Who are messaliberty?

We are a web tech company based in Osaka, Japan with the sole aim of making your Internet and online experience more enjoyable and hassle-free.

How?

We are working on a content pick-up engine called hulor. Think of it as a search engine without the search. Searching is great if you like the work, if you like all the endless pages of results and all the dead-ends. You know how you can hear your friend sitting opposite you talking clearly in a crowded and noisy room? That’s the idea behind hulor. You can find out more and sign-up at hulor.com

Wait, there’s (a little) more

We also provide a video podcast called messa.tv about the latest tech and hot topics on the web mostly from here in Japan. If you want to hear about all the new and wonderful gadgets in Japan and get an insight on the IT and Web sector here, then watch and subscribe.

We hope you enjoy hulor, messa.tv, and our blog. Most importantly we hope we can help you and your friends enjoy the web more.

Introducing the messaliberty team

Hiro SHINOHARA

Hiro SHINOHARA

Founder and CEO of messaliberty

As the founder of messaliberty, he is always spreading his vision, launching and being the architect of projects like hulor. Not only that, he is also an accomplished Rails programmer. He has played with Apple products since he was a kid and really digs their philosophy. Likes to talk about anime because he is a huge anime fan. Always seen with a Boblbee backpack that contains a MacBook Pro and Coca Cola.

Blog: Source Code of My Life

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Takeshi FUJITA

Takeshi FUJITA (aka Chapp/Take)

Designer and Office Manager of messaliberty

Our chief designer, creating graphic and web design combining both form and function to tackle the task at hand. His most important task is to keep and improve visual quality of messaliberty’s products. His weapon of choice is the Apple iMac with the soundtrack provided by U2. He is also the Iron Chef of the office, preparing lunch and dinners when he has the time. Active soccer player.

Yoshiki HARADA

Yoshiki HARADA (aka Yassan/Har)

Programmer and Movie Editor

One of his main tasks is writing the back engine code for hulor. We are constantly surprised (and hope you will be too) at how much improved each iteration is. He also is the movie editor both for work like messa.tv and personal projects. An expert games player but perhaps surprisingly his favourite console is the Xbox. The person to ask about Japanese geek and online culture.

Yohei ISE

Yohei ISE (aka Ice)

Lead Programmer

He is not using OSX. He built his own PC sans case and runs Ubuntu and writes Rails code on it. He shares his vast experience in the software industry and in doing so improves the team. He is also a hardware hacker and we always hand him our broken gadgets. Likes to play RPGs, some of his favourites are the Romancing SaGa and SaGa Frontier series. Hates smoke.

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Ian CHEUNG

Ian CHEUNG

Director of Special Projects

He gets to do all the fun things but when forced to work, he is responsible for Information Architecture, promotional activities and keeping everything as simple and understandable as possible. He believes strongly in Open Source and is a lifelong Liverpool FC supporter. His children were both born in Den-Den Town. Currently learning Ruby. Works on WordPress and the maintenance of all the messaliberty sites. Co-host of messa.tv.

Ken KANECHIKA

Ken KANECHIKA

Sales and Marketing Specialist

He is a director of our important projects and also doing marketing tasks with his experience as an owner of an online store. Our productivity is improved by him day by day driving us to reach our goal. He has had interest in the global market since he went Australia to study when he was a student and now he has a strong interest in the Chinese market. Plays the guitar well and can compose his own songs. Co-host of messa.tv Japanese.

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