{"id":626,"date":"2024-12-04T12:56:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T03:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2025-12-24T20:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:13:46","slug":"%e3%82%ba%e3%82%ab%e3%83%b3%e3%83%95%e3%80%9c%e3%82%b6%e3%83%83%e3%82%b7%e3%80%8e%e6%96%87%e5%8c%96%e3%81%a8%e7%94%9f%e7%89%a9%e5%ad%a6%e3%80%8fvol-02%e3%80%8c%e3%82%ad%e3%83%a3%e3%83%a9%e3%80%8d","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/news\/%e3%82%ba%e3%82%ab%e3%83%b3%e3%83%95%e3%80%9c%e3%82%b6%e3%83%83%e3%82%b7%e3%80%8e%e6%96%87%e5%8c%96%e3%81%a8%e7%94%9f%e7%89%a9%e5%ad%a6%e3%80%8fvol-02%e3%80%8c%e3%82%ad%e3%83%a3%e3%83%a9%e3%80%8d\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Culture and Biology\u3011 Vol. 02: &#8220;Character&#8221; and &#8220;Decay&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryo Hirano has contributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/cultureandbiology.com\/volumes\/02-character-fuhai\/\"><strong>Zukanfu~Zasshi &#8220;Culture and Biology&#8221; Vol. 02<\/strong><\/a>, a media platform that explores and cultivates the intersection of &#8220;culture,&#8221; the human activities of our modern age, and &#8220;biology,&#8221; the pursuit of understanding the essence of life.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of <strong>&#8220;Culture and Biology&#8221; Vol. 02<\/strong> is <strong>&#8220;Character&#8221; and &#8220;Decay.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hirano participated in a project to create new &#8220;characters&#8221; based on a lecture by researcher <strong>Kenji Suetsugu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Suetsugu studies <em>mycoheterotrophic plants<\/em>\u2014plants that have abandoned photosynthesis!<\/p>\n<p>It was an exciting experience to design characters while listening to his fascinating insights!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cultureandbiology.com\/volumes\/02-character-fuhai\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-503\" src=\"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2591.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2591-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2591-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2591-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2591-1107x1536.jpg 1107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other features in this issue are also incredibly enjoyable, so be sure to give them a read!<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the article here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cultureandbiology.com\/volumes\/02-character-fuhai\/\"><strong>&#8220;Culture and Biology&#8221; Vol. 02<\/strong> is <strong>&#8220;Character&#8221; and &#8220;Decay.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MtejV23gdA\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cultureandbiology.com\/volumes\/02-character-fuhai\/\">\u300c\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u300d\u3068\u300c\u8150\u6557\u300d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;\u300c\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u300d\u3068\u300c\u8150\u6557\u300d&#8221; &#8212; \u6587\u5316\u3068\u751f\u7269\u5b66\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureandbiology.com\/volumes\/02-character-fuhai\/embed\/#?secret=Tn2LyBMl75#?secret=MtejV23gdA\" data-secret=\"MtejV23gdA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cultureandbiology.com\/\"><strong>Zukanfu~Zasshi &#8220;Culture and Biology&#8221;\u00a0Main Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryo Hirano has contributed to Zukanfu~Zasshi &#8220;Culture and Biology&#8221; Vol. 02, a media platform that explores and cultivates the intersection&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":503,"template":"","tags":[4,37],"class_list":["post-626","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-illustration","tag-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}