Yashiro Azuki Draws Manga On Portable Hydrogen Energy For University Of Tokyo Lab
Yashiro Azuki, head of Sankaku Kei Inc., produced and published a manga about portable hydrogen energy with the University of Tokyo Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology's Kono Laboratory.
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Why it matters
The manga is a research outreach vehicle rather than a commercial title, pairing a niche energy lab with a creator whose audience sits far outside academic journals.
Key Facts
- Yashiro Azuki is the representative of Sankaku Kei Inc.
- The Kono Laboratory is part of the University of Tokyo Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology's Hydrogen Energy Field.
- Professor Kono developed the eneloop battery.
- The Kono Laboratory researches storing and transporting hydrogen as a liquid handled at room temperature and pressure.
- Kono welcomed Azuki to the laboratory with a traffic cone because he is a fan.
The collaboration grew from Kono's wish to make research on storing surplus renewable energy as hydrogen easier to understand, and from Kono's own fandom: he greeted Azuki at the lab with a traffic cone.
Kono is not a casual host. He developed eneloop, and the laboratory's current work stores and transports hydrogen as a liquid handled at room temperature and pressure. The article says the lab demonstrated an integrated make, store, transport and use process, and describes that demonstration as a world first.
Azuki's stated aim in adapting the research is to make specialized work feel familiar to readers. The tie-up announcement comes from Sankaku Kei Inc., which names Azuki as its representative.
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