Yuma Konaka graduated from the School of Global Japanese Studies at Meiji University. While in university, he participated in international volunteering on revitalization of local culture and environmental conservation in Germany and France, and also took a six-month working holiday in Barcelona, Spain. As he takes a great interest in international cooperation, he worked as an intern for a development consulting firm, where he was involved in an educational support project for foreign children living in Japan. His interest is in the realization of diversity and inclusion and human rights issues.