Investor Relations

Officers and Directors

Officers

  • Kohei TakiguchiPresident and CEO, Representative Director

    Kohei Takiguchi founded Medley, Inc. in June 2009 with heightened awareness of issues with medical care based on his personal medical experiences and serves as CEO. Prior to founding Medley, he established Gemeinschaft, Inc., in the United States at the age of 17 and provided marketing and statistical research services in Japan and abroad.

  • Yosuke IshizakiSenior Vice President, Head of HR Platform Business

    Yosuke Ishizaki joined Medley, Inc. in April 2015 and oversees the HR Platform Business. Prior to joining Medley, he worked at Hatena Co., Ltd. and held the role of Director of the Media Department at GREE Inc. and President of its subsidiary. He also serves as Representative Director of the group company GCM, Inc.

  • Takayuki NakamuraSenior Vice President, Head of Medical Platform Business

    Takayuki Nakamura joined Medley, Inc. in November 2021 and oversees Medical Platform Business Division. Prior to joining Medley, he worked at Recruit and held the role of Director and Product Manager for travel, new business development, beauty, and staffing businesses.

  • Ryo KawaharaSenior Vice President, Head of Finance Division and CFO, Director

    Ryo Kawahara joined Medley, Inc. in July 2016 and oversees Finance, including Investor Relations, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, and M&A. Prior to joining Medley, he worked on domestic and overseas funding and M&A advisory services at JP Morgan Securities.

  • Sho ImanakaSenior Vice President , Head of Legal & Compliance Division

    Sho Imanaka joined Medley, Inc. in November 2021 and oversees the Legal & Compliance Division. Prior to joining Medley, he worked on M&A and other corporate matters with leading law firm Mori Hamada and Matsumoto and became a partner in January 2021. He was admitted to the bar in Japan and New York.

  • Hayato InakawaVice President, Head of Human Capital Division

    Hayato Inakawa joined Medley, Inc. in September 2022 and oversees HR and workplace. Prior to joining Medley, he worked as the Finance Director of E-Commerce at Yahoo Japan, the head of Country FP&A at Amazon Japan, and the head of finance for Amazon Ads Japan/Australia. He also drove business expansion in corporate areas such as the finance division and HR of global companies. He has experience of corporate turnaround and M&A projects including the establishment of personnel systems at a consulting firm.

  • Daiki OkiyamaVice President, Head of Accounting & Tax, Finance Division

    Daiki Okiyama joined Medley, Inc. in February 2022 and leads Accounting and Tax at the Finance Division. Prior to joining Medley, he was engaged in accounting audits and internal control audits mainly of listed companies in Japan at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC. Certified Public Accountant.

  • Noriyoshi OwariVice President, Head of Corporate Development, Finance Division

    Noriyoshi Owari joined Medley, Inc. in January 2019 and drives companywide M&A activities at the Finance Division. Prior to joining Medley, he worked on corporate planning operations such as the formulation of medium-term management plans at Kakaku.com, Inc. He also has experience in retail sales of securities and M&A advisory at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.

  • Masaya HakiriVice President, Head of Design & Communication

    Masaya Hakiri joined Medley, Inc. in July 2016 and oversees brand management, communication design, and public relations for the entire group. Prior to joining Medley, he was engaged in Web design and UI design at a Web production company. He also had experience of graphic design at a publishing design office.

  • Kengo OzakiVice President, Strategic Legal Group and Compliance & Risk Management Group in Legal & Compliance Division

    Kengo Ozaki joined Medley, Inc. in August 2023 and is responsible for strategic legal affairs and compliance & risk management in the Legal & Compliance Department. Prior to joining Medley, Inc., he worked for Mori Hamada and Matsumoto LPC, where he was engaged in Capital Markets and M&A transactions, and was seconded to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.He then joined Smart News, Inc. as Legal Head. He was admitted to the bar in Japan and California.

  • Ryusuke InamotoVice President, CTO of HR Platform Business

    Ryusuke Inamoto joined Medley, Inc. in October 2014 and serves as CTO of the HR Platform Business. Prior to joining Medley, he was engaged in the design and construction of infrastructure for a variety of services in an Internet service company, and then engaged in the development of services related to Internet radio and music streaming as a back-end engineer. He also has had experience as an infrastructure engineer at an independent systems integrator.

  • Takeshi TeramachiVice President, Deputy General Manager of HR Platform Business

    Takeshi Teramachi joined Medley, Inc. in May 2015 and leads marketing and business development at the HR Platform Business. Prior to joining Medley, he worked in sales, web marketing, and product planning and served as manager of new business at Recruit. He also worked for a venture company as a board member.

  • Hiroyuki KomatsuVice President and President of Pacific Medical, Inc.

    Hiroyuki Komatsu has been Vice President of Medley, Inc. since June 2023. He is the founder and President of Pacific Medical, Inc. (former Pacific System Co., Ltd.), which was founded in 1997 and is currently a subsidiary of Medley. He works on the basic design of electronic medical record and designing electronic health record to support local medical institutions in building a network within the community and streamlining their operations.

  • Hiromune ShishidoVice President, CTO of Medical Platform Business

    Hiromune Shishido joined Medley, Inc. in April 2017 and serves as CTO of the Medical Platform Business. Prior to joining Medley, he worked for CyberAgent, Inc. for nine years as a server-side engineer, developing and operating the infrastructure for blog and gaming services as well as launching a video distribution service. After joining Medley, he developed many features for the cloud-based telemedicine system and electronic medical record system as a key part of the development team.

  • Makoto YamazakiVice President, VPoE of Medical Platform Business

    Makoto Yamazaki joined Medley, Inc. in October 2023 and serves as VPoE of the Medical Platform Business. Prior to joining Medley, after working for a system integrator, he worked as an engineer and engineering manager for social media and gaming platforms at GREE, Inc. and for cloud-based accounting services at freee, Inc. He also servedas CTO at Kyash, Inc. from 2021 to 2023.

Open Innovation Partners

  • Shuhei FujimotoOpen Innovation Partner

    Shuhei Fujimoto has been Open Innovation Partner since April 2024. He is an Associate Professor at Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health, teaching healthcare business courses, and also an angel investor specializing in the healthcare field. Previously, he led new business development in the healthcare and nursing care fields at companies including a healthcare startup and a general trading company affiliated business. He also participated in launching MEDLEY, an online medical encyclopedia, at Medley, Inc. He is a licensed Physical Therapist.

  • Goichiro ToyodaOpen Innovation Partner

    Goichiro Toyoda has been Open Innovation Partner since April 2024. Previously, He led Government Relations and drove DX (Digital Transformation) for local medical institutions. Prior to joining Medley, Inc., he worked for McKinsey & Company and was engaged in strategic consulting in the healthcare industry. After receiving medical education, he did his initial training at Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital and then worked in the department of neurosurgery at NTT Medical Center Tokyo. He also studied at Children's Hospital of Michigan. He holds a Licentiate in Medicine.

  • Yusuke ShimaOpen Innovation Partner

    Yusuke Shima has been Open Innovation Partner since April 2024. Previously, he served as Head of CLINICS Business, then as General Manager of the Corporate Planning Office, Head of the Medical Platform Business Division, and Representative Director (Medical Doctor) of the group company Pacific Medical, Inc. Prior to joining Medley, he worked for Boston Consulting Group as a consultant in the healthcare industry and for the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center as a gastroenterologist. He holds a Licentiate in Medicine.

  • Yuta TamaruOpen Innovation Partner

    Yuta Tamaru has been Open Innovation Partner since April 2024. Previously, he oversaw the legal and other corporate divisions. Prior to joining Medley, Inc., he was engaged in cross-border corporate legal affairs, including M&A and business alliances, at Paul Hastings and White & Case LLP. He is a licensed attorney.

  • Kyosuke​ KatoOpen Innovation Partner

    Kyosuke​ Kato has been Open Innovation Partner since April 2024. He serves as Representative Director of 9st, Inc., which provides consulting services in recruitment branding and general human resources. Previously, he led public relations and recruiting at Medley, Inc. Prior to joining Medley, he worked for Cookpad Inc., taking multiple positions, including management roles, in corporate planning, membership businesses, and new businesses, and assumed Executive Officer. Earlier in his career, he was engaged in audit services as a certified public accountant.

  • Hidetoshi TakanoOpen Innovation Partner

    Hidetoshi Takano has been Open Innovation Partner since April 2024. He founded KEYPLAYERS Inc. in January 2005 and serves as Representative Director and Career Consultant, providing recruiting services for startup and venture companies. He has been an angel investor and supported the IPOs of multiple investee companies. Previously, he was a Director at Medley, Inc., where he took the company public. He also launched the recruiting business and led the career support business at INTELLIGENCE Ltd.

Directors

  • Kohei TakiguchiPresident and CEO, Representative Director

    Kohei Takiguchi founded Medley, Inc. in June 2009 with heightened awareness of issues with medical care based on his personal medical experiences and serves as CEO. Prior to founding Medley, he established Gemeinschaft, Inc., in the United States at the age of 17 and provided marketing and statistical research services in Japan and abroad.

  • Ryo KawaharaSenior Vice President, Head of Finance Division and CFO, Director

    Ryo Kawahara joined Medley, Inc. in July 2016 and oversees Finance, including Investor Relations, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, and M&A. Prior to joining Medley, he worked on domestic and overseas funding and M&A advisory services at JP Morgan Securities.

  • Noboru KotaniExternal Director

    Noboru Kotani has been an External Director since March 2018. He also serves as Representative Director of B-ClE Ltd., and External Director for Jins Holdings, Inc., SanBio Co., Ltd., and Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. He was a Senior Vice President at the Boston Consulting Group and founded and served as Representative Director of Dream Incubator Inc.

  • Rina SakurabaExternal Director

    Rina Sakuraba has been an External Director since March 2023. She founded 35 CoCreation LLC. in May 2020 and serves as CEO. She also serves as Representative Director of Japan Ontological Coaching Association. She was appointed as the General Manager of Human Resources Division at GE HealthCare Japan in June 2017, then later served as Executive Officer. She was engaged in strategic HR business partnership at multinational companies across the globe.

  • Reiko NagatsumaExternal Director

    Reiko Nagatsuma has been an External Director since March 2023. She also serves as Executive Officer of Smart News, Inc. and Independent Director of Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd. She served as Managing Director of Twitter Japan and previously as Director of Seller Services at Amazon Japan, overseeing operations such as inventory storage and shipping services and global selling for sellers. She also worked in various roles of product marketing and business strategy planning for online business at Microsoft Japan.

  • Keisuke HiokiExternal Director

    Keisuke Hioki has been an External Director since March 2023. He also serves as Representative Member of re-Designare LLC. He joined Boston Consulting Group as Partner and Associate Director from June 2020 to March 2023. He supported creation of Global organization and governance systems, design of corporate functions, and CxO advisory program for companies and government agencies in a wide range of industries. He also conducted consulting at PwC Consulting and IBM Business Consulting Services, and was in charge of the Growth Unit of the Global Management Institute as an Executive Partner of Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC.

Corporate Auditors

  • Shohei OmoteFull-time Corporate Auditor

    Shohei Omote joined Medley, Inc. in July 2015 and serves as a Full-time Corporate Auditor. Before joining Medley, he worked on tasks related to corporate compliance at law offices in Tokyo. He holds attorney qualifications.

  • Masahide KamachiExternal Corporate Auditor

    Masahide Kamachi has been an External Corporate Auditor since April 2017. He is a representative of Kamachi Corporation; representative of the Masahide Kamachi Certified Public Accountant Office; representative director of WILL CONSULTING, external director and Audit Committee member of Valuence Holdings Inc., and external director of IBJ,Inc. He worked on a number of accounting and tax consulting services related to M&A, capital policy, and IPO support at PwC Certified Public Tax Accountants. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Tax Accountant.

  • Ryoko NagataExternal Corporate Auditor

    Ryoko Nagata has been an External Corporate Auditor since March 2023. She also serves as an Outside Director (member of the audit committee) of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and an Outside Director of UACJ Corporation. Prior to that, she became the company's first female Executive Officer at Japan Tobacco Inc., in June 2008, when she was appointed Head of the Beverage Business, after working in the Pharmaceutical Division, Human Resources Department, and the General Manager of the Product Management of Food Division. Since then, she has served as an Executive Officer in charge of CSR and as a full-time auditor.

Group Companies

  • Hiroyuki KomatsuPresident of Pacific Medical, Inc.

    Hiroyuki Komatsu founded Pacific System Co., Ltd. (currently known as Pacific Medical, Inc.) in 1997 with an aim to develop medical IT infrastructure in Japan and serves as President. He works on the basic design of electronic medical record and designing electronic health record to support local medical institutions in building a network within the community and streamlining their operations.

  • Hiroshi OdaRepresentative Director and CEO of MEDiPASS Co., Ltd.

    Hiroshi Oda, after joining the company as a founding member in 2009, he was appointed Representative Director and CEO of MEDiPASS Co., Ltd. in December 2020. He has led the growth of home medical care support business and developed MeDiPASS Academy and elderly home business. Prior to that, he joined Sun Life Corporation in 1989, where he was involved in development of new businesses as a manager of secretary's office.