Tsuyoshi Nakayama is Section Chief of the Assistive Robotics Section in the Department of Rehabilitation Engineering at the Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities. He completed graduate studies at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1996. Afterward, he began his career as a researcher at the Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, where he has been engaged in research and projects focused on lifelong support for individuals with disabilities.