Our Executives

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  CEOTakanobu Kawano

  Served as a researcher of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., researching market risk management and algorithmic trading, etc. in the financial sector. Joined GREE, Inc. afterwards, and was in charge of coming up with business strategies, business management, new business development, as well as finance and accounting in the United States. Certificate-holder Member of SAAJ. Master’s Degree in Management of Technology (MOT), Institute of Science Tokyo Graduate School of Innovation Management.

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  DirectorKiyoshi Shinohara

  Shinohara is a professional spatial and product designer. He became an apprentice under Mr. Itoh at Takayuki Itoh Design Office, which has offices in Italy and Japan, after winning a competition in Japan. He joined SonyPCL and engaged in corporate branding for companies such as Sony. He worked freelance in Canada as a designer, but was also active as a model for a fashion show. After returning to Japan, he worked for a major IT company, leading the services as a producer, manager, and director.

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  External DirectorMakoto Haruta

  Former Chairman at DeNA. Served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer for three years. Haruta first joined DeNA in February 2000, a year after its foundation, and became a board member in September. Prior to his tenure at DeNA, he worked at Sumitomo Bank for 8 years. Joined VACAN, Inc. as a management consultant in July 2017, became an independent director in June 2018. A graduate of Kyoto University with a law degree.

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  External DirectorMasayo Hobo

  Masayo Hobo currently serves as an Outside Director at Vacan, Inc., where she provides strategic oversight and guidance to support the company’s growth and innovation. She has worked for over 30 years at leading IT companies such as IBM, SAP, Microsoft, and Oracle, where she contributed to product strategy development, business creation, and organizational management. Following her executive roles at Microsoft and Oracle, Hobo has served as an outside director and corporate advisor for multiple companies across various industries. In addition to her corporate career, Hobo serves as a Specially Appointed Professor at Aoyama Business School, teaching courses in Innovation Management and digital transformation. Hobo holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Science Tokyo.

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  Full-time AuditorEtsuo Isobe

  Completed the Master’s Program at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University in 1981. After joining Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. (MRI), he served in various leadership roles including General Manager (Chief Researcher) of the Systems Policy Department and Executive Officer in charge of the Solutions Division. He later held the position of Managing Executive Officer, Head of the Solutions Division. Subsequently, he served as Executive Officer and General Manager of the Technology Division at INES Corporation, and as Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President at Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS Co., Ltd. He was later appointed as Full-Time Corporate Auditor at Vacan, Inc.His areas of expertise include business planning in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector and research on ICT policy.

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  Part-time AuditorNaoki Tsujimoto

  After registering as a lawyer in 2012, he oversaw various cases with a focus on general corporate law at Ono Sogo Law Office. He served as a civil servant on a fixed-term basis in the Intellectual Property Division of the Food Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, where he engaged in intellectual property management related to the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors. Currently, he is engaged in areas such as M&A/corporate law, startup support, and intellectual property transactions at Nishimura & Asahi.

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  Part-time AuditorShunsuke Yamamoto

  After engaging in a wide range of advisory services such as statutory audits, M&A services, and business revitalization support services at Deloitte, he transferred to Dream Incubator Co., Ltd., where he engaged in management consulting, start-up investment, and hands-on work for start-ups. In 2018, he became a director of E-Guardian Co., Ltd. (TSE 1st section), which handles web security services and post monitoring, and oversees various corporate operations. In 2021, he established A2Z Accounting Office, which provides management advice and various accounting services, and became its representative. He is a certified public accountant.

Our Advisor

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  Technical AdvisorAkihiro nishi

  After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo in 2007, he completed his initial clinical residency at Kitami Red Cross Hospital in Hokkaido. He later earned both a Master of Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and a Doctor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) from Harvard University. He currently serves as an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research includes large-scale simulations of COVID-19 countermeasures, as well as studies on social disparities and human behavior using network science methodologies. His work has been published in leading journals such as Nature, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), and The Lancet. He is a board-certified supervising physician in social medicine.

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  Technical AdvisorYoshihiro Kawahara

  Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. He is the associate professor in the Department of Information Technology and Science, the University of Tokyo. He has significant achievements in research related to ubiquitous computing and sensor networks, and created many hardware tech companies through his research projects. He became the research representative for JST Erato Kawahara Universal Information Network Project in 2015, aiming to create an autonomous IoT device that can work in harmony with nature and can withstand the changes in the environment. He holds a master’s degree in Information Science and Technology at the The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Technology.