Anno Takahiro is a Japanese software engineer, serial AI entrepreneur and science-fiction writer. His 2019 prize-winning story "Continuous Integration" imagines a figure skater applying software-development methods and AI to optimise athletic performance.
He entered politics in 2024 with a campaign for governor of Tokyo, finishing fifth but drawing attention for using AI and social media to gather voter feedback. In 2025 he founded Team Future (Mirai), winning a seat in the upper house. In early 2026 Mirai picked up 11 seats in the lower house, making it one of the first parties anywhere to run successfully on an explicitly AI-friendly agenda.
Mr Anno calls himself "neither right nor left". He draws inspiration from Audrey Tang, Taiwan's pioneering former digital minister, and talks of using technology to "create a new form of democracy". Mirai uses AI tools for "broad listening"—gathering and analysing large volumes of citizen input collected through an AI-based interview platform linked from his social-media accounts. He sees AI as the solution to Japan's demographic challenges.
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