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Team

Representative Directors and Chief Investment Officer

  • Masashi
    Nakamura

    Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer, Head of Investment Advisory, Head of Venture Growth Investments. Masashi has many years of experience in Investment and loan business at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust ＆ Banking and Japan Post bank. Before being seconded to Japan Post Investment, he contributed to the launch of Japan Post Bank PE investment program and has been involved in numerous investments to PE and VC, mainly in Japan and globally. BA in Economics from Waseda University and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Yuji
    Uchiyama

    Representative Director and Executive Vice President. Chief Operating Officer. Yuji has many years of experience in alternative investment management at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BlackRock Securities, and BlackRock Japan. Most recently, as the senior managing director, he was responsible for managing CFM Asia. He holds an Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo, and has a MBA from the University of Birmingham.

  • Kei
    Mizukami

    Director and Executive Vice President. Chief Investment Officer. Head of Regional Development and Impact Investments. Kei was previously President and Representative Director at Setouchi Brand Corporation, an entity set up to promote development and investment into the Setouchi region. He was previously Head of CVC Asia Pacific Japan, and has over 15 years of private equity fund experience. He is a graduate of Keio University, and has a MBA from the University of Michigan.


Buyout Investments

  • Naoki
    Otani

    Managing Director, Head of Buyout Investments, Executive Officer. Naoki joined JPIC from Revamp Corporation, where he was Chief Investment Officer. He was previously with Unison Capital and an Attorney with Nishimura & Asahi. He has been involved in numerous Private Equity deals through the entire deal lifecycle from sourcing to exit, and also has been involved in numerous M&A transaction as a lawyer. He holds a Law degree from Chuo University and is an Attorney at Law.

  • Kohei
    Nose

    Managing Director, Co-Head of Buyout Investments, Executive Officer. Kohei comes to JPIC from Citigroup Global Markets Japan, where he was a Managing Director with the Investment Banking team. He was previously with UBS Securities and Nomura Securities. He has 16 years of investment banking experience primarily in M&A. He holds an Economics degree from the University of Tokyo.




Regional Development and
Impact Investments

  • Shin
    Fukushige

    Managing Director, Co-Head of Regional Development and Impact Investments. Prior to JPIC, Shin was co-founder and CEO of a venture capital backed technology startup. Previously he was an investment director at Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, looking at cross border technology investments. He also has IT sector operational experience from earlier in his career. He holds a MEng degree from Imperial College London.

  • Toshiharu
    Asai

    Managing Director. Toshiharu joined Japan Post Investment from Japan Industrial Solutions, where he was Managing Director. Previously he was with Polaris Capital Group. Prior to joining Japan Post Investment, he has 13 years of private equity fund experience at two major PE firms in Japan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Keio University.




Venture Growth Investments

  • Takuma
    Baba

    Managing Director, Co-Head of Venture Growth Investments, concurrently in Regional Development and Impact Investments. Takuma joins JPIC with experience at both PE and VC funds, including Fidelity Growth Partners and Ripplewood Holdings. He has experience of both majority and minority investments and has been involved in numerous technology and growth stage venture investments. He holds a law degree from Keio University, and a MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School.

  • Ryo
    Oshima

    Managing Director, Co-Head of Venture Growth Investments, Ryo joined from INCJ (Innovation Corporation of Japan), where he was a Managing Director. He has been involved in numerous technology venture investments from early stage to middle-later stage, primarily as lead investor. He has also supported IPO/M&A of portfolio companies as an outside director. Previously he was a strategy consultant at Roland Berger. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Commerce from Keio University.




Investment Advisory

Our team members are highly experienced investment professionals of PE and VC. The team is dedicated to investing in PE funds and VC funds globally.

  • Hideto
    Yajima

    Managing Director, Co-Head of Investment Advisory. Hideto started his career at RECOF Corporation as a M&A advisor. In 2005, he joined Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance where he was engaged in Private Equity and other alternative investments including 3 years secondment to Private Equity Department at Tokio Marine Asset Management. He has been involved in Japan PE funds, Japan mezzanine funds, and global VC investments at Japan Post Bank since 2021. BA in Economics from Waseda University.

  • Yasuhiro
    Matsunobu

    Managing Director. After graduating from university, Yasuhiro joined the Long Term Credit Bank of Japan (the predecessor of SBI Shinsei Bank), and has experience in corporate finance, management of bad loans, and turnaround business. He has been involved in credit risk management business at Japan Post Bank since 2008, and in charge of investment in Japan PE funds and Japan mezzanine funds at Private Equity Investment Department from 2018. BA in Economics from Waseda University and JD from Waseda Law School.