2021.07.21 Soichiro Minami

After graduating from Tufts University in the U.S. in 1999, he joined the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (currently Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.). He was involved in founding a professional baseball team “Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles” in 2004, and then, in 2009, established BizReach, Inc. Since then, he has successively established businesses to promote digital transformation (DX) in HR Tech including recruiting platforms and Human Capital Management (HCM) SaaS, and also in other business domains including M&A matching platform, logistics matching platform and cybersecurity. He assumed his current position from February 2020 when BizReach, Inc. was reorganized into a holding company structure and Visional, Inc. was established. In 2014, he was chosen as one of the Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum (Davos).

• Visional, Inc.
• Representative Director and CEO

2021.07.20 Shin Takeuchi

After graduating from the Department of Computer Science at University of Electro-Communications in 2001, he joined FUJISOFT Incorporated where he was engaged in system development mainly for government offices and major telecom companies. In 2007, he was engaged in development of a company-wide common infrastructure framework at Recruit Co., Ltd. and at the same time, started OSS activities within the Seasar Project. In 2008, he founded Lei Hau’oli Co., Ltd. He joined BizReach, Inc. from the pre-founding days and assumed the position of Director and CTO. In February 2020, he assumed his current position. Outside the company, he serves as Director of the Japan CTO Association.

• Visional, Inc.
• Director and CTO

2021.07.19 Satoshi Murata

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Aoyama Gakuin University in 2002, he joined Global Media Online, Inc. (currently GMO Internet, Inc.). Afterward, he held positions of responsibility in business development and marketing departments at Viacom International Japan K.K. (currently Viacom Networks Japan K.K.), and in 2011, he became Representative Director at LUXA, Inc. (currently au Commerce & Life, Inc.). In 2019, he became Director and COO of BizReach, Inc. Since February 2020, he serves as Director of Visional, Inc. He also serves as Director of Visional Incubation, Inc. (currently M&A Succeed, Inc.) since August 2021, and Director of Trabox, Inc., and Assured, Inc. since August 2022.

• Visional, Inc.
• Director

2021.07.18 Tetsuya Sakai

After graduating from the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University in 2003, he joined Japan Sports Vision Co., Ltd. He later joined Recruit Career Co., Ltd. where he was engaged in sales and business development roles, and then served as the Head of Sales in the mid-career recruiting domain. In November 2015, he joined BizReach, Inc. and held various positions such as Head of the BizReach Division, Head of the Recruiting Platform, and Vice President of BizReach Inc. In July 2022, he became Director and CEO of BizReach, Inc. In October 2022, he was appointed as Director of Visional, Inc.

• Visional, Inc.
• Director BizReach, Inc. Representative Director and CEO

2021.07.15 Naoko Harima

After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University in 2003, she joined Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC). In 2007, she registered as a certified public accountant. After opening her private office in 2008, she was engaged in acquisitions, oversight, and supervision of hotel operation companies and disclosure of financial results at Japan Hotel and Resort, Inc. (currently Japan Hotel REIT Advisors Co., Ltd.). After that, she served as outside auditor of JEPLAN, INC. and KinoPharma, Inc., and outside director of ATSUGI CO., LTD. In 2019, she became an Auditor of BizReach, Inc. In February 2020, she assumed her current position.

• Visional, Inc.
• Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

2021.07.14 Maiko Chihara

She graduated from the Faculty of Law at University of Tokyo in 1998, and in 2008, graduated from Columbia Law School (LL.M.) in the U.S. After registering as an attorney-at-law in 2002, she joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and then, in 2011, Kataoka & Kobayashi LPC where she has been serving as Partner since 2014. Mainly focusing on financial legal affairs including structured finance and financing, she is engaged in general corporate legal affairs including litigation relating to general commercial/financial transactions, responses to crisis management, and compliance and M&A cases. Alongside this, she served as outside director at listed companies.

• Visional, Inc.
• Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

2021.07.13 Tadatsugu Ishimoto

He graduated from the School of Commerce at Meiji University in 1996 and joined the Tokyo Office of KPMG Peat Marwick where he was engaged in international tax affairs and corporate finance. Afterward, he worked as a venture capitalist and CFO at a startup company and in 2001, founded Mentor Capital Tax Office. Since then, alongside providing support to startups, he has held various positions such as researcher at Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute and outside director at Enigmo Inc. and UNITED, Inc.

• Visional, Inc.
• Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

2021.07.11 Risako Suefuji

After graduating from Keio University, she joined Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (currently Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.). In 2010, she participated in the Global Leadership Program at General Electric (GE) and she later engaged in marketing and strategy roles within GE. From 2016, she successively served in executive positions in finance, business strategy and compliance at GlaxoSmithKline K.K. In 2019, she joined BizReach, Inc. Since February 2020, she serves as Executive Officer, CFO of Visional, Inc. Since May 2023, she also serves as Director of BizReach, Inc.

• Visional, Inc.
• Executive Officer, CFO