About us

BOARD MEMBERS Directors and Executive Officers

• President and CEO/Founder

  YUTA MIURA

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  President and CEO/Founder

  YUTA MIURA

  2013 joined a real estate TECH listed company, assigned to the sales department and started his own business in 2017. 2019 appointed president of a subsidiary listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 2022 founded the Company. 2022 founded the Company. 2023 founded the Company.
  
  Developed SILK THE RICH products and took on global challenges since the company's inception.

  
  

• board member

  MIKURU ASAKURA

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  board member

  MIKURU ASAKURA

  When I used SILKTHERICH shampoo and treatment for the first time, I was amazed at the technology to reproduce the fragrance and the repairing feeling of my hair. First of all, we will do our best to support THE RICH Co., Ltd. in its challenge to raise its recognition both domestically and internationally and to go public.

  
  

• 上席執行役員CBO/co-Founder

  YUI IMAI

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  上席執行役員CBO/co-Founder

  YUI IMAI

  Since 2020, he has been involved in product planning and ingredient development for SILK THE RICH,
  
  More than 500 verifications were conducted during approximately two years of research and development,
  
  To suit the scalp and hair types of a global and diverse ethnic population,
  
  The soft water-hard water problem has also been cleared, and the company is committed to quality,
  
  An inverted bottle was also developed, giving birth to the ultimate silk hair care product.
  
  With founder Miura in August 2022,
  
  Co-founded THE RICH Co.
  
  He is also responsible for creating the world view of SILKTHERICH.
  
  Future product planning and development will also be conducted.

  
  

• 上席執行役員CSO

  SHOTA AIDA

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  上席執行役員CSO

  SHOTA AIDA

  In 2016, he established RBP Inc. as a subsidiary company of SuiYen Inc. as well as serving as the East Japan General Manager of the two companies. In 2018, he became an executive officer of the company and established a Taiwanese subsidiary as the general manager of sales and overseas business division. He is also engaged in organization building, management strategy, and new development sales for the actual operation part. In 2020, he joined Tokyo A-One Co. (TSE Standard) in 2022 as Deputy General Manager of Sales Division, Cosmetics Business Department. He is responsible for brand management, strategic planning, and sales promotion. In 2023, he started business strategy consultancy in sales strategy as a sole proprietor, and in November of the same year, he became a sales representative for THE RICH Co.

  
  

• Executive Officer CTO/Co-Founder

  RYO KOHAMA

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  Executive Officer CTO/Co-Founder

  RYO KOHAMA

  In 2019, he founded a health tech IT venture with his colleagues and is in charge of developing his own products.
  
  After releasing his first product, he became a freelancer, developing products for a design-tech company and medical web services for a mega-venture.
  
  During this experience, he acquired a variety of skills in IT service development, including back-end, front-end, and cloud infrastructure,
  
  He was invited to establish THE RICH by CEO Miura, whom he had known for a long time, and took the lead in developing the company's own product services.

  
  

• CMO

  KAZUMASA TAMURA

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  CMO

  KAZUMASA TAMURA

  In 2010, he joined SEPTENI Corporation, where he established a project to promote the company-wide use of ad tech and support the use of customer data, and grew the company to become the No. 1 agency handling Google products in Asia.
  
  In 2015, he participated in the launch of AdRoll K.K.'s Japan office,
  
  As agency manager, he established the world's number one sales performance.
  
  In 2017, he founded his own company, Lifunext, Inc. to provide digital marketing support centered on data utilization.
  
  To date, he has assisted hundreds of companies in their digital marketing efforts.
  
  Participated in Amazon Prime Video's "Bachelorette Japan Season 2" in 2022

  
  

  https://lifunext.com/

  
  

• CFO

  HITOSHI NAKATUJI

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  CFO

  HITOSHI NAKATUJI

  After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, he joined Ernst & Young Group (EY), where he was engaged in auditing and internal control auditing for a wide range of companies, including foreign companies and listed companies. In 2013, he joined Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.'s Resource Development Division, where he was involved in FA and asset management of gas and oil field development M&A (asset size: 30 to 100 billion yen). He was later transferred to Jacobi Carbons UK (UK), a subsidiary of Jacobi Carbons, which operates in dozens of countries. After working in corporate planning, M&A, international taxation, consolidated accounts, and finance, he joined Baseconnect in 2019 (raised 5.4 billion yen), where he has raised a total of 6.4 billion yen. He has raised a total of 6.4 billion yen. Long experience living overseas for about 10 years (Thailand, U.S., U.K.).

  
  

• co-founder / CEO, SILK THE RICH USA Inc.

  KODAI TAKAHASHI

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  co-founder / CEO, SILK THE RICH USA Inc.

  KODAI TAKAHASHI

  Studied abroad in Boston while attending Hibiya High School. Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology. In 2022, he will be the youngest person to participate in Amazon Prime Video's "Pachelorette Japan Season 2" at the age of 22. After participating in Amazon Prime Video's "Pachelorette Japan Season 2" in 2022 as the youngest participant at the age of 22, he sold his business upon graduation from university and founded THE RICH Inc. with Miura in August 2024, and has been engaged in launching the US business based in Los Angeles since August 2024.

  
  

• business advisor

  KAZUHIRO KODAMA

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  business advisor

  KAZUHIRO KODAMA

  In 1990, as a founding member of GF Corporation, he participated in the launch of the apparel logistics processing business, and in 2002, he went to China on his own to establish the first inspection subsidiary in Shanghai as a joint venture with a Chinese company. He has been expanding the company's business to East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia (currently, 50 bases in 8 countries). Since the establishment of a forwarding subsidiary in 2007, he has established several operating companies that provide forwarding, OEM, temporary staffing, EC fulfillment, and other services to apparel companies with the aim of providing one-stop services.
  
  Since 2018, he has been promoting the business development of the entire GF Group as Chairman and President of GF Holdings, Inc.

  
  

• business advisor

  AKIRA MORIKAWA

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  business advisor

  AKIRA MORIKAWA

  Former Nippon Television Network Corporation
  
  Former President and Representative Director, LINE Corporation
  
  Currently CEO and Representative Director, C Channel K.K.
  
  Graduated from the University of Tsukuba and completed an MBA at Aoyama Gakuin Graduate School. After working for Nippon Television Network Corporation, he joined Hangame (now LINE) in 2003, and has been a key player in growing LINE into a messenger infrastructure in Japan and other Asian countries.

  
  

• Financial Advisor

  TOMOAKI YAGI

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  Financial Advisor

  TOMOAKI YAGI

  Mr. Kuroda joined Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd. in 2008 as a new graduate and spent over 6 years in corporate banking business focusing on group-wide transactions including commercial banks, trust banks, and securities companies, structured finance, syndicated loans, and others. Then, at the Investment Banking Division of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, he engaged in investment banking business focusing on IPO, M&A, and Debt Finance of listed and unlisted companies in the technology/Internet/Software/Fintech industry, In 2021, he led the Series D round of financing totaling 5.3 billion yen from overseas institutional investors, etc. In 2022, he led capital participation by overseas institutional investors and debt financing totaling 18.3 billion yen in a secondary transaction, and in 2023, he led debt financing totaling 13.0 billion yen. In July 2024, he led and realized an IPO through a global offering, which continues to this day.

  
  

• auditor

  YOSHIKI OTAGAKI

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  auditor

  YOSHIKI OTAGAKI

  I am Yoshiki Otagaki, and I have been elected and assumed the position of Corporate Auditor.

  
  

  I am humbled to accept this important responsibility.

  
  

  In today's rapidly changing environment surrounding corporate management, corporate governance is becoming increasingly important. I intend to audit the execution of duties by directors from an independent and objective standpoint, and by working to ensure the transparency and soundness of management, I intend to contribute to the sustainable growth of the Company and the enhancement of its corporate value.

  
  

  We will devote ourselves to our duties with sincerity so that we can live up to the expectations and trust of our shareholders and all other stakeholders.

  
  

  We would appreciate your continued guidance and encouragement.