The story behind
TOY EIGHT.
Have you ever encountered the following statements?
"My child has been in school for a long time, but they still write with a mirror image. If these teachers can't help her, I will withdraw from your school."
"Who are you to say that my child has speech problems? You are not a specialist."
I'm Shun Matsuzaka, founder of TOY EIGHT, a Japanese education company. As someone who suffered from dyslexia, I didn't want my child to struggle with any learning difficulty, if she had one. When I came to Malaysia with my family from Japan 5 years ago, I asked the preschool teachers many questions to check if my child had any learning difficulty. But, due to the lack of developmental specialists and experts in the preschools, they didn't have the professional skills and qualifications to assess my child. I thought: who should I go to if the preschools can't help my child?
I saw the need to create a service to support parents who are concerned about their children's development, like I was before. So, I teamed up with experienced specialists to develop tools that would help children in their development through preschools. With the goal of providing parents and educators strong support and improving the quality of preschools, TOY EIGHT was born.
Shun Matsuzaka
Founder & CCO
Mission
Creating a world where everyone can unleash their talents
Vision
Changing uniform assessment to diverse evaluation
Value
Learning and nurturing partner
In collaboration with
Our Specialist Consultants
Dato' Dr. Amar-Singh HSS
Consultant Paediatrician, child-disability rights activist, Advisor National Early Childhood Intervention Council
Ms Eveleen Ling
Chairman, Malaysian Association of Kindergartens (PTM)
Dr Pei Jun Woo
Sunway University
Head of Department of Psychology
Dr Rajini Sarvananthan
Consultant General and Developmental Paediatrician
Research Partners
Press & News
TOY EIGHT signs MOU with the Centre of Evidence and Implementation (Singapore) to collaborate on research and future implementation of TOY8 Developmental Screening & Intervention in Singapore
【TOY8 PLAYGROUND】日本発祥の知育遊び場｜マレーシア子育てLABOとコラボイベント開催中
#TECH: Toy Eight collaborates with local universities to introduce children's development screening programme
Saringan awal bantu tumbesaran dan perkembangan anak anda
Toy Eight taman permainan untuk saringan awal serta bantu tumbesaran awal serta bantu tumbesaran dan perkembagan anak
评估孩子发育进度 TOY EIGHT 推出全马首个数码孩子成长筛查工具
InvestKL Corporation, Toy Eight collaborate in GKL Live Lab programme
SARINGAN AWAL BANTU TUMBESARAN DAN PERKEMBANGAN ANAK ANDA
Japanese startup in joint effort to develop screening tool for kids
儿童潜能数字筛查计划
Toy Eight perkenalkan program saringan digital, bantu saringan awal tumbersaran dan perkembangan anak
Japan's start in a joint effort to develop screening tools for children
【マレーシア】日系トイエイト、子どもの発達支援事業開始［サービス］
Pertama Di Malaysia, Alat Saringan Digital TOY EIGHT Mudahkan Kamu Pantau Tumbesaran Anak
TOY EIGHT Perkenal Alat Saringan Berasaskan Pemerhatian Pertama
【マレーシア】日系トイエイト、子どもの発達支援事業開始
Meet the Team
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Masaki Ishibashi
Founder & CEO
After ending up his corporate career as a bureau chief of business news wire, Masaki could successfully export, develop, modify and fine tune various Japanese business includes but not limited to fashion, F&B, Beauty and education business into Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong in China, Singapore and Malaysia. He is a business advisor for JETRO Kuala Lumpur.
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Shun Matsuzaka
Founder & CCO
Shun is the founder of McCANN MILLENNAILS, a team of 100 like-minded innovators in APAC. Shun also led several projects like inventing the world's first AI creative director and a “brain-wave meditation” AI robot to push the boundaries of human creativity.
He has led innovation projects with Panasonic, Honda, Fuji Xerox, Isetan and IBM. Besides being a regular speaker at international conferences. -
Toshihiro Setojima
Technology Director
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Hideki Ueno
Technology Manager
Project Management -
Issei Nonaka
Business Development Director
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Yuki Murakami
Product & Service Design Director
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Maika Muraguchi
Communication & Marketing Manager
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Takeo Miyoshi
Clinical Developmental Psychologist
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Grace How
Community and Partnerships Manager
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Annabelle Chan
Playground Operation Crew Lead
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Angela Chan
Playground Operation Crew Lead
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Krystabel Kok
Creative Strategist
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Tobey Low
Head of Early Childhood Development
Therapeutic Play Skill Practitioner -
Chui Yee Chong
Child Development Support Manager
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Ayu Najwa Zulkamar
Child Development Support Manager
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Mei Jae Lai
Child Development Support Manager
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Shalini Krishnan
Child Development Support Manager
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Poh Then Woh
Child Development Support Manager
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Jane Poon
Child Development Support Manager
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Jasvinder Kaur
Child Development Support Manager
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Addawiyah Famy
Child Development Support Manager