Takuya Minami has been the director of Softpad since 1999. Softpad was formed in 1999 by artist / graphic designer Minami and programmer Tomohiro Ueshiba, then joined by graphic designer Teruyasu Okumura in 2000 and artist Hajime Takeuchi, Hiromasa Tomari and Ichiro Awazu in 2006. Softpad works mainly with sound and multimedia images, with projects across adiverse genres of expression including audio visual live events, museum / gallery installations and graphic design.