Directors

Directors and Auditor

FY9(Sep-2023 to Aug-2024)
Chairperson
Takashi Okita

Founder CEO, Nudge Inc.
Vice-Chairperson
Yasuhiro Kimura

Director, freee Inc.,
Vice-Chairperson
Takafumi Ochiai

Head of Policy Research Institution, Senior Partner, Atsumi & Sakai
Managing Director
Noriaki Yoshikawa

Director, Merpay Inc.,
Managing Director
Yuki Kishi

Chief Financial Officer, Sustainable Lab Inc
Managing Director
Jimyeong Yu

Chief Executive Officer, paild, inc.
Managing Director
Shuichi Takeda

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

Director, Chief Legal Officer, Funds, Inc.
Director
Yuko Kawai

Deputy President
The Bank of Kochi Ltd
Director
Kenjiro Nishii

Executive Officer, Seven Bank, Ltd.
Director
Chang Li

VP, Fintech/Insurtech, Plug and Play Japan
Director
Jumpei Miwa

Senior Expert, Product Management Office, Recruit Co., Ltd.
Director
Hirokuni Onozawa

GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd
Executive Officer
Group Head
Sales and Marketing Group
Director
Kazuki Komura

Siiibo Securities Co., Ltd
founder and assuming the role of Representative Director and CEO
Director
Kenichi Saito

Sozo Ventures
Senior Director,
Auditor
Hiroyuki Totake

Partner, Link partner
Auditor
Fumiaki Sano

Partner, KATAOKA & KOBAYASHI LPC
Auditor
Atsushi goshima

KPMG AZSA LLC  Director
Executive Advisors


Executive Advisor
Hiroki Maruyama

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

Partner, Mori &Hamada

Advisors


FY8(Sep-2022 to Aug-2023)
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.

Staffs

Staffs

FY8(Sep-2022 to Aug-2023)
Secretary-General
Toru Oda
Manager
Kazuhito Ando
General Affairs
Aska Ito
General Affairs
Akemi Suizu
Web Technical Advisor
mgn.INC
General Manager
Yuri Suzuki

Partner, Atsumi & Sakai
General Manager
Tamiko Sawada

Public Affairs Officer, Money Forward, Inc.

Advisory Board Members

Advisory Board Members

Kenichi Ohmae

President, BBT University
Mamoru Taniya

CEO, Asuka Holdingds
Finovators
(Representative: Masakazu Masujima)
Kazuyoshi Mishima

Secretary-general, Liberal Democratic Party Fintech promotion association
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