Kagura Sakamoto

Kagura Sakamoto

2022: Gained 100% (A+) overall score on ‘Scratch Programming for Elementary School Students’ course at CTY, Johns Hopkins University
2023: Gained 97% (A+) overall score on ‘Advanced Scratch Programming’ course at CTY, Johns Hopkins University
2023: 6th place in International Science Bee Asia Championship Elementary school division
2025: 3rd place in International Science Bee Asia Championship Elementary school division
Award High Honors, Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Johns Hopkins University

My dream is to join NASA and work on space, with the goal of one day moving people to Mars. To make that dream come true, I need to study not only about space and science but also things like programming. Lately, I’ve started doing research on image recognition using AI. I hope this kind of research will be helpful in many areas, like space and healthcare, and that it will eventually help all of humanity.
I want to go to the U.S. to study as soon as I can. That’s because my goal, NASA, is there, and the U.S. is the most advanced in AI and space.