# Team

**Ben Li (Kotaro), Co-Founder & Creative Director**

Ben leads Studio Mirai’s creative branding strategy and community activities, as well as the Mirai Dao’s multimedia efforts. You can often find him taking $KOTO away from community members on Discord. In his free time, Ben enjoys playing piano, photography, and making videos.

**Brian Li, Co-Founder & Technical Director**

Brian manages the technical aspects of the Studio Mirai project — website and bot development, smart contract and incentive design, infrastructure management, and more. He is also the founder of RHIZOME Labs, a multi-chain validator, and a co-founder of Coda Labs.

**Aldous, Lead Writer & Lead Game Designer**

Aldous is the writer of the Story of Nozomi and the designer and developer of the Mirai Heroes trading card game. He is a Software Engineer by day, and Software Engineer by night, and enjoys creating things that are rife with creativity and intellectual complexity.

**Jay, Lead Artist**

Jay is a multi-media artist who incorporates 3D into most of his art. He shows a large range of techniques, from paintings to graphics to realistic and stylized 3D renders and animation. He is an Orthodox Christian who lives in the Pacific North West. Jay likes dark, French roasted, pour over coffee; as well as, tea, cats, cold weather and making things with his hands (sewing, gardening, house/yard work, etc.).
