EXECUTIVE PROFILES

Yosuke Imafuku

Yosuke Imafuku

CEO

Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Law, Department of Law in 1999.
Established his own company (now Realize Capital, elected as CEO) in 2006 after working for financial institutions and real estate firms.
Established Realize Company in 2010 and elected as CEO. Launched Realize Group.
Elected as CEO of a company specializing in the purchase and sales of trucks in 2015. Trade name changed to Realize Corporation the following year.
Established SUUTA in 2018 and elected as CEO.
Concurrent post below.
Representative Director of Realize Venture Capital Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of Realize Art Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of Realize Technologies Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of Realize Hospitality Co., Ltd.

Yoko Toda

Yoko Toda

Director, Head of Corporate Planning Office

Graduated from Sophia University Faculty of Law, Department of Law in 2007.
Joined Realize Company in 2013 and elected as Director in 2016.
Elected as Director of Realize Corporation in 2016.
Elected as Director of SUUTA in 2018.
Elected as Director of Realize Venture Capital in 2019.
Elected as Director of Realize Technologies in 2022.
Elected as Director of Realize Hospitality in 2023.

Junichi Ishihara

Junichi Ishihara

Director, Head of Compliance Office

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Tohoku University in 1979.
After joining Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd. in the same year, served as general manager of corporate sales, etc., and appointed a full-time corporate auditor of Daiwa Next Bank Co., Ltd. in 2010.
Joined Realize Corporation in 2018. Elected as position at the Japan Truck Appraisal Association in 2019.
Elected an executive officer of Realize Corporation in 2020. Appointed director in 2023.

Takashi Kasahara

Takashi Kasahara

Director, Head of Consulting Business

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University in 2003.
Joined Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) in the same year.
He was stationed in the United States and engaged in sales for major general trading companies/automobile manufacturers, sales promotion headquarters (overseas Japanese-affiliated sales planning), etc.
Joined Realize Corporation in 2021. Elected as second section general manager of consulting in 2022. Elected as Director of Realize Corporation in 2023.

Yoshitomo Tutui

Yoshitomo Tutui

Director, Head of M&A Promotion Business

Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science in 1999.
After working at a financial institution, a medical consulting company, and a medical corporation, he led IPO, M&A, etc. as the head of the corporate planning department at Mediscience Planning Co., Ltd.of drug development company.
After that, representative director of Waseda Elderly Health Corporation as major day service company, representative director of care tech venture Welmo Co., Ltd., director of the Japan Day Service Association, director of the National Day Care Association, and deputy director of the Tokyo Branch of the National Federation of Nursing Care Business Operators etc.
Elected as representative director of Realize Auto Factory Co., Ltd., and director of Realize Corporation Co., Ltd in 2023.

Sosuke Takahashi

Sosuke Takahashi

Outside Director

Graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Politics and Economics, Department of Political Science in 2001.
Registered as attorney in 2004. Joined Atsumi Law Firm (currently Atsumi & Sakai Law Firm and Foreign Law Joint Venture) in the same year.
Joined the Tokyo Office of Midosuji Law Firm in 2007 (partner of same firm since 2013).
Graduated from University of Michigan Law School(LL.M.)in 2010.
Registered as attorney in the State of California in 2011.
Founded Kaname Partners in 2015.
Elected as Outside Director of Realize Corporation in 2018.
Elected as Outside Director of Realize Securities in 2021.

Minetaka Nakayama

Minetaka Nakayama

Outside Director

Graduated from Tokyo University Faculty of Law in 1985.
Entered the Ministry of Finance in the same year. Served as Minister’s Secretariat Chief Accountant for same ministry, Director of Sendai Taxation Bureau, Minister’s Secretariat Deputy Director-General for the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Auditor for the Japan Housing Finance Agency.
Appointed as Director of Osaka Customs in 2019. Resigned in 2020.
Elected as Outside Director of Realize Corporation in 2022.
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

Masami Yoshihara

Masami Yoshihara

Auditor

Graduated from Meiji University Faculty of Politics and Economics, Department of Economics in 1979. Joined Nikko Securities (currently SMBC Nikko Securities) in the same year.
Served in the legal section of an independent business. Successively served as Director of the Internal Control Audit Department, Manager of the Compliance Control Department and Manager of the Testing Department.
Appointed as Executive Officer of the Nikko Cordial Group in 2007, Executive Officer and Auditor of Nikko City Holdings in 2008, and Permanent Auditor of current SMBC Nikko Securities in 2010. Resigned in 2017.
Elected as Auditor of Realize Corporation in 2021.
Elected as Auditor of Realize Securities in 2021.