{"id":6397,"date":"2026-08-27T15:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=6397"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:38:43","slug":"kotaro-kitamura","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/kotaro-kitamura\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotaro Kitamura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/Kotaro-Kitamura-300x300.jpg\" class=\"has-border-color has-custom-safforn-border-color wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kotaro Kitamura\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:100%;border-top-right-radius:100%;border-bottom-left-radius:100%;border-bottom-right-radius:100%;border-width:2px;height:auto;width:200px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/Kotaro-Kitamura-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/Kotaro-Kitamura-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/Kotaro-Kitamura-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/Kotaro-Kitamura-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/Kotaro-Kitamura-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rajasthan.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/08\/Kotaro-Kitamura-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><h2 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-custom-indigo-color\">Kotaro Kitamura<\/h2>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-indigo-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">Founder &amp; 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