SUKEDACHI

Director Introductions

  • Yoichi Wagatsuma

    President and CEO

    He worked in the construction department of Kinden Corporation, engaging in the management of electrical construction, mainly on general contractors’ large construction sites and redevelopment projects. After managing an electrical construction company for more than 10 years, he founded Sukedachi Inc. in March 2017.
    He completed his master's degree in business administration at Rikkyo University Graduate School.

  • Yusaku Soeda

    Director COO

    In 2007, he joined Bain & Company, where he worked in strategic consulting. He lived in Vietnam for three years, starting in 2012. He launches cooking schools, restaurants, etc. Starting in 2017, he served as Managing Director and Executive Officer at Yumeshin Holdings Co., Ltd., where he was in charge of Temporary Construction Staffing, Corporate Planning, M&A, Human Resources, Internal Control, Investor Relations, etc. He joined Sukedachi in February 2021.
    He graduated from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Law.

  • Kenjiro Kitagawa

    Director CFO

    Representative Director of Genesia Ventures, Inc.
    After working for about 8 years in fundraising at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, he was involved in investment at CyberAgent Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of CyberAgent. From August 2010, he served as the company's Representative Director. In August 2016, he founded Genesia Ventures Inc.
    He graduated from Osaka University’s Faculty of Engineering.

  • Minoru Kimura

    Outside Director

    Joined the National Land Agency (currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism(MLIT)) in 1989.
    Served in numerous positions as Counselor to the Reconstruction Agency, Director of the Construction Market Development Division, Land and Construction Industry Bureau, MLIT, Director of the Comprehensive Planning Division, National Land Policy Bureau, Deputy Director-General (Comprehensive Policy), Minister's Secretariat, MLIT, and Deputy Director-General, Cabinet Secretariat.
    Appointed as the Director-General of the National Land Policy Bureau at the Ministry of MLIT in 2022, and retired in 2023.
    Assumes the role of advisor at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. in January 2024.
    He completed his Master's degree in Engineering at Nagaoka University of Technology Graduate School.

  • Souichi Tajima

    Outside Director

    Representative Director of Genesia Ventures, Inc.
    After working for about 8 years in fundraising at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, he was involved in investment at CyberAgent Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of CyberAgent. From August 2010, he served as the company's Representative Director. In August 2016, he founded Genesia Ventures Inc.
    He graduated from Osaka University’s Faculty of Engineering.

  • Miwa Seki

    Outside Director

    MPowerPartners Fund L.P. General Partner
    Formerly with Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division and former branch manager at Clay Finlay Investment Advisors. She made long-term investments in Uniqlo and other companies as a Japanese growth stock portfolio manager. She launched the babysitting company Mei Corporation, and sold it to an education-related company. She has translated entrepreneur bibles by authors such as Peter Thiel and Ben Horowitz. Ms. Seki is an outside director of World Co, Ltd. and Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
    She completed a Master’s Degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

  • Takuya Tsukisawa

    Executive Officer, CTO

    In 2013, he joined GREE Inc. He was engaged as a server-side engineer in social game platform development and social game planning, development, and operation. After that, he joined Geniee, Inc. as a server-side engineer in 2017. After working as the development team leader and manager of an advertising platform, he was appointed as the head of the development department in 2019. He joined Sukedachi in November 2020.
    He completed his Master's degree at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University.

  • Masahiko Igata

    Full-time Auditor

    AAfter working at Fuji Bank, Bankers Trust and Banking Japan, joined Nomura Research Institute. Served as Deputy Director of the Management Planning Department at Nomura Holdings, and Managing Director of Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research, before becoming a professor at Kwansei Gakuin University and a visiting professor at Rikkyo University. Also served as a member of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Ito Report Conference among other roles.
    He completed his Master’s degree at the University of Sydney’s Graduate School of Management and Public Policy.

  • Takashi Wada

    Part-time Auditor

    In 1993, he joined Chuo Audit Corporation, and then after working for a major securities company, he founded the Wada CPA Office in 2003.
    He graduated from Keio University’s Faculty of Economics.

  • Toshie Honda

    Part-time Auditor

    Lawyer. After working for Union Trust&Bank of Switzerland and a domestic law firm, joined Hayashi Law Office (currently affiliated). While remaining with the firm, served as the head of the legal department at eBank Corporation and subsequently as an outside director (currently an audit and supervisory committee member) at And Do Holdings Corporation. She graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, and University of Washington School of Law (IP LL.M.).