HAYASHI Sayuri is the Representative Director of YUMEPHOTO, a company that creates premium photo albums and corporate history publications by transforming personal and organizational memories into meaningful records. Handling more than one million photographs annually, YUMEPHOTO goes beyond conventional printing services and focuses on preserving the life stories, growth, and emotional journeys embedded in each image. HAYASHI has led initiatives that highlight the value of memory in education, community building, and emotional well-being. Through projects such as the “Omoide Engine,” she has worked to help children, older adults, and local communities rediscover self-affirmation by looking back on meaningful moments and connecting them to future hope.

In an increasingly digital society, HAYASHI emphasizes the social value of analog memory, believing that photographs can restore dignity, strengthen relationships, and support emotional resilience. Her work demonstrates how business can contribute to society not only through products and services, but also by nurturing human connection, identity, and the will to live.