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Consulting Member

Tomiharu Nagata

Product Development Supervisor

Birthplace

Born in Kumamoto Prefecture

Consulting area

Sensory evaluation, fragrance, multivariate analysis, etc.

hobby

Collecting stones, cacti and tuberous plants, photography

Biography

Engaged in product development for 2017 at Japan cigarette Inc. (JT) and contributed to a project exceeding 10 billion yen that was created as an independent project. After that, he launched and expanded area research on human tastes as a fragrance manager and deputy director of a research institute. Areas include research on the five senses centered on smell and taste, psychological research on human cognition, sensory chemistry that connects chemical analysis and sensory evaluation, and the construction of new sensory evaluation methods. Utilizing his skills as a perfumer, he will drive the growth of REVORN.

Achievements

Sensory evaluation of fragrance (setting and evaluation of objective evaluation axis and proposal of solutions using various sensory evaluation methods)
Flavor creation (using sensory scientific knowledge, etc.)
Leading R&D projects in the field of taste science research, such as sensory chemistry, sensory science, and sensibility science
Analysis of scent x preference data (multivariate analysis, etc.)

Yayoi Kasakura

adviser

Birthplace

Born in Ibaraki Prefecture

Consulting area

Sensory evaluation, fragrance adjustment (replacement) considering laws and regulations, etc.

hobby

tropical fish

Biography

Engaged in flavor development for 40 years at Japan cigarette Inc. (JT), and oversaw the flavor division globally for over 20 years. With the acquisition of Manchester in the UK, Reynolds in the US, Gallaher in the UK, and Nakula in Egypt, we have played a central role in creating flavors for a wide variety of products, with sales expanded to more than 130 countries around the world. So far, he has various experiences such as leading many projects such as fragrance sustainability, process good manufacturing practice, product reliability improvement technology development, smokeless tobacco development, aroma profile systemization of over 1000 new cigarette varieties. . He holds the title of one of the few principal flavorists in the world, including past and present, at JT.