穂苅 英樹

大学院修了後、東証プライム上場の準大手ゼネコンに入社し、マンション・商業施設の施工管理、ならびに直売所新築プロジェクトの作業所長を経験。
その後、デベロッパー系のプロパティマネジメント業務に従事。管理会社勤務時代に、父が室内カビを原因とする肺炎を患い、全国のカビ取り業者を探したものの、信頼して任せられる業者が見つからず、自らカビ除去を行った。
この経験を原点として、父と同じようにカビによって命を落としたり、住まいや大切な思い出の品を失ったりする人を少しでも減らしたいとの思いから、2014年にハーツリッチ株式会社を設立。
以来、累計1万件以上のカビに関する相談・調査・問題解決に携わり、カビ対策施工件数は6,000件を突破。2020年より日本建築防黴協会専務理事として、カビ対策技術者検定やカビ対策白書の発行に携わるほか、カビペディア編集長として正しいカビ対策の情報発信を続けている。
技術開発では、ブルネイ大学と連携した液剤研究を進め、防カビ・抗菌・抗ウイルス光触媒「クリーンプロテクション®-NFE2」（特許第7029132号）および「コパリン®」（特許第7550394号）で特許を取得。
現在は、慶應義塾大学大学院政策・メディア研究科に在籍し、気象データと建築データを統合したAIカビ予報システムの開発に取り組んでいる。2026年には室内環境学会誌『室内環境』に査読付き論文が採択された。

Hokari Hideki joined a mid-sized general contractor listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market after completing graduate school, where he worked in construction management for condominium and commercial facility projects and later served as site manager for a newly built farmers’ market project.
He subsequently engaged in developer-affiliated property management. During that period, his father suffered pneumonia caused by indoor mold. Although he searched nationwide for a reliable mold-removal company, he was unable to find one he could truly trust, which led him to carry out the remediation himself.
This experience became the foundation of his mission. Determined to prevent others from losing their lives, homes, or treasured belongings to mold as his family had nearly done, he founded Haezrich Inc. in 2014.
Since then, he has been involved in more than 10,000 mold consultations and investigations, and the number of mold remediation projects conducted by his company has exceeded 6,000. Since 2020 he has served as Executive Director of the Japan Architecture Antifungal Association and as Editor-in-Chief of Kabipedia.
In collaboration with Universiti Brunei Darussalam, he has developed antifungal agents and holds two Japanese patents for antifungal and antimicrobial photocatalysts: Clean Protection®-NFE2 (Patent No. 7029132) and Coparin® (Patent No. 7550394).
He is currently enrolled in the Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University, where he is working on the development of an AI-based mold forecasting system integrating meteorological and building data. In 2026, his peer-reviewed paper was accepted by the Indoor Environment journal of the Society of Indoor Environment, Japan.