Formed in 2005 by graduates of the Masahiko Sato Laboratory at Keio University, the creative group Euphrates is known for conceptually grounded projects across a wide range of media including film, animation, exhibitions and graphic design.

Major Works

Films
    Issey Miyake A-POC Inside film production (2006, Issey Miyake, Inc.)
    Factory of Ideas film production (2006, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.)
    Mathematical Curves Hidden in Everyday Life (2008, Joint research by the Benesse
    Educational Research & Development Center and the Masahiko Sato Laboratory at Keio University)
    PythagoraSwitch segment production (2002-, NHK Educational TV)
    2355 and 0655 program production (2010-, NHK Educational TV)
 
Exhibitions, books, characters
    Exhibitor at Exhibition Transform Yourself (2008, NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC])
    Exhibitor at The Definition of Self Exhibition (2010, 21_21 Design Sight)
    Pittari hamaru no hon (The Just Fit Book) (2006, Masahiko Sato and Euphrates, Poplar Publishing)
    Kagaku no tomo Naka wo sozo shite miyo (Kagaku no tomo: Imagine What's Inside) (2009, Masahiko Sato and Euphrates, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishing)
    Kumiawase seibutsu kongaragacchi (Mix-and-match creatures: Kongaragacchi) (2007-)

Awards
   
New York ADC 86th Annual Awards Gold Award (2007) for A-POC Inside.
Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize in Art (2007)
New York ADC 86th Annual Awards Merit Award for Factory of Ideas (2007)
Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize in Entertainment for Exhibition Transform Yourself
19th Times Asia-Pacific Advertising Awards Silver Award for the Life Card television commercial (direction and animation)
50th Science and Technology Film/Video Festival Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for Mathematical Curves Hidden in Everyday Life (2009)
Japan Audio-Visual Educational Association Prize for Excellence in School Education (2009)

Members
   
Kohji Robert Yamamoto
Tomoko Kaizuka
Mio Ueta
Masashi Sato
Masaya Ishikawa
Hirofumi Yonemoto