Issue 368 of Rikejo neo featured Katsuyama Haruna (勝山陽菜) of Nippon Shokubai and reported that she had pursued research aimed at reducing environmental impact in the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Graduate School of Kyushu University.
She is introduced as having enjoyed science experiments since elementary and junior high school and having been interested in the fact that products in everyday life are based on chemistry.
She studied applied chemistry at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University.