Tetsuhito Fuse graduated from Waseda University of Japan in 2002 with a BS in applied physics and a master’s degree in the same field in 2004. He was an engineer at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from 2004 to 2022. He worked at the satellite operation and network system centre and International Space Station (ISS) Kibo utilisation centre as a systems engineer. After working at the management department at the headquarters of JAXA, he started an open-innovation activity called Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center and designed and promoted its system.
He finished his second master’s degree in Management of Technology at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Titech) in 2020. In 2022, he began working as an Associate Professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) in the Laboratory of Lean Satellite Enterprises and In-Orbit Experiments (LaSEINE) and has been coordinating collaborative activities with international and domestic partners for promoting Space Engineering International Course (SEIC) program at Kyutech.