At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Japan based COO’ operating in the Finance space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Hirokatsu Ohigashi
Director COO of CAMPFIRE
Joined GMO Internet in 2002. After becoming Director of Access Business Headquarters, Director of Domain Business Headquarters, and General Manager of IxP Business Headquarters, established GMO Domain Registry in 2009 and became Managing Director of the Company. In 2013, he participated in business such as WebContents, news media data analysis, and WebContents optimization using machine learning. Joined CAMPFIRE in 2018 and was responsible for promoting overseas business and promoting Alliance business as the cross-border business manager. He was appointed Chimera Director since 2019. March 2019 appointed CAMPFIRE Director COO and oversee overseas business strategy, CAMPFIRE business, and financial business as head of business promotion.
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About CAMPFIRE, GoodMorning: CAMPFIRE engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.
Narita Shuzo
Executive Vice President & COO of CrowdWorks
Narita Shuzo is a Executive Vice President/COO, CrowdWorks Inc.
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About CrowdWorks: CrowdWorks provides Internet services operations centered on Japanese crowdsourcing platform.
Takefumi Uda
COO of Gojo & Company
Takefumi Uda is the COO of Gojo and Company.
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About Gojo & Company: Gojo extends financial inclusion to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises.
Takefumi Uda
COO of Gojo & Company
Takefumi Uda is the COO of Gojo and Company.
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About Gojo & Company: Gojo extends financial inclusion to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises.
renfield kuroda
Asia Markets COO of National Australia Bank (NAB)
In Japan since 1994. Linguistically and culturally bilingual in Japanese and English. A specialist in the management of complex businesses, with experience in securities & banking and internet technologies, with a strong technical foundation from an early career as a software developer.
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About Mizuho Americas, National Australia Bank (NAB): NAB provides banking financial solutions such as internet banking, credit cards, accounts, insurance, as well as home and personal loans.
Ogata Masayuki
Director COO of Freee
Ogata Masayuki is the Director Chief Operating Officer of Freee.
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About Freee: Freee is online accounting software that syncs with bank accounts and automatically categorizes entries to create financial reports.
Toshihiko Katsuya
Managing Director/ COO of Monex Group
Toshihiko Katsuya’s career started at The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. in 1989. Since joining the Company in 2006, he served as Representative Director & President of Monex FX since Oct. 2010, then has taken directorship positions at Monex, Inc. since June 2013. He was Representative Director and President of Monex. Inc. from Nov. 2015 to Oct. 2017. Katsuya was appointed Executive Officer in April 2016, then appointed Managing Director and Executive Officer in June 2017 and serves as Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer since April 2018.
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About Monex Group: Monex Group is a financial services to individual investors as an integrated online financial services broker.
Yabe Kota
Representative Director and COO of WED
Yabe Kota is the Representative Director and COO of WED.
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About WED: WED is an information technology based company.
Yusuke Inagaki
Chief Operating Officer of Uzabase
Prior to establishing UZABASE, Yusuke Inagaki was the project manager of the Technology Integration Division at ABeam Consulting, where he actively developed and constructed the entire company’s system strategies. Inagaki was also involved in the design and construction of large-scale databases for financial institutions. With his rich experience and knowledge in systems technology, Inagaki co-founded UZABASE with Yusuke Umeda and Ryosuke Niino in 2008, and assumed the role of Co-CEO for UZABASE and CEO for NewsPicks in 2017.
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About Uzabase: Uzabase provides information infrastructure supporting decision-making in business activities.
Matsui Shinobu
Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Uzabase
If you are interested in working in Uzabase Group, please feel free to contact me.
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About Uzabase: Uzabase provides information infrastructure supporting decision-making in business activities.
Hitoshi Takeshi
Director COO of BITPoint Japan
Hitoshi Takeshi built a financial base at Aozora Bank (formerly Nihon Bond Bank) and engaged in a wide range of venture and acquisition investments at ITX (formerly Nissho Iwai’s IT business investment company). After that, he was involved in IT company management and gained knowledge in both finance and business company management.
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About BITPoint Japan: BITPoint Japan is a compliant digital asset trading platform that offers virtual currency exchange.
Hitoshi Takeshi
Director COO of BITPoint Japan
Hitoshi Takeshi built a financial base at Aozora Bank (formerly Nihon Bond Bank) and engaged in a wide range of venture and acquisition investments at ITX (formerly Nissho Iwai’s IT business investment company). After that, he was involved in IT company management and gained knowledge in both finance and business company management.
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About BITPoint Japan: BITPoint Japan is a compliant digital asset trading platform that offers virtual currency exchange.
Ryohei Yamazaki
Director and COO of COINAGE Japan
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About COINAGE Japan: COINAGE is a Virtual currency trading related business
Higashi Koji
Director, COO, and Founder of IndieSquare
Higashi Koji is the Director, COO, and Founder at IndieSquare.
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About IndieSquare: IndieSquare is a publishing company for APIs and SDKs for developers.