At CyberAgent Ventures (now CyberAgent Capital) where he was employed for 12 years, he was seconded to investment targets and engaged in investment/management support for domestic start-up companies. He led the launch of investment in Korea and was stationed in Seoul for 4 years as the representative of the Korean branch. After going independent, he worked in management support for multiple companies before joining this association. His theme is to create hybrid companies/businesses that combine Japan and overseas, making use of his experience in both Japan and overseas.

After working at the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and a buyout fund, he was involved in listed equity investment at Fidelity Investments, and was in charge of M&A and venture investment at COLOPL. After going independent, he was involved in supporting domestic and overseas startups, expanding the Japanese operations of Khosla Ventures in the US, and serving as an outside director for Sun Asterisk. In 2018, he founded Aslead Capital Pte. Ltd. He is a graduate of Waseda University and London Business School.

After serving as China representative for Dream Incubator (DI), he went independent in 2018 in order to make a long-term commitment to China.
His mission is to be one of the “envoys to Tang China in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and to accurately convey China’s cutting-edge trends to Japanese strategic/policy decision makers. He has lived in Shanghai since 2011 (has visited all provinces in China).
CEO of DANNY Pro. (Itaya Studio). Special lecturer at Peking University and adjunct professor at Shanghai International Studies University.
Graduated from the University of Tokyo and completed a degree in Fundamental Informatics at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the same university.

After graduating from the Department of Finance at Zhejiang University, he studied abroad in the United States before joining Dream Incubator (DI Shanghai). As the only Chinese project manager, he provides strategic consulting to large Japanese companies and develops venture businesses for Chinese companies, focusing on smart manufacturing, internet, mobile content, and consumer goods. He is Executive Director of DANNY Pro. (Itaya Workshop). He joined PKSHA Algorithm Fund in 2019.

After completing his master’s degree in international relations at Waseda University, he worked in corporate affairs at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, and then worked for six years at a Japanese (CDI) local consulting firm, providing research and consulting to Japanese and Chinese companies and government agencies in a wide range of fields, including consumer goods and government development. He has worked in strategic planning roles in the manufacturing industry (Misumi China) and the Chinese AI unicorn (DeepBlue), including corporate and business strategy.
Director of DANNY Pro. (Itaya Workshop).
Joined PKSHA Algorithm Fund in 2022.

After working as an analyst at Mizuho Securities, head of the Korean startup sales team, and senior consultant at Nomura Research Institute, he joined PKSHA Algorithm Fund as the Korea/Japan representative. He is currently making cross-border investments between Japan and Korea, making the most of his 10 years of experience living in Japan and his experience in securities, startups, and strategy consulting. He graduated from the Faculty of Education at Waseda University.

After working in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities, he was involved in IPO and M&A FA work, and was in charge of listing on the Mothers market, IR, corporate planning, business development, and M&A at Pixta Inc. After acquiring a Korean company, he oversaw business expansion in Korea as the representative of the local subsidiary. After that, he joined CAMPFIRE Inc. and was in charge of finance and IR work, supporting unlisted startups while also working to promote exchanges and development of the startup ecosystem between Japan and Korea.

After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University, he worked at Itochu, where he gained experience in a wide range of fields, including new investments, business management, trade, and agency sales both domestically and internationally, including the phenol chain, a chemical product derived from nuclear fuel, copper, zinc, and petroleum, for nuclear power plants. After that, he participated as an entrepreneur in the company’s own fashion brand, which was exhibited at the Tokyo Collection. He experienced the supply chain (upstream, midstream, and downstream). He will join PKSHA Algorithm Fund in 2023.

After working at Citigroup Securities, he joined Matsuo Laboratory Co., Ltd. He was responsible for everything from planning to PoC and development of machine learning social implementation projects. He became a director in 2022.
Director of Business Strategy Division, Matsuo Laboratory Co., Ltd.
CEO and Representative Director, MK Capital Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer, PLUGA AI Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Special Researcher at the Financial Services Agency
Graduated from the University of Tokyo and completed his studies at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering.