NIKOMARU
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About me

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I'm Nikomaru, a fourth-year Computer Science student in the Faculty of Engineering at Shinshu University. I build Minecraft plugins with Kotlin and web applications with TypeScript and React.

At Morino Party, I work across the systems that connect the game server and the web. This includes authentication and APIs built with Hono and Cloudflare Workers, as well as user-facing applications built with TanStack Start.

I also maintain development and delivery workflows with Docker and GitHub Actions. My goal is to build software that remains understandable for maintainers and straightforward for the people using it.

Hobbies

Baking as another way to build

Outside programming, I make sweets. I like the process of breaking a recipe down, controlling temperature and timing, and adjusting small details until the result feels right.

That habit is close to how I write software: observe, change one thing, and make the next version easier to understand.

Baking is also a useful way to think about the people who receive what I make. A small difference in texture, shape, or timing can change the whole impression, so I try to look at the result from the outside, not only from the process that produced it.

Bonbon au chocolat made as a baking project
Bonbon au chocolat

Looking for structure in everyday scenes

I also started photography after buying a camera. I often point it at buildings, light, and repeated patterns that are easy to overlook while walking.

Photography gives me another way to practice composition, spacing, and attention to detail, which also feeds back into how I think about interfaces.

I like finding a clear frame inside a busy scene. Deciding what to include, what to leave out, and where the eye should move feels close to designing a screen or organizing information in code.

A glass-and-steel architectural pattern photographed in Kanazawa
Kanazawa, 2026

Next

After graduation, I want to keep working where software, education, and communities meet. I am especially interested in systems that stay useful after release, not only in the moment they are built.

I am expected to receive a first-class junior high school teacher license in Mathematics and first-class high school teacher licenses in Mathematics, Information, and Industrial Technology in March 2027.

I want to keep building software that is easy to learn and easy to continue using. The teacher-training course made me think more about how people understand unfamiliar ideas, and I want to bring that perspective into product and interface design.

Career & learning

My education and community involvement.

  1. 01

    Shinshu University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Studying computer science and engineering, with graduation expected in March 2027.

  2. 02

    Morino Party, Software Developer

    Developing and operating Minecraft plugins, web applications, APIs, and shared design systems for the community.

  3. 03

    Graduated from Aichi Prefectural Aichi High School of Technology and Engineering

    Completed upper secondary education in March 2023.

Qualifications & certifications

Certifications and examinations I have completed.

  1. 01

    First-class Junior High School Teacher License (Mathematics)

    Teacher-training course

  2. 02

    First-class High School Teacher License (Mathematics, Information, Industrial Technology)

    Teacher-training course

  3. 03

    TOEIC Listening & Reading 715

    The Institute for International Business Communication (IIBC)

  4. 04

    World Heritage Test, Level 2

    The World Heritage Academy

  5. 05

    Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination

    Innovation Platform Agency, Japan (IPA)

  6. 06

    Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination

    Innovation Platform Agency, Japan (IPA)

  7. 07

    World Heritage Test, Level 3

    The World Heritage Academy