Yuma Kuno joined Sumitomo Forestry from 2016 as one of the internal architects designing single-family custom-built houses using the Big-Frame method (Patented technology of Sumitomo Forestry) in Japan. He holds a master’s degree in architectural environmental engineering from Yokohama National University’s Institute of Urban Innovation with a strong interest in sustainability in architecture and community development. From 2021, he has been working alongside group developers of Sumitomo Forestry America, focused on driving the global mass timber initiatives and promoting Sumitomo Forestry’s WOOD Cycle in the United States.