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo. She started working for consulting firms such as Corporate Direction and Bain & Company, and later joined Hanamaru Lab (now Wonderfy) in 2014. She concurrently worked as the classroom manager of Hanamaru Group, gaining experience in early childhood education. She works hard but also enjoys a nice meal accompanied by a drink once in a while!
Mt Koya (located in Kyoto, Japan)
Kei Kawashima graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. His love for arithmetic and mathematics led him to work on a best-selling problem-solving workbook called Nazope during university. Since 2007, he has been teaching students from four years old to university students at Hanamaru Group while also providing learning support at public elementary schools and children at home in Japan and overseas. In 2014, he founded Hanamaru Lab, which has since been renamed Wonderfy. He helped develop Think!Think!, an application that helps to foster critical thinking skills. It has more than two million users in over 150 countries, and the app has received and been nominated for numerous awards both domestically and internationally, including the Google Play Awards. In the past, he was a part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo. He was involved in the creation of content for the International Mathematical Olympiad and has also served as an advisor since 2017 for Mie Prefecture to develop mathematical thinking skills for students.
Liveliness of Children, Formulating Core Values, Complex Math Problems
Wonderfy is made up of professional teams who together,
create experiences to bring out and develop children’s ‘sense of wonder.’
Our team has a combined early childhood teaching experience of over 25 years to over 200,000 students at a large Japanese educational conglomerate called the Hanamaru Group. Our experienced teaching team deeply understands the characteristics of young children and knows how to bring out their true potential.
Wonderfy’s content team is composed of mathematical experts, including some who oversaw the International Mathematical Olympiad as well as professional puzzle developers, who were part of the production of the best-selling Nazope series. Our team of content creators develops quality content for children that exercises their thinking and conceptualization skills.
Meticulous development by engineers and designers who gain deep insight into children's sensitivities through weekly research classes. The core components of our content are developed in-house, with a strong focus on quality.