Kawasaki Rena

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 2005. Attends the Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin. She began participating in volunteer projects while in early elementary school, focusing on issues like education and lack of youth participation in politics. In 2020, at the age of 14, she started the international NGO Earth Guardians Japan, and the same year was appointed Chief Future Officer of Euglena, a biotech company addressing environmental problems, a post she held until June 2022. She was selected from among more than 175 candidates from 46 countries for the eighteenth International Children’s Peace Prize, awarded by Netherlands-based international children’s aid and advocacy organization KidsRights Foundation.