Director Profile

Representative Director / President

Takanori Kataishi

April 2016: Joined Akatsuki Inc.
April 2018: Established the Company, appointed as Representative Director of the Company (current position)

Director / Vice President

Kazuma Senokuchi

June 2018: Joined the Company, appointed as Director of the Company (current position)

Director

Fuminori Hirose

April 2001: Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
August 2005: Joined Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. (currently SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.)
May 2007: Joined Start Today Co., Ltd. (currently ZOZO, Inc.), appointed as Manager of Internal Audit Office
August 2010: Appointed as General Manager of Business Administration Division
April 2012: Appointed as General Manager of EC Business Division
July 2017: Appointed as General Manager of Business Administration Division
May 2019: Appointed as Executive Officer and General Manager of Business Administration Division
July 2019: Appointed as Auditor of Cocoperi Inc. (current position)
July 2020: Appointed as Executive Officer of EC Business Division and General Manager of EC Business Division
Appointed as Executive Officer of MSP Business Division
September 2020: Appointed as Director of the Company
February 2021: Appointed as Executive Officer of Category Promotion Division, ZOZO, Inc.
June 2021: Appointed as Director and COO (current position)
June 2021: Appointed as Outside Director of HUE PRO Co., Ltd.
June 2021: Appointed as Outside Director of the Company (current position)

Director

Shohei Sasaki

April 2007: Joined Aeria Inc.
July 2007: Appointed as Representative Director of Crezo Inc.
December 2008: Established Aeria Estate Inc., appointed as Representative Director
April 2011: Joined Acquire Corp.
November 2011: Established CrowdWorks Inc., joined the company
November 2012: Appointed as Director
January 2018: Appointed as Auditor of BizAsis Inc.
Appointed as Auditor of graviee Inc.
Appointed as Auditor of Brain Partner Inc.
June 2018: Appointed as Director of FISM Inc.
September 2018: Appointed as Director of LeapMind Inc.
January 2021: Appointed as Outside Auditor of XAI Inc.
June 2021: Appointed as Outside Auditor of Pathee Inc.
July 2021: Appointed as Outside Auditor of ZEALS Inc. (current position)
December 2021: Appointed as Director of Influence Protocol Inc.
April 2023: Appointed as Outside Director of ISSUE Inc. (current position)
July 2023: Appointed as COO of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. (current position)
November 2023: Appointed as Outside Director of the Company (current position)
April 2024: Appointed as Outside Director of Conosel Inc. (current position)
September 2024: Appointed as Outside Auditor of SQUEEZE Inc. (current position)
June 2025: Appointed as Outside Auditor of Geofla Inc. (current position)

Full-time Auditor

Haruka Igeta

Outside Auditor

Maiko Chihara

October 2002: Attorney registration
Joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
May 2008: Graduated from Columbia University Law School, USA
November 2011: Joined Kataoka Law Offices
January 2014: Appointed as Partner of the same office (current position)
June 2014: Appointed as Supervisory Director of Tokio Marine Private REIT (current position)
June 2015: Appointed as Outside Auditor of Japan Avionics Co., Ltd.
December 2017: Appointed as Outside Auditor of Japan Renewable Energy Corp.
August 2019: Appointed as Outside Auditor of BizReach, Inc.
February 2020: Appointed as Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Visional, Inc. (current position)
June 2022: Appointed as Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of DM Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd. (current position)
Appointed as Auditor of the Company (current position)
May 2024: Appointed as Auditor of Green Finance Organization (current position)
June 2024: Appointed as Outside Auditor of Tokyo Century Corporation (current position)

Outside Auditor

Yoshiaki Ishikubo

April 1993: Joined Nikkei Research Inc.
October 2000: Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
April 2004: Certified Public Accountant registration
January 2007: Joined Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. (currently SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.)
February 2021: Established Yoshiaki Ishikubo CPA Office (current position)
March 2022: Appointed as Representative Director of MI Growth Partners Inc. (current position)
June 2022: Appointed as Auditor of the Company (current position)

Directors Fumichika Hirose and Shohei Sasaki are Outside Directors.
Auditors Haruka Igeta, Maiko Chihara, and Yoshiaki Ishikubo are Outside Auditors.