Tokyo Vegan Team
Tokyo Vegan volunteers
Nadia McKechnie
Tokyo Vegan Meetup/ www.tokyovegan.org Organizer
Originally from London, Nadia shifted to vegan, from Vegetarian, in 2012, and has been the organizer of Tokyo Vegan Meetup since 2016. Nadia is passionate about sharing the benefits of a forward thinking, practical vegan lifestyle for the animals, our beautiful planet and collective health. She believes in the power of friendship and community to bring about positive change and especially loves bringing people together at events. Nadia’s hobbies include hanging out in Tokyo’s vibrant vegan cafes with friends, strolling around city parks and art galleries, and watching movies. She works as a Narrator and writer.
Ruzha Todorova
Tokyo Vegan Meetup Co-organizer
Tokyo Vegan Instagram Manager
Vegetarian since 2001 and vegan since 2009, Ruzha has been in Japan since 2018 and a member of the Tokyo Vegan team since the fall of 2019. She has spent more than half of her life outside of her birth country of Bulgaria, having lived long term in the USA, Sweden and now in Japan. But no matter where in the world she is, she loves helping current and future vegans find a community. Her hobbies include traveling and travel research. She also enjoys seasonal activities, vegan events and markets. She especially likes organizing the annual Vegan Christmas Market with Vegan Market JP.
Robert Grayson
www.tokyovegan.org Web Director
Tokyo Vegan Meetup
Vegetarian since birth and vegan since 2016, Robert enjoys nothing more than sharing his passion for animal rights and vegan living through meetups and online communities. A teacher and self-taught software developer, he is a strong believer in the power of education to make a better, more just world. When he isn’t debating ethics with his students, Robert may be found hiking and running through Japan’s beautiful mountains.
Anne-Sophie Royer
Tokyo Vegan Graphic Artist
This French girl came to Japan in 2002 and turned vegan in 2012. She learned of Tokyo Vegan while living in Gunma and was finally able to participate in events when meetups went online during the pandemic. She soon joined the team and enjoys working on the social media side of events for Tokyo Vegan, plus the annual Vegan Christmas Market with Vegan Market JP. Her hobbies include sketching and painting, and taking a stroll in the little streets of traditional areas. She takes too many pictures and is a big onsen addict. She recently left Japan for family reasons but can’t wait to come back to her second homeland someday.
Special thanks to Saori Kondo for her years of dedication as Tokyo Vegan co-organizer, Yuriko Odaka for her assistance on the Japanese version of www.tokyovegan.org, and Yukari Iwamoto, Kano Sekine and Marie Sasahara for all their help with Tokyo Vegan over the years.
As a community-led project, Tokyo Vegan/ Tokyo Vegan Meetup is supported by numerous volunteers, to whom we would also like to extend our deepest gratitude. If you would like to get involved, please contact us via tokyovegan.org@gmail.com.