Hi there! This page is all about me outside of my career!

Early Life and Family

I was born and raised in Carmel, Indiana with my parents and my younger sister, Celene. Both my parents are retired chemical engineers. My mom is from Japan and went to the University of Floria. My dad grew up in St Louis and went to University of Missouri. Celene is the athlete of the family and played softball at the University of Louisville.

After I graduated from Carmel High School I attended Purdue University where I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Computer Engineering (ECE) in May 2017. My only regret is that Purdue sports continues to hurt me.

Adversities

I was born with a rare genetic disorder called Branchio Oculo Facial Syndrome (BOFS). This caused me to be born with several disabilities which included cleft lip, partial deafness, visual impairment due to missing parts of my retinas and worst of all, premature greying hair. Luckily I was able to grow out of my hearing issues (my ear cannals grew), but I’m still visually impaired and half my hair is grey. My vision prevents me from being able to drive (luckily for everyone else) which makes it difficult to commute. However because I’ve lived with this all my life it doesn’t hinder me in my work as a software engineer with the exception being I don’t really have an “eye” for front end development.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Watching sports: College football and basketball, NFL, MLB and soccer
  • Playing sports: Volleyball, soccer, softball (very difficult), can jam, bocce ball
  • Favorite Sports Teams: Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers, St Louis Cardinals, St Louis Blues, Machester City (yeah I know I’m a bandwagon), and all my family’s college teams.
  • Fantasy Football: I’m obsessed with fantasy football which is pretty obvious since I’m in 7-10 leagues a year. I’ve been playing fantasy football since I was 12.
  • Snowboarding and Onewheeling (seriously)
  • Chess: Add me on chess.com @ MasterMakoto95
  • Card and Board Games
  • Relearning Japanese
  • Traveling with friends and family
  • Hanging out with our pets
  • Sending and making memes
  • Working out (not really a hobby, but something I force myself to do)
  • Coding projects with friends
  • Video Games I play right now: Rocket League, Call of Duty, RPGs
  • Top 10 Favorite video games (no order): Pokemon Red, Super Smash Bros Melee, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, Fallout 3, Halo 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Elden Ring, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Pets

An About Me page wouldn’t be complete without pictures of all of the family pets!

Ygritte (Game of Thrones Character)

Ruger

Biscuit

Freddy