Kazunori Nakahara

NICHIRYUNAGASE Co., Ltd. is a holding company that distributes farming goods. It supplies flower materials, gardening products, fertilizers, plant feeds, farming tools, and agricultural chemicals. The firm also markets feather products, such as ostrich feathers, cock feathers, feather duster, and feather decorations. Its business activities include soybean processing and marketing, e-commerce development and operation, and crop selling and importing. The company was founded on July 1, 2006 and is headquartered in Fukuoka, Japan.

DOGAN Investments, Inc. (DI) is the venture capital arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DOGAN Advisors, Inc., a self-described 'boutique investment bank' based on the southern island of Kyushu, whose shareholders include local institutions, both public and private. Established in 2005, DI is located in Fukuoka. The firm specializes in venture capital investing and manages investment funds. They focus of promoting regional economic development on Kyushu while paying attention to social, employment and corporate governance issues. DI's lead investors are local financial institutions and corporations. The firm manages joint investments for the utility construction company Kyudenko Corp. (TSE: 1959) and the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation.

Dogan Advisors, Inc /Private Equity/ (Dogan Advisors) is the investment operating division of Dogan Inc. headquartered in Fukuoka, Japan. The firm was established in 2004 by Mori Daisuke.