Director Profiles

Yuzo Kano

March 2001Graduated from the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Engineering
April 2001Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
September 2004BNP Paribas in Japan
May 2007Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
January 2014Co-Founder and Representative Director, bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position)
September 2014Chairman, General Incorporated Association, Japan Authority of Digital Assets (now General Incorporated Association, Japan Blockchain Association) (Current position)
July 2016bitFlyer USA, Inc. CEO
January 2018bitFlyer EUROPE, S.A. Chairman
October 2018Co-Founder and Representative Director, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. (Current position)
May 2019Co-Founder and Representative Director, bitFlyer Blockchain, Inc. (Current position)
March 2019Vice-Chairman, General Incorporated Association, Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (now General Incorporated Association, Japan Virtual and Crypto assets Exchange Association (JVCEA))
June 2019Vice-Chairman, General Incorporated Association, Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association (now General Incorporated Association, Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association (JCBA))

Directors

Ryota Sasaki

November 2000Passed the national bar examination
March 2001Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
April 2001Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court
September 2002Completed legal apprenticeship
October 2002Tomotsune & Kimura Law Firm (now Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Firm)
July 2006Corporate Finance, Investment Banking Division, JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
July 2009Graduated from INSEAD (Master of Business Administration, MBA)
September 2009Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Firm
November 2010Corporate Finance, Investment Banking Division, Barclays Capital Japan Limited (now Barclays Securities Japan Limited)
July 2016M&A Advisory, Investment Banking Division, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
July 2019Managing Director, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
March 2023Director, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. (Current position)
March 2023Director, bitFlyer Inc. (Current position)
March 2023Director, bitFlyer Blockchain, Inc. (Current position)

Shoko Kawamura

March 2002Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
April 2002Equity Operations, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd
November 2004Investment Banking Division, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
July 2009Office of International Affairs, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Financial Services Agency
July 2011Legal & 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 2023Director, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. (Current position)
March 2023Director, bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position)

Auditing Committee Directors

Masayuki Shimura

1982Graduated Tokyo University School of Economics
2010Executive Officer and Managing Executive Officer in charge of Asia and Pacific Headquarters
2015Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of Transaction Banking Headquarters, Member of Management Council
2017Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of Management Strategies, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd.
June 2018Managing Director in charge of New Business and Finance
July 2019CEO, Shimura & Partners (Current position)
March 2020Auditing Committee Director at bitFlyer Holdings, Inc. (Current position)
March 2020Auditing Committee Director at bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position)

Takafumi Ochiai

March 2004Graduated Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology
March 2005Withdrawal from Keio University Graduate School Faculty of Science and Technology
October 2006Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
September 2015Of counsel, Atsumi & Sakai
March 2016Secretariat for subcommittees, Fintech Association of Japan
October 2016Secretariat general for subcommittees, Fintech Association of Japan
January 2017Outside director, M&A cloud
January 2017Partner, Atsumi & Sakai (Current position)
January 2017Legal advisor, Japan Blockchain Association (Current position)
June 2019Auditing Committee Director, Arithmer Inc. (Current position)
October 2019Director, Fintech Association of Japan (Current position)
March 2020Auditing Committee Director at bitFlyer, Inc. (Current position)

Satoshi Saito

April 1994NLD Co., Ltd.
April 1997Taiyo System Technology Co., Ltd. (now Digital Vorn Co., Ltd.)
December 1999Taiyo 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 2005Recruit Media Communications Co. Ltd. (now Recruit Communications)
July 2006Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
July 2012Specialist Inspector, Inspection Bureau / Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency (concurrent post) (Assistant Manager Level/System Risk Officer)
July 2014Financial Industry Group, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Senior Manager
October 2015Specialist Inspector, Policy Bureau / Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency (concurrent post) (Assistant Manager Level / IT Cyber Officer)
January 2021Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Current position)
March 2021Auditing committee directors, bitFlyer Holdings, Inc.
March 2023Auditing 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