About us

BOARD MEMBERS Directors and Executive Officers

• President and CEO/Founder

  YUTA MIURA

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  President and CEO/Founder

  YUTA MIURA

  After joining a real estate TECH listed company in 2013, he was assigned to the sales department and started his own business in 2017. 2019: Appointed as President of a subsidiary listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 2022: Founded our company.
  
  He has been developing SILK THE RICH products and taking 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.

  
  

• Senior Executive Officer CBO/Co-Founder

  YUI IMAI

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  Senior Executive Officer CBO/Co-Founder

  YUI IMAI

  Since 2020, he has been involved in product planning and ingredient development for SILK THE RICH,
  
  After about 2 years of research and development, more than 500 verifications were conducted,
  
  We have conducted more than 500 tests over 2 years of research and development to ensure that our products can be adapted to the scalp and hair types of a global and diverse range of people,
  
  We have cleared the soft water/hard water problem, and are committed to the quality of our products,
  
  The company also developed an inverted bottle, giving birth to the ultimate silk hair care product.
  
  In August 2022, he and Miura, the founder of the company, co-founded THE RICH Co,
  
  Ltd. with the founder, Miura, in August 2022.
  
  He is also in charge of creating the world view of SILKTHERICH.
  
  He will also be involved in future product planning and development.

  
  

• Senior Executive Officer CSO

  SHOTA AIDA

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  Senior Executive Officer 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 activities 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 was in charge of developing their own products.
  
  After the release of the product, he became a freelancer and developed products for a design tech company and medical web services for a mega-venture.
  
  Through this experience, he acquired various skills in IT service development, including back-end, front-end, and cloud infrastructure,
  
  He was invited by CEO Miura, whom he had known for a long time, to establish THE RICH and lead the service development of the company's products.

  
  

• 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 KK's Japan office,
  
  As an agency manager, he achieved the best sales performance in the world.
  
  In 2017, he founded Lifunext Inc. to provide digital marketing support centered on data utilization.
  
  He has supported hundreds of companies in their digital marketing efforts to date.
  
  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 that 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 moved 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). In addition, since the establishment of a forwarding subsidiary in 2007, he has established several operating companies engaged in forwarding, OEM, staffing, EC fulfillment, etc., with the aim of providing one-stop services to apparel companies, and continues to do so to this day.
  
  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 Tsukuba University and completed MBA at Aoyama Gakuin Graduate School. After working for Nippon Television Network Corporation, he joined Hangame (now LINE) in 2003, and was 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 through secondary transactions, 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 striving 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.