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Sasakura joined Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. in 1973. At Furuno Electric, he mainly developed ultrasonic equipment, such as sonars and fishfinders.
In 1984, he joined the search team that eventually found the battleship Yamato. Since then, he has held several positions, including general manager of the Development of Marine Equipment Division.
During his work at Furuno Electric in 1990, he got a Ph.D. in Fisheries from Tokyo University of Fisheries (now Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology).
In 1999, he founded Fusion Inc. to develop underwater acoustic equipment, and in 2010, he became a visiting researcher at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.
In 2012, he received the Best Paper Award from the Marine Acoustics Society of Japan.
In January 2017, he established AquaFusion Inc.
(Ph.D. in Fisheries)

In 2000, Matsuo was a research assistant at the Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University. Subsequently, he served as a COE researcher and academic-industrial cooperation project researcher. While at Tohoku University, he was engaged in research on biological sonar for bats and onboard sonar sensors. In 2005, he became an associate professor at Tohoku Gakuin University, then a professor in 2015. He has researched biological sonar and its applications in bats and dolphins, the sounds of endangered cicadas, and speech perception. In January 2017, he established AquaFusion Inc.
(Ph.D. in Engineering)

After researching sensors for autonomous vehicles in graduate school, he joined a major precision equipment manufacturer in 2003.
After working for a contract software company, AI venture, and robotics venture, he joined AquaFusion in August 2020, where he currently works.

In 2014, he joined Mitsubishi Space Software Co., Ltd., mainly engaged in developing wireless equipment systems for government agencies. He joined AquaFusion in August 2020 and has been with the company since.