Board members

Directors

Directors and Auditor

FY11(Sep-2025 to Aug-2026)
Chairperson
Takashi Okita

Founder CEO, Nudge Inc.
Vice-Chair
Yasuhiro Kimura

Chief Product Officer, VP of Social Infrastructure Planning Department,
freee K.K
Vice-Chair
Takafumi Ochiai

Head of Policy Research Institute and Senior Partner, Atsumi & Sakai
Managing Director
Shuichi Takeda

Executive Vice President and CSO, OLTA, Inc.
Managing Director
Tomomichi Takao

Director, Chief Legal Officer, Funds, Inc.
Managing Director
Kenjiro Nishii

Managing Executive Officer, Seven Bank, Ltd.
Managing Director
Jumpei Miwa

Recruit Co. Ltd / KLA- Kunitachi Liberal Arts Inc.
Managing Director
Natalie Shiori Fleming

General Manager, Japan,Banking Circle
Director
Chang Li

Chief Manager, Nippon Life Insurance Company.
Director
Hirokuni Onozawa

Executive Officer
Group Head
Sales and Marketing Group,
GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd
Director
Kenichi Saito

Senior Director,
Sozo Ventures
Director
Yasuhide Ogawa

Executive Officer , Head of Innovation X Business Unit,
Yayoi Co., Ltd. 
Director, Alarmbox, Inc
Director
Daniel Heffernan

Head of Product, Japan,Stripe 
Director
Masahiro Ishii

Senior Compliance officer, Merpay,Inc.
Director
Masafumi Harada

Partner,GVA LPC
Auditor
Hiroyuki Totake

Partner attorney at law, Link Partners Law Firm
Auditor
Fumiaki Sano

Partner, KATAOKA & KOBAYASHI LPC
Auditor
Atsushi goshima

KPMG AZSA LLC  Managing Director
Executive Advisors


Executive Advisor
Hiroki Maruyama

Representative director, Infcurion Group Co., Ltd.
Executive Advisor
Takane Hori

Partner, Mori &Hamada
Executive Advisor
Yuko Kawai

President,
The Bank of Kochi Ltd

Advisors


Global Advisors

FY11(Sep-2025 to Aug-2026)
Advisor
Patrick Cao
Advisor
Dongpyo Hong
Advisor
Kotai Gen

Sozo Ventures / Sozo Scholar
Advisor
Jun Onishi

Head for Americas, Global Innovation Team, MUFG
Advisor
Yuki Kishi

CEO,YKBridge LLC / Co-Founder,Sustainability Data Standardization Consortium
Advisor
Takahisa Ohira

Head of Global Department / Partner,Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support Co., Ltd.

Advisors


FY11(Sep-2025 to Aug-2026)
Advisor
Nat Sakimura
Chair-man, Open ID Foundation
Advisor
Toshio Taki
Executive officer, MoneyForward Inc.,
Advisor
Masanori Kusunoki
Chief Technology Officer,
Japan Digital Design, Inc.
Advisor
Yu Jimyeong
Chief Financial OfficerKyulux, inc.
Advisor
Noriaki Yoshikawa
CEO,PA Commons
General Manager


FY11(Sep-2025 to Aug-2026)
General Manager
Yuri Suzuki

Partner, Atsumi & Sakai
General Manager
Tamiko Sawada

Public Affairs Officer, Money Forward, Inc.
General Manager
Mika Koizumi

freee K.K
Director of Government Affairs/
Head of Research Institute for Small Business/
Product Manager
General Manager
Wataru Aoki

CEO,SpaciaNet Japan Inc.

Staffs


FY11(Sep-2025 to Aug-2026)
Secretary General
Toru Oda
Deputy Secretary General
Kanako Fujisawa
Web Technical Advisor
mgn.INC

Advisory Board Members

Advisory Board Members

Kenichi Ohmae

President, BBT University
Mamoru Taniya

CEO, Asuka Holdingds
Finovators
(Representative: Masakazu Masujima)
Noriyuki Yanagawa

Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Tokyo University


Alumni


Board Members from the previous FYs
Director (1-4FY)
Natalie Shiori Fleming

Payoneer Japan Ltd. APAC Director (at the time)
Director (1-4FY)
Hiroki Kudo

CEO&Founder, MerryBiz Inc. (at the time)
Director (1-4FY)
Nao Kitazawa

coinbase GM of Japan (at the time)
Director (1-4FY)
Shinichi Takatori

Founder&CEO, Kyash Inc. (at the time)
Director (1-4FY)
Takashi Hoshikawa

CEO&Founder, Crowd Cast, Ltd. (at the time)
Director (1-6FY)
Mark Makdad


Director, Moneytree Inc. (at the time)
Director (1-4FY)
Shirabe Ogino

Representative Director, DeepScore, Inc. (at the time)
Director (3-6FY)
Junichi Kanda
Executive Officer, MoneyForward Inc. (at the time)
Director (5-6FY)
Wataru Yamaki

CEO, Kanmu Inc. (at the time)
Director (5-6FY)
Masato Nakata

Director, Infinity Agent Inc. (at the time)
Director (5-6FY)
Waki Yoneoka

Managing Director, Japan at Moneythor Japan Co., Ltd. (at the time)
Director (4-7FY)
Kazy Hata

CEO, Co-founder, justInCase, Inc. (at the time)
Director (7FY)
Atsuyoshi Shimazu

Caulis Inc.
Founder and CEO
Vice-Chair (2-8FY)
Takeshi Kito

Adviser, WealthPark Alternative Investments, Inc.
Director (4-8FY)
Akihide Higo

Director, trustdock Inc.,
Director (8FY)
Tokushi Nakashima

Founder President/CEO, Global Mobility Service Inc.
Director (5-8FY)
Eriko Nonaka

Secretary-General
Director (8-10FY)
Kazuki Komura

Founder and assuming the role of Representative Director and CEO,Siiibo Securities Co., Ltd
Director (10FY)
Mitsuhiro Kubota

CEO,The iYell Co,. Ltd