Board Members
Board Members
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Co-President and Director
Hiroyuki SugimotoHiroyuki Sugimoto
Kawasaki Sogo High School of Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- 1997Toko Mansion Center Corporation (currently TFD Corporation)
- 2001Founded S-Grant Corporation (became president of the company)
- 2017Chairman of the Board
- 2022Chairman of the Board, Group Executive Officer and CEO of the Company, and Director of SYLA Co., Ltd.(to present)
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Co-President and Director
Yoshiyuki YutoYoshiyuki Yuto
Utsunomiya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Construction, Architecture Course
- 2001Nisshin real estate co.
- 2004S-Grant Corporation
- 2010Founded the company and SYLA Co., Ltd
- 2017(Representative Directors of both companies)
- 2022Representative Director, Group Executive Officer and COO of the Company and Representative Director and CEO of SYLA Co., Ltd.(to present)
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Director and Secretary
Takahide WatanabeTakahide Watanabe
Waseda University, School of Law
- 2008S-Grant Corporation
- 2009NEC Soft, Ltd.
- 2011Nikkiso Co.
- 2017Director of the Company
- 2020Director of SYLA Co., Ltd(to present)
- 2022Director, Group Executive Officer and CSO(to present)
Chief Growth Officer (CGO) and Director
Takeshi FuchiwakiTakeshi Fuchiwaki
M.S. in Supply Chain Management, Pennsylvania State University
- 2009PricewaterhouseCoopers K.K.
- 2010GE Healthcare Japan Corporation
- 2012GE Healthcare Singapore Pte Ltd.
- 2016GE Healthcare Japan Corporation
- 2022Group Executive Officer and Representative Director of SYLA Solar Inc.
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Taku OkawaTaku Okawa
B.A. in Economics, Kyoto University
- 2005NRI Netcom, Inc.
- 2011Enigmo Inc.
- 2021Group Executive Officer and CTO
Chief AI Officer (CAIO)
Tenki LeeTenki Lee
Top graduate Tokyo University of Technology
- 2016DeNA Co., Ltd.
- 2019Founded DEVEL Co. currently Representative Director of SYLA Brain Co.(to present)
- 2022Group Executive Officer and CAIO(to present)
Chief Investment Officer (CIO)
Shinsuke NuriyaShinsuke Nuriya
B.A. in Commerce, Keio University
M.S. in Sustainability Management, Columbia University
M.S. in Sustainability Management, Columbia University
- 2011BofA Securities Japan Securities Company, Ltd.
- 2012Blackstone Group Japan
- 2017Director of Crowd Realty, Inc.
- 2019Director of Patience Capital Group Pte Ltd.
- 2021Director of Kyash Inc.
- 2022Group Executive Officer and CIO(to present)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Nobuo HiguchiNobuo Higuchi
B.A. in Political Science and Economics, Meiji University
- 2009Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
- 2013SHIMOMURA & CO., CPAs
- 2016PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- 2018SHIMOMURA & CO., CPAs
- 2022Group Executive Officer and CAO
- 2023Group Executive Officer and CFO(to present)
Executive Officer
Mitsuhiro KawashimaMitsuhiro Kawashima
B.A. in Law, Komazawa University
- 2017Investors Cloud Inc. (now Robot Home Inc.)
- 2018Robot Home Inc. (now Residence kit, Inc）
- 2022Executive Officer
Executive Officer
Makoto ArikiMakoto Ariki
B.A. Keio University
- 2011Mitsubishi Corporation
- 2020Director and COO of GENERADES Corporation
- 2020Joined Cheka Corporation, Director
- 2021Director and COO, SYLA Brain Inc.(to present)
- 2022Executive Officer and Representative Director of SYLA Bio-tech Inc.(to present)
Independent Director
Tomoyoshi UranishiTomoyoshi Uranishi
B.A. in Economics, The University of Tokyo
- 1974Ministry of Finance
- 1997Minister at the British Embassy in Japan
- 2000Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA), Counselor (Equivalent to Deputy Director-General, in charge of Supervisory Bureau)
- 2001Director General of Yokohama Customs
- 2002Deputy Director General, Customs and Tariff Bureau
- 2003Executive Officer, Director and Managing Executive Officer, Tokyo Stock Exchange
- 2013Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, BICCAMERA INC.
- 2019Advisor
- 2020Outside Director(to present)
Independent Director
Ferdinand GroenewaldFerdinand Groenewald
University of South Africa (UNISA), B.A.
- 2016FINANCIAL CONSULTING STRATEGIES, LLC,
- 2018PHAROS ADVISORS, Vice President, Finance
- 2019MUSCLE MAKER GRILL, CFO
- 2022Outside Director(to present)
Independent Director
Keiji ToriiKeiji Torii
B.A. in Economics, Keio University
- 1971The Dai-Ichi Bank, Ltd.
- 2000Managing Director, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd.
- 2004Executive Vice President, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
- 2005Executive Vice President, Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc.
- 2009External Corporate Auditor, ITOCHU Corporation
- 2015Adviser, SYLA Co.
- 2018Corporate Auditor
- 2020Corporate Auditor, SYLA Co., Ltd.(to present)
- 2022Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company
- 2023Outside Director(to present)
Independent Director
Yozo TachibanaYozo Tachibana
B.A. in Policy Studies, Keio University
- 1994SALOMON BROTHERS SECURITIES INC.
- 1999Goldman Sachs
- 2010Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
- 2012President and Representative Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc.
- 2015Vice Chairman and Representative Director of Crimson Football Club Inc. (Currently Rakuten Vissel Kobe Inc.)
- 2017President and Representative Director of Rakuten Vissel Kobe, Inc.
- 2020Chairman of Taiwan Rakuten Monkeys
- 2022President and Representative Director of PROSPER Inc. (to present), President and Representative Director of Shiogama Port (to present)
- 2023Outside Director(to present)
Independent Director
Stuart GibsonStuart Gibson
- 1998Country head, Prologis Japan
- 2003Co-Founder and Co-CEO, AMB BlackPine Ltd.
- 2006the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of AMB Property Corporation Japan
- 2006CEO, Redwood Group Japan Ltd.
- 2016CEO of ESR LTD. (Redwood Group Japan Ltd. rebranded) and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of ESR Group Limited (to present)
- 2016Representative Director of ESR REIT Management Ltd. (to present)
- 2023Outside Director(to present)
Corporate Auditor (full-time)
Ikuo YoshidaIkuo Yoshida
M.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 1983Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha(now Toshiba Corporation)
- 2008Management Transformation Expert, Toshiba Solutions Corporation
- 2012General Manager, Corporate Audit Office
- 2014Standing Corporate Auditor, Toshiba Solutions Sales Corporation
- 2017Standing Corporate Auditor, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
- 2021Standing Corporate Auditor of the Company and SYLA Co.
- 2022Outside Corporate Auditor (full-time) of the Company(to present), Corporate Auditor of SYLA Co.,Ltd. (full-time) and SYLA Solar Inc.(to present)
Corporate Auditor
Yoshihide SugimotoYoshihide Sugimoto
B.A. in Law, Waseda University
- 2011Legal Partners Law Office was established(currently Anshin Partners Law Office)
- 2015Outside Director, Brangista Inc.
- 2018Outside Director, NATTY SWANKY holdings Co., Ltd.(to present)
- 2020Outside Director, Avex Inc.(to present)
- 2021Outside Corporate Auditor, Ai Robotics Inc.(to present)
- 2022Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company and SYLA Co. and GROWTH POWER Inc.(to present)
Corporate Auditor
Keiko YokoyamaKeiko Yokoyama
Graduated from Tokyo Woman's Christian University
- 1994Joined Kosaka Co.
- 2003Joined Cosmos & Co. audit corporation
- 2004Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
- 2005Registered as Certified Public Accountant
- 2016Auditor, ENECHANGE Ltd. (to present)
- 2020Representative of Keiko Yokoyama Certified Public Accountant Office (to present)
- 2020Full-time Auditor of FUBIC Corporation (currently nobitel inc.) (to present)
- 2021Outside Director (Member of the Audit Committee) of Karadanote Inc.
- 2023Outside Corporate Auditor(to present)