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BizDev Division
Representative Director & CEO
Experience at a consulting firm and P&G. Possesses top-tier marketing expertise and an extensive consulting track record in corporate strategy, business development, and marketing. As a business operator, he has founded and exited three companies, including a divestiture to a publicly listed company. As an investor, he has delivered results through capital investment and hands-on management — raising enterprise value and achieving successful exits.
BizDev Division
Director
McKinsey & Company, where he was engaged in global growth strategy formulation and M&A advisory, primarily for manufacturing clients. After becoming independent, he founded SciSeed Inc., an AI-related business. As Representative Director, he delivered remarkable growth — 2 billion yen in revenue and 1.1 billion yen in operating profit within five years. After divesting the company to Zenken Corporation, he led the firm to its IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers in 2021 as a Director. He currently serves as a Director of enableX Inc., driving AI-native next-generation business development. In September 2025, following the integration of Strategy Campus Inc. (of which he serves as Representative), he is bringing into enableX consulting capabilities built on a foundation of more than 300 business creation engagements. His book "Insight-Centered Growth Strategy" has become a bestseller as a guide to business creation in uncertain times.
BizDev Division
BizDev Executive Director
At McKinsey & Company, he led projects in AI and digital enablement. He subsequently served as Director and COO of Neural Pocket Inc., an AI business, achieving its IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers in August 2020. From 2023, he has also served as COO of a company developing LLMs. He has also served as Senior Advisor to the 51Talk Online Education group (listed on NYSE) and as advisor to major enterprises including the data planning division of a major telecommunications carrier.
Deep Tech Division
DeepTech Executive Director
Held management positions at think tanks and consultancies in Japan, the U.S., and France, as well as executive officer roles at SI companies and AI firms. He currently serves as Executive Director at enableX, leading the Technology team. He drives AI and business development services, DeepTech Hub, and the social implementation of Neuron×AI, as well as R&D. Biography (Bio)Joined enableX after working at consulting firms, think tanks, SIers, and AI companies of various scales. Holds JDLA Generalist/Engineer certifications and Applied Neuroscience Practitioner certification. Master of Electrical Engineering and Master of Business Administration (MBA). Introverted, but consistently curious about new things, with a deep interest in neuroscience. Key Projects・Telecom/HR/Securities: Implementation of matching business creation prototypes ・Construction/Advertising: AI versions of executives and historical figures ・Automotive: Designer AI generation and idea-formation applications ・Real Estate: HR-support PAI, overseas-travel customer-inquiry AI ・Public and Private Sector: Development of small to mid-scale LLM models
BizDev Division
BizDev Executive Director
After leading overseas expansion and new business engagements for manufacturers, trading companies, and logistics firms at a U.S.-based consulting firm, he was responsible for launching the Japan business of a B2B SaaS startup from 2017. From 2022, he served as Japan Country Manager for a Korean childcare brand, driving growth of the Japan business to several billion yen in revenue. From 2023, as a Venture Partner at Korea's largest VC, he supported Japan investments and the Japan market entry of portfolio companies. From 2024, he launched a Korea market entry support business for Japanese companies, enabling multiple firms to expand into Korea and partner with Korean startups.
Operation Division
Sales Executive Director
Joined Facebook in 2013. While managing the call center as a manager, he simultaneously supported more than 200 advertisers with their Facebook advertising. In 2014, he grew advertising spend from 300 million yen to 2 billion yen, delivering the No.1 sales performance in Asia. In February 2015, he relocated to Singapore as Partner Manager, driving joint business with advertising agencies and developing new partners across Southeast Asia. In 2017, he joined Netflix Japan as Head of Digital Marketing. Since 2018, he has founded his own company and delivered GenAI-powered marketing support to other industries.
Operation Division
Operation Executive Director
Began his career at NTT as a telecommunications consultant. He subsequently moved to Hakuhodo, where he was engaged in the creative domain and digital initiatives. Serving leading Japanese electronics manufacturers, he earned global-level recognition — including awards at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards, and The One Show (the three most prestigious advertising awards). At Hakuhodo, he also served as General Manager of the Digital Operations Division. He subsequently led the rebranding of three business divisions as CMO of LITALICO Inc. At Transcosmos Inc., as Senior Managing Executive Officer, he served as Deputy Head of CX Business and Head of the Digital Agency Division, delivering business growth in excess of 10 billion yen since his appointment. He also concurrently served as Representative Director and President of Brand Operation Inc., a subsidiary. With deep experience on both the agency and operating-company sides of marketing CX — spanning advertising media, digital integration, EC, and BPO — he currently serves as Marketing Executive Director of enableX Inc., driving AI applications that maximize customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
Operation Division
BizDev Executive Director
Engaged in marketing for the education business at a major education company. After leaving the firm, he led Digital Transformation (DX) strategy, talent development, and marketing strategy projects for major listed enterprises at a domestic boutique firm. He subsequently joined the founding management of a consulting firm, driving business expansion and achieving a successful exit through a divestiture to a listed company.
BizDev Division
Operation Director
A digital product and marketing specialist with experience at Deloitte Tohmatsu and BCG. Starting from design thinking, he has led multiple end-to-end transformation projects — from strategy formulation to product development and operations transformation. In the area of web optimization and UX design, he has collaborated with John Allsopp and Takashi Kikuchi (organizer of UX DAYS TOKYO), building the foundational expertise that bridges business and creative in digital transformation. Most recently, he led M&A as a board member of Aidemy.
Deep Tech Division
DeepTech Director
Engaged in large-scale financial system development and IT consulting at NTT DATA Financial Core and BayCurrent Consulting. He subsequently founded a consulting firm, where he provided end-to-end support — from budget planning to execution — as PMO directly under the CIOs and executive leadership of major enterprises. He has led a SAP S/4 HANA implementation project on a scale of 2.3 billion yen, as well as a 3 billion yen implementation project leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, robotics, and security, and has also driven new business development initiatives.
BizDev Division
BizDev Senior Manager
Worked at NHK for 10 years as a program director, leading the planning and production of major flagship programs and earning an International Emmy Award nomination and the ATP Award Encouragement Prize for Newcomers. He subsequently joined the strategy division of Accenture Japan, where he was engaged in new business strategy formulation, smart city business planning, and enterprise-wide generative AI deployment and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) projects. Beyond strategy formulation, he drives consulting that combines both creative and logical perspectives — including consensus-building with front-line departments, execution support as PMO, and organizational transformation and talent development.
BizDev Division
BizDev Director
At Samsung Electronics Japan, EY Strategy and Consulting, and other firms, he was engaged in business and budget management as well as new business concept formulation. Most recently, as Head of Corporate Planning at an operating company in the EC business, he has led enterprise-wide budget planning, mid- to long-term planning, new business launches, and business growth initiatives. In a strategic growth project, he delivered 200% of the budget target.
Head of Corporate Planning, Executive Director
Has served as Head of Corporate Planning and CFO at listed companies. Deeply versed in overall corporate management, including IPO execution, M&A, mid-term business planning, and management infrastructure development. With expertise in accounting and finance — including a Japanese CPA short-answer examination pass and Japan Boki Grade 1 certification — his strength is broad practical experience ranging from startups to companies with revenues of 100 billion yen.
Deep Tech Division
DeepTech Manager
As General Manager of Specialized Japan, the global sports bike brand, he led a broad portfolio spanning store operations, post-acquisition PMI, and new business development. His strength lies in multi-dimensional business management that ties on-the-ground operations to executive performance metrics. In the digital domain, he has led large-scale Digital Transformation (DX) projects that integrate CRM, web, and POS systems. By synthesizing the perspectives of consumers, front-line staff, back-office teams, and management, he has driven data-driven UI/UX optimization. More recently, he has focused on building flexible system foundations using headless architecture and modern web technologies. By deeply integrating AI into the platform, he leads the design and implementation of next-generation operations — going beyond mere workflow automation to enable seamless collaboration among people, AI, and systems. He specializes in transformation that converts cutting-edge technology into real business outcomes.
BizDev Division
BizDev Director
Alumnus of BayCurrent Consulting and Accenture. Supports a wide range of industries, primarily in "business and sales strategy formulation," "business process re-engineering," and "IT and data foundation development." At Zelen Holdings, he led the management transformation of two M&A targets and value-up through new business initiatives.
Advisor
Advisor
After working as a video camera engineer at the engineering division of Sony Corporation, he gained wide-ranging experience across business development, R&D, and other functions. In 2001, he was appointed President of Sony Mobile Communications Inc., and in 2003 he was assigned to Sweden as CVP of the parent company Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, where he oversaw mobile phone development and made significant contributions to global business expansion and performance improvement. In 2009, he became Executive Vice President. After retiring at the end of 2012, he has supported many companies, including serving as an outside director of Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc.
Advisor
Ph.D. in Information Engineering from the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo. After serving at the Electrotechnical Laboratory of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), as a professor at Future University Hakodate, and as a professor at the Next Generation Intelligent Science Research Center (AI Center) of the University of Tokyo, he has served as a professor at Kyoto Tachibana University since April 2024. His specialty is AI, with research in game informatics and tourism informatics. He is a former President of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence and a former Vice President of the Information Processing Society of Japan. He is the author of numerous books, including "Will AI Have a Mind?" (Shueisha International).
Technology Advisor
Ph.D. (Information Science and Technology) from the University of Tokyo. He has received numerous awards for his published papers and holds multiple patents. He has led AI-related research and development at enterprises. He has a track record of fine-tuning multiple LLMs in both public and private sectors and building them from the pre-training stage through implementation. He is also well-versed in high-speed GPU deployment and infrastructure engineering. In 2018, he founded Aimesoft (Vietnam), and as a pioneer in multimodal AI, he drives the research, development, and social implementation of AI technology across Japan and Southeast Asia.
Technology Advisor
Joined BizReach, Inc. in 2014, where he was engaged in the job search service and the launch of the R&D division (now the AI Group). He currently leads the planning of products leveraging advanced technologies and application development. While authoring technical books, founding a DLT research community, and serving as an open-source committer, he has supported a wide range of organizations as Technology Advisor and CTO — from large enterprises to high-growth companies — across diverse industries.