Quick intro about myself…

I am a mixed Japanese Australian who’s passionate about user experience designs! As a young teen, I had a huge interest in a creative space, which led me to take a course at the University of Sydney for a Bachelor in Design Computing (2019-2021).

With my creative input & extensive knowledge of website design, I want to create awesome websites that are streamlined, yet aesthetically pleasing. Becoming a UX/UI designer who can balance those two inputs is my main goal right now. I am always interested in connecting & talking with people within the industry so feel free to reach out to me to talk about my projects or UX/UI career advice 😊.

I am a huge nerd for video games, gundam models and Lego. I think creative hobbies are basically the right of passage for any designer 😅. But of course, I am also fond of physical activities as well such as weight lifting, martial arts and climbing/bouldering.

My Values

As a designer and a creative person, I am always keen to learn from peers and more. I believe there are always new things we can learn in both professional and personal life that can improve our well-being even more.

✍️ Learn, learn and keep on learning

Honestly, I can’t thing of how my life would be without any sort of passion or creativity. I believe both these things are what gets me going as a designer and as a person. It helps me appreciate the things I do the most.

🎨 Stay creative and passionate

With my household being from Japan, we had a huge emphasis on respecting the people who we believe are important to us. The kindness and compassion we can provide from this respect can go a long way.

🙏 Respect one another

Testimonial

As an employee, James was always eager to help, reliable and efficient. During his time in my team, he designed experiences for multiple products (mobile apps and web applications) at the same time, helped document, roll out and train the UX team (comprising of 5 designers) on our Design System, Figma Libraries, Auto-layout driven design and even Figma responsive design. James also undertook high-impact user research and made a number of key recommendations that resulted in improved products and outcomes.

I’ve always put a premium on initiative and willingness to learn among my team members and James never failed to deliver on both fronts. During daily standups, his tasks and outcomes were delivered to specification and during fortnightly retrospectives, his reflections and ideas showed a maturity beyond his age.

James is a delight to work with – and is task oriented - being able to self-manage and deliver with little management required. He will be a bright talent within any design or product team that you can rely on to deliver.

— Sam Halcrow, Co-founder & Head of Production for Arcade Dev House