TEAM

Admitted to the Japanese bar in 2012 (Daini Tokyo Bar Association). Previously worked at Yahoo Japan Corporation (now LINE Yahoo Corporation) Corporate Policy Planning Division, Sato & Partners, and Miura & Partners. Currently serves as External Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, and Nomination Committee Member at SmartHR, Inc., External Director at Wellness Communications Inc., External Auditor at Kaminashi, Inc., and Advisor to the Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium. His main practice areas include startup investment, M&A, IPO, regulatory compliance, and crisis management. In 2022, he was ranked 8th in the intellectual property section of the Weekly Toyo Keizai "Top Lawyers Selected by Legal Department Members," and in 2024, he was selected as a "Lawyer Startups Rely On" by the Nikkei Newspaper.
Career
2011 Completed the Keio University Law School
2013 Yahoo Japan Corporation (now LY Corporation) Corporate Policy Planning Division (until 2015)
2015 Sato & Partners (until 2019)
2018 External Auditor, SmartHR, Inc. (until 2021)
2018 Representative Director, Thinking Entertainments General Incorporated Association (to present)
2018 Mentor, Aoyama Startup Acceleration Center (current position)
2019 External Auditor, Wakrak Inc. (until 2024)
2019 Mentor, Startup City Promotion Council (current position)
2020 Mentor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government NEXs Tokyo Model Business Creation Program (to present)
2020 Advisor, Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium (current position)
2021 External Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, SmartHR, Inc. (to present)
2021 External Director, Wellness Communications Inc. (current position)
2021 Evaluation Committee Member, "Startup Comprehensive Support Program," Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (to present)
2022 Examiner, "Deep Ecosystem" Target Company Selection Review Board, Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium (until 2023)
2023 Chief Examiner, "Green Startup Support" Target Company Selection Review Board, Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium (current position)
2023 Nomination Committee Member, SmartHR, Inc. (to present)
2023 External Auditor, Kaminashi Inc. (current position)
2023 Advisor, "JASTAR" Startup Support Project, AI Incubation Farm, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University (current position)
2023 Committee Member, Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City Rideshare Expert Committee (until 2024)
2023 Evaluation Committee Member, "Moonshot Type Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research and Development Project," Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (current position)
Practice Areas
- M&A / Reorganization / Capital and Business Alliance
- Startup Finance / Startup M&A
- IPO
- Corporate Governance
- Crisis Management
- Government Relations
- Open Innovation
- IP Related Transactions / Industry-Academia Collaboration
- Entertainment