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Mr. Koichiro Watanabe is a Chairman at Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. and a Chairman at The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. He received his undergraduate degree from Tohoku University.

Koichiro “Koh” Nakamura is a Founder and General Partner of Sozo Ventures.
He made the 2021 Forbes Midas List for investments in Coinbase and Palantir (2020 IPO), and for leading Sozo’s investment in Square.
Prior to co-founding Sozo, he spent over 20 years building technology companies and was a member of the founding team of Yahoo Japan.
At Mitsubishi Corporation, he created relationships with large Japanese conglomerates, providing the credibility needed for portfolio start-ups to find alpha and beta customers.
While there, he created Japan’s first Application Service Provider (ASP), and Datastations (acquired by ValueCommerce).
Koh also launched the Innovation Kitchen, which incubated seed-stage ventures in Japan.
At Innovation Kitchen, he invested in university technology and served on the board of Scigineer, Japan’s leading discovery engine company, which went public in 2014 (TSE).
He graduated from Waseda University, then received an MBA from the University of Chicago.
He was a member of Kauffman Fellows Class 12 and received the Jeff Timmons Memorial Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the program.
Koh, who says, “iconic companies go global, and global markets go through Japan,” has shepherded hundreds of companies through international expansion, and has shared his expertise in Nikkei, MarketWatch, Forbes Japan, Venture Capital Journal, Newspicks, and many other publications.

Koichiro Miyahara is Group Co-COO & Director at Japan Exchange Group, Inc. and President & Representative Director at Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (a subsidiary of Japan Exchange Group, Inc.). In his past career Mr. Miyahara occupied the position of Head-Human Resources & Corporate Communications at Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.

Mr. Koichiro Yasunaga is a Chief Compliance Officer & Head-Audit at NIDEC Corp. and a Chief Compliance Officer & Legal Affairs at GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Nidec Motor Holdings Corp. and Nidec Us Holdings Corp.

Koichiro Shiozaki holds the position of CFO, Director, Head-Accounting & Finance at Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. Mr. Shiozaki is also on the board of Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. and KM Biologics KK.

Presently, Minoru Watanabe is Director, Vice President & GM-Overseas at ITO EN, LTD. and Chairman of ITO EN Beverage (Shanghai) Ltd. (a subsidiary of ITO EN, LTD.). Mr. Watanabe is also on the board of Distant Lands Trading Co. and Mason Distributors, Inc.

Shuichi Watanabe is President & Representative Director at Medipal Holdings Corp. and Chairman for Mediceo Corp. (a subsidiary of Medipal Holdings Corp.). He received a graduate degree from Hosei University.

Presently, Kenji Watanabe holds the position of Chairman at Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Mr. Watanabe is also on the board of Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Currently, Kazuharu Watanabe holds the position of Chief Financial Officer of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. and Director & Executive Officer at Square Enix Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.).

Hajime Watanabe is currently working as an Auditor at Yokogawa Electric Corp.
He started this position in 2020.
Previously, he worked at Yokogawa Electric Corp.
as an Executive Officer & General Manager-Business Audit from 2014 to 2016.

Koichiro Fukui served as an Independent Outside Director at San-in Godo Bank Ltd.
Prior to that, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1971.

Koichiro Tanabe is currently the Director & Senior General Manager-Sales at ValueCommerce Co., Ltd.
since 2014 and the Director at SGS, Inc. since 2008.
Previously, he worked as the Director & Deputy Manager-Yahoo Business at Scinex Corp.
and as an Outside Director at JWord Co., Ltd.

Koichiro Ueda worked as a Senior Vice President at Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc. from 2014 to 2017.

Koichiro Takeshita served as an Independent Director at Spectral Medical, Inc. from 2015 to 2016.
He also worked as a Director in the Medical Device Division at Toray Industries, Inc. Mr. Takeshita completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Tokyo.

Koichiro Fukuda is currently a Director & Managing Executive Officer at Nojima Corp.
He previously worked as a Director at ITX Corp.

Koichiro Matsuo is an Independent Outside Director at Kokopelli, Inc. since 2015 and a Director at Matsu System Ltd.
since 2013.
He was a Director at Allied Architects, Inc. in 2005.
He completed his undergraduate degree from Tokyo University of Science in 1996.

Koichiro Ikudome founded AuriQ Systems, Inc. in 1996, where he is working as Chief Executive Officer, Secretary & Director.
Mr. Ikudome also currently works at Auriq Systems Co., Ltd., as Chairman from 2015.
Mr. Ikudome also formerly worked at Parasoft Corp., as Director, Nippon Steel Corp., as Principal, Caltech Surveys Ltd., as Researcher-Parallel Computing, and Infogy, Inc., as President.
Mr. Ikudome received his graduate degree in 1983 from Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Koichiro Hirata is the founder of Advance One Co., Ltd.
which was founded in 2001.
He held the title of President at the company.
Currently, he is an Auditor at asoview, Inc. and a Member-Supervisory Board & Outside Audit at Every, Inc. In the past, he worked as a Principal at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC, an Auditor at Nanapi Co. Ltd., and an Outside Auditor at (The) One of Them, Inc.

Koichiro Asai is currently a Senior Managing Director at TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. He is also a Director at TechnoPro Smile, Inc., TechnoPro Careers, Inc., and Co-President & Representative Director at TechnoPro, Inc. In the past, he held positions as President & Representative Director at Hitec, Inc. (Tokyo), TechnoPro Engineering, Inc., and CSI, Inc. (Japan).

Koichiro Sumi was the founder of Sider, Inc. which was founded in 2012, where he held the title of Chief Executive Officer & Representative Director.
He also worked as a Principal at Rakuten Group, Inc. in 2010.
Mr. Sumi received his undergraduate degree from The University of Tokushima.

Koichiro Kusaka worked as a Director at K's Holdings Corp.
and as the President & Representative Director at Kansai K's Denki KK.

Koichiro Oshima is currently working as the Managing Director & GM-Reform Promotions at Shimachu Co., Ltd.

Koichiro Matsuura is currently a Director at Reach Out to Asia and Education Above All Foundation.
Previously, he was the Chairman of Edtrin Group Ltd.
and the Director General of Unesco, Inc. Matsuura received his undergraduate degree from Haverford College and his graduate degree from the University of Tokyo.

Koichiro Honma worked as an auditor at Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

Koichiro Shibata worked at Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.
from 1969 to 2010.
His last position was Managing Director & GM-Railroad Division in 2010.

Koichiro Chiwata worked as an Analyst at Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
in 2001.
He was also the Head of Equity Research at Barclays Securities Japan Ltd.
from 2010 to 2011.

Koichiro Otsuki is an Independent Outside Director at K&O Energy Group, Inc. since 2014.
He was previously the President, CEO & Representative Director at Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd.

Koichiro Tsujino is currently the President & Representative Director at ALEX Corp.
He previously held positions as an Independent Outside Director at Weathernews, Inc., an Independent Director at AOI Pro., Inc., and an Outside Director at KLab, Inc. He was also the President at Google Japan, Inc. from 2007 to 2010.
Tsujino received a graduate degree from Keio University in 1984 and another graduate degree from California Institute of Technology in 1988.

Koichiro Hiraiwa is an Independent Outside Director at Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. since 2021.
He was previously an Independent Outside Director at Hitachi Capital Corp.
and an Outside Director at Allied Telesis Holdings K.K.
from 2015 to 2016.
He also served as the President of The Kyoto Hotel, Ltd.
from 2009 to 2011.

Koichiro Tsubomoto has worked as an Independent Outside Director at Fujishoji Co., Ltd.
since 2004.

Koichiro Nakamoto has worked as a consultant at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune since 2010.

Koichiro Nishikawa is currently the Chairman of Japan Industrial Track & Field Association since 2013.
He previously held positions as Director at Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., Independent Outside Director at J.
FRONT RETAILING Co., Ltd.
and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Director at Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores Co., Ltd., Senior Vice President at Hitachi Ltd.
in 2010, and Senior Vice President & Executive Officer at Hitachi Cable Ltd.

Koichiro Nagatani currently works at Tohto Suisan Co., Ltd., as Director & Head-Sales from 2017, Sanyo Co., Ltd.
(Fukuoka), as Representative Director from 2007, West Japan Foods Co. Ltd., as Representative Director from 2012, Marusan Foods Co. Ltd., as Representative Director from 2009, Sanyo Service Co. Ltd., as Representative Director from 2013, and Uwoshin Co. Ltd., as Director from 2013.

Koichiro Sato has a current job as the Director & General Manager-Sales at Nitto Kogyo Corp.

Koichiro Uchida is currently a Director at Junten Bio Co. Ltd.

Koichiro Saji is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Director at workeasy, Inc.