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Kouta Minamizawa is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of wearable robotics, telexistence, and human body augmentation, whose work fundamentally challenges our assumptions about the boundaries of the human body. Best known for the groundbreaking **MetaLimbs** (145 citations) and **MetaArms** (132 citations) projects, Minamizawa has developed innovative systems that expand human physical capability by remapping body control — most notably allowing users to operate additional robotic arms through their legs and feet, effectively giving people four functional arms. His early contributions to telexistence through **TELESAR V** (93 citations) demonstrated how operators could transfer bodily consciousness to a remote anthropomorphic robot, advancing the science of immersive telepresence. His **Fusion** system (66 citations) further extended this vision by enabling full-body skill sharing between individuals across distances. More recently, Minamizawa has pushed toward real-world applications, exploring how disabled individuals can simultaneously embody multiple robotic avatars in live workplace settings (30 citations). Across more than a decade of research, his work consistently redefines what it means to inhabit a body, making him a central figure in the emerging field of human-robot embodiment and body-extension technologies.