CEO

Founded HashPort Inc. in 2018. HashPort has provided Non-Custodial Wallet solutions to numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government bodies, including providing the EXPO2025 digital wallet for the Osaka-Kansai World Expo. Currently, HashPort provides HashPort Wallet, Japan's largest non-custodial wallet with over one million users. He also serves as a director of the Japan Crypto Asset Business Association.
Prior to founding HashPort, he worked at BCG Digital Ventures, the digital business development arm of Boston Consulting Group as the youngest Venture Architect (investment and business development specialist) at the Tokyo office. During his tenure at Boston Consulting Group, he was involved in projects in Japan and China.

COO

Joined Internet Initiative Japan in 1995. He oversaw securities and foreign exchange margin trading (FX) systems, including the development of Japan's first dedicated online securities trading system, as well as corporate IT services. He was appointed as the director in 2005 and Senior Managing Executive Officer in 2012.
He then founded DeCurret in 2018, assuming the role of President and Representative Director. Decurrent was registered as a cryptocurrency exchange in 2019 and commenced services. From June 2024, he served as the Vice President, Executive Officer and COO of DeCurret DCP, launching Japan's first deposit-type token platform service that summer.

CTO

Joined Works Applications Co., Ltd. in 2004. He was appointed as the Head of the Accounting Series Products at the same company in 2014, overseeing engineers, QA, and consultants. He then joined NewsPicks Inc. in June 2019. After establishing the Product Management team, he was appointed as the Executive Officer and VPoE in August 2020, driving the organisation and recruitment of the product team. He became the Director and CTO of HashPort Inc. in April 2022.

CAO

Born in 1990. He passed the bar examination in 2014. After completing judicial training in Shizuoka Prefecture, he joined a corporate law firm specialising in in-house counsel matters in 2015. He primarily engaged in general corporate work (including shareholder meeting support), litigation, and crisis management, while also working extensively across M&A, intellectual property, and privacy fields. He was seconded to the legal department of a major bank in 2018, where he handled numerous legal matters concerning new business development within the strategy and international legal team. He joined LINE Corporation in 2020 and held responsible for security/privacy within the financial division and served as a manager since 2021. He joined HashPort in June 2022 and became the Director in February 2023.

External Director

Deputy Head of Open Innovation Promotion Division and Head of OI Business Development Department, KDDI Corporation
He joined KDDI in 2006. From 2012, he engaged in investment and collaboration with start-ups, overseeing gaming, sports, entertainment, XR, and Virtual Shibuya. Served as Head of BI Promotion in 2022 and Head of Web3 Promotion in 2023, he oversaw the KDDI Open Innovation Fund, KDDI ∞ Labo, and Web3/metaverse initiatives. He assumed current role in 2025, driving open innovation across the KDDI Group."

External Director

UTEC (The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.) Co-founder and Representative Director, Managing Director of the Japan Venture Capital Association.
Since 2004, he has established and managed venture capital funds from UTEC Fund I to Fund V, investing in over 110 science/technology start-ups. He has managed to make 13 companies to get listed in the stock market and supported 12 comapnies to complete their M&A transactions.
In his previous role (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), he drafted the 'Limited Liability Investment Partnership Act' (enacted 1998), which became the foundational legislation for Japan's venture capital funds.
Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law in 1996, he also obtained a MBA from Stanford University in 2003. He received his Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo in 2020.

External Director

ARIGATOBANK Co., Ltd. Representative Director and CEO, Tokyo Metropolitan Government DX Fellow, JCBA Stablecoin Committee Chairperson. He joined Internet Initiative Japan Inc. in 2005, subsequently got seconded to the SBI Group. He joined Yahoo Japan Corporation in 2012. After launching Y!mobile and Yahoo! Money, he assumed responsibility for overseeing payment products. He played a crucial role in launching PayPay. In 2019. He then joined DeCurret Inc. as the CTO to establish its digital currency business. In 2020, he joined Start Today Inc. as a Fintech professional. He founded ARIGATOBANK Inc. to create new money flows in society, assuming the role of Representative Director. Since 2019, he has advised the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on ICT policy as a Tokyo DX Fellow.

Full-time Auditor

After graduating from Kyoto University in 1983, he joined Sumitomo Bank (now Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation). Following studies in Germany, he worked at an investment advisory company within the group, serving as a fund manager for foreign equities from 1990 for approximately 15 years. Subsequently, he held positions as the Head of the Sub-Advisory Department liaising with overseas sub-advisors and Head of the Audit Department before assuming the role of Full-time Auditor in 2017. He retired from the full-time auditor of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., Ltd. at the end of June in 2022 upon completion of his term. He was appointed as full-time auditor of HashPort Inc. in August 2022.

Part-time auditor

Born on 7 September 1958, he got employed at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation from 1982 to 2017. He served as the Executive Officer and Managing Executive Officer, Head of Asia and Oceania Division from April 2010 to March 2015, and as Senior Managing Executive Officer (Member of the Management Committee) from April 2015. From May 2017 to June 2019, he served as the Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer at Sumitomo Mitsui Card. Leveraging on his experiences and achievements in Southeast Asia and the fintech sector, he established Shimura & Partners in July 2019 and assumed the position of Representative Director. He currently serves as an external director for companies including BASE Inc., MedPeer Inc., and bitFlyer Inc. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo.

Non-executive auditor

Managing Partner of Sō Satō Law Office. Licensed to practice law in Japan and New York State. Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, and New York University School of Law.
After practicing primarily in the financial sector (securitisation, funds, derivatives, etc.) at Nishimura & Asahi, encountered Bitcoin in 2013 and established the present practice in 2015. Specialises in Web3, FinTech, and start-ups, providing broad advice across the Web3 industry including cryptocurrency, NFTs, blockchain games, DeFi, and DAOs.
He serves as an advisor to the Japan Blockchain Association, auditor for the Japan STO Association, advisor to the Japan DeFi Association, auditor for the General Incorporated Association Metaverse Japan, secretary of the Capital Markets Division of the FinTech Association, and was formerly an outside director of bitFlyer. He is ranked as a leading Japanese FinTech lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific, Best Lawyers rankings, and Legal500.