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Kaname Hayashi 林要
Founder & CEO, GROOVE X
6,342X followers · @HayashiKaname · checked 2026-10-17
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Background
Left SoftBank in 2015 to found GROOVE X and develop the home robot LOVOT. Source
Public appearances
| 2025-01-23 Podcast | Radio NIKKEI Business EXpress: Kaname Hayashi ゲストは GROOVE X株式会社 代表取締役 林要氏 Hayashi discusses "warm technology" and LOVOT as a robot designed to be cherished rather than useful. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the episode page. |
| Undated Interview | LOVOT Talk Session: Shoukei Matsumoto x Kaname Hayashi LOVOT TALK SESSION 松本紹圭 × 林要 A conversation with a Buddhist monk. Hayashi links his worry about the future of the car industry to a sense of mission to build a new home-robot industry in Japan. Summary by The Raising Sun. From search-result summary of the article. |
| Undated Video | LOVOT, a robot built to be cute (TV Tokyo "Imakara Science") “かわいい”にこだわったロボット！『LOVOT』 A TV Tokyo science segment in which Hayashi explains the design of LOVOT. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the programme title. |