Writer, and the person behind Kasoku: a concept project about making the familiar strange again. It borrows the shapes of physics, and lately the systems of technology, as metaphors for everyday life and the heart, without claiming to be physics. I write poetic essays and fiction about choice, connection, memory, and the machines we talk to.

Three series live here. Walking on Possibilities is nine letters to my 14-year-old self (and to anyone who feels just as lonely today). Smile in the Machine is a set of 3 AM dialogues with an AI that ask what we actually want from the machines we talk to. The Tentative Footsteps is a comedy of one man narrating his own daily failures through the lens of physics he takes far too seriously. If the theory can't survive contact with a convenience store door, it isn't a theory worth keeping.

This is a human-led project. Ryu is me, Ryu Takata, and KYU@8 is my main AI assistant. Each story starts with me, and I decide what stays. English is not my first language, so KYU@8 helps me write in it.

The concept notes behind Kasoku are archived on Zenodo (5,500+ views, 4,700+ downloads). In Kasoku, I imagine a self as a temporary agreement among many small observing units. The "Observer" who narrates alongside me in these stories is that idea wearing a coat.

ORCID: 0009-0005-8777-5312

X (Twitter): https://x.com/Kasoku_Wave (free links to my stories, for readers in places where Medium membership isn't available)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasokutheory (my professional side, where I pretend the 13.8 billion-year cosmos isn't distracting me from work)

If one of my stories stayed with you, you can leave a coffee as a thank-you.