Joined J-STAR in November 2015. He made 8 investments (14 investments including additional acquisitions) in Japan Waste (Industrial waste treatment), RENATUS (Recycling and waste disposal, Environmental infrastructure and building maintenance Consulting), Sincere (industrial waste treatment, building maintenance, waste management), Shinnihon Kaihatsu (industrial waste treatment, home appliance recycling), Honest (automotive recycled part manufacturing), WOLVES HAND (veterinary clinic), Aisei Pharmacy (management of pharmacies), and Platia (caregiving for people with dementia), and executed 1 successful exit. He provides support regarding management decisions as a consultant to CEO and other managers and helps them to create, implement and manage strategies adapted to the situation of the company, introduce management accounting, design incentives, increase the motivation of managerial staff, build systems to facilitate M&A, and deal with financial institutions. He always tries to quickly and repeatedly go back and forth between practice and theory and approaches investment practice with a broad perspective that transcends the boundaries of the industry. Before joining J-STAR, he worked as a lawyer specializing in M&A and taxes at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto. He graduated from studies at the Law School of Keio University. Lawyer, Certified Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan, Fellow at the Family Business Advisors Association Japan (FBAA)”