Yuzo Kano
March 2001 | Graduated from the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Engineering |
April 2001 | Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. |
September 2004 | BNP Paribas in Japan |
May 2007 | Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. |
January 2014 | Co-Founder and Representative Director, bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position) |
September 2014 | Chairman, General Incorporated Association, Japan Authority of Digital Assets (now General Incorporated Association, Japan Blockchain Association) (Current position) |
July 2016 | bitFlyer USA, Inc. CEO |
January 2018 | bitFlyer EUROPE, S.A. Chairman |
October 2018 | Co-Founder and Representative Director, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. (Current position) |
May 2019 | Co-Founder and Representative Director, bitFlyer Blockchain, Inc. (Current position) |
March 2019 | Vice-Chairman, General Incorporated Association, Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (now General Incorporated Association, Japan Virtual and Crypto assets Exchange Association (JVCEA)) |
June 2019 | Vice-Chairman, General Incorporated Association, Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association (now General Incorporated Association, Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association (JCBA)) |
Directors
Ryota Sasaki
November 2000 | Passed the national bar examination |
March 2001 | Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law |
April 2001 | Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court |
September 2002 | Completed legal apprenticeship |
October 2002 | Tomotsune & Kimura Law Firm (now Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Firm) |
July 2006 | Corporate Finance, Investment Banking Division, JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd. |
July 2009 | Graduated from INSEAD (Master of Business Administration, MBA) |
September 2009 | Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Firm |
November 2010 | Corporate Finance, Investment Banking Division, Barclays Capital Japan Limited (now Barclays Securities Japan Limited) |
July 2016 | M&A Advisory, Investment Banking Division, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. |
July 2019 | Managing Director, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. |
March 2023 | Director, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. (Current position) |
March 2023 | Director, bitFlyer Inc. (Current position) |
March 2023 | Director, bitFlyer Blockchain, Inc. (Current position) |
Shoko Kawamura
March 2002 | Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law |
April 2002 | Equity Operations, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd |
November 2004 | Investment Banking Division, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. |
July 2009 | Office of International Affairs, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Financial Services Agency |
July 2011 | Legal & Compliance Division, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. |
November 2021 | Executive Officer, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. / Executive Officer, Head of Risk & Compliance Division, bitFlyer, Inc. |
March 2023 | Director, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. (Current position) |
March 2023 | Director, bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position) |
Auditing Committee Directors
Masayuki Shimura
1982 | Graduated Tokyo University School of Economics |
2010 | Executive Officer and Managing Executive Officer in charge of Asia and Pacific Headquarters |
2015 | Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of Transaction Banking Headquarters, Member of Management Council |
2017 | Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of Management Strategies, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd. |
June 2018 | Managing Director in charge of New Business and Finance |
July 2019 | CEO, Shimura & Partners (Current position) |
March 2020 | Auditing Committee Director at bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. (Current position) |
March 2020 | Auditing Committee Director at bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position) |
Takafumi Ochiai
March 2004 | Graduated Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology |
March 2005 | Withdrawal from Keio University Graduate School Faculty of Science and Technology |
October 2006 | Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
September 2015 | Of counsel, Atsumi & Sakai |
March 2016 | Secretariat for subcommittees, Fintech Association of Japan |
October 2016 | Secretariat general for subcommittees, Fintech Association of Japan |
January 2017 | Outside director, M&A cloud |
January 2017 | Partner, Atsumi & Sakai (Current position) |
January 2017 | Legal advisor, Japan Blockchain Association (Current position) |
June 2019 | Auditing Committee Director, Arithmer Inc. (Current position) |
October 2019 | Director, Fintech Association of Japan (Current position) |
March 2020 | Auditing Committee Director at bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position) |
Satoshi Saito
April 1994 | NLD Co., Ltd. |
April 1997 | Taiyo System Technology Co., Ltd. (now Digital Vorn Co., Ltd.) |
December 1999 | Taiyo System Technology Co., Ltd. (now Digital Vorn Co., Ltd.) |
August 2003 | Taiyo System Technology Co., Ltd. (now Digital Vorn Co., Ltd.) General Manager, 1st Solution Department |
October 2005 | Recruit Media Communications Co. Ltd. (now Recruit Communications) |
July 2006 | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) |
July 2012 | Specialist Inspector, Inspection Bureau / Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency (concurrent post) (Assistant Manager Level/System Risk Officer) |
July 2014 | Financial Industry Group, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Senior Manager |
October 2015 | Specialist Inspector, Policy Bureau / Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency (concurrent post) (Assistant Manager Level / IT Cyber Officer) |
January 2021 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Current position) |
March 2021 | Auditing committee directors, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. |
March 2023 | Auditing committee directors, bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position) |
Executive Officer
Head of CEO's Office / Head of Special Mission Office
Naoto Hida
Head of Crypto Strategy Office / Acting Head of Sales & Trading Office
Midori Kanemitsu
Head of Technology Division
Kazuhisa Mando
US Office
CEO
Takahiro Kinoshita
CCO
Zachary Figueroa
EU Office
Authorized Manager/CEO
Ami Nagata
Authorized Manager/General Counsel
Ajinkya Tulpule
Head of Compliance
Paulus de Ruiter