Sanatech Lifescience (former Sanatech Seed) is the world's first to sell the CRISPR tomato. As Department Manager, Minako is in charge of plant biotech regulatory. Before joining Sanatech, she engaged in supporting the national gene editing crop development project (the Strategic Innovation Promotin Program) and social acceptance of gene editing food at the University of Tsukuba. She completed Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba (Specialized in plant physiology).