Founder and CEO of IP Rich. Physics graduate, Sophia University. Former Fuji Xerox patent operations. Founded Patent Investment Inc. in 2016, growing it into IP Rich. Inventor on two granted patents (four pending) for SOS submersible drone systems, in active collaboration with a world-leading submersible technology firm. Produced Japan's first feature film with intellectual property as its central subject. Lectures on patent strategy at universities and IP certification programs. Built the manual workflow PatentOS now automates.
Principal Engineer at CyberAgent's CTO Office. Fifteen years building products across games, media, AI, and SaaS, wearing every hat: engineer, designer, business owner. Built OpenSTF, an open-source mobile testing platform adopted in production by Netflix, Alibaba, and Google (13,000+ GitHub stars). AI evangelist and frequent conference speaker. Certified Highly Skilled Professional by the Government of Japan. MEXT scholar.
EVP and Patent Attorney. Engineering, University of Tokyo. Sixteen years as a systems engineer across multiple industries before bar admission as a benrishi in 2016. Has drafted more than 300 patent specifications across software, electrical, mechanical, and telecommunications. Former IP Group Leader at Yayoi Inc. Founded IP Rich International Patent Office in 2024. Sets the precision bar inside the PatentOS platform.
Patent Attorney. National Defense Academy and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Ph.D. Engineering). R&D at Japan's Defense Equipment Agency. Cross-border patent registration and commercialization across Japan, US, and China offices, with a focus on information and communications. Management strategy consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&). Independent IP practice since 2013, end-to-end from filing through commercialization. Leads JP-US-EP cross-jurisdiction work on PatentOS.
Partner Patent Attorney. Legal Studies, Kanagawa University Graduate School. Civil service background before becoming a patent attorney. Operates an independent patent firm in close collaboration with attorneys, judicial scriveners, and labor and social security attorneys. Specializes in trademark law, with research bridging academic theory and front-line practice. Anchors PatentOS's relationship with reviewing attorneys outside the company and guarantees review quality for partner-firm engagements.
Business and Tech Advisor. Serial entrepreneur with eight company foundings and four M&A exits. Advisor at Members Inc. (TSE Prime listed), COO at Top Runner Marketing, plus leadership roles across growth-capital firms. Deep experience deploying generative AI inside operating businesses. Runs the 56,000-subscriber YouTube channel "Remote Work Laboratory" on AI and remote tooling. Author of a published Japanese textbook on remote-team communication. Guides PatentOS go-to-market for corporate IP buyers and patent-firm partnerships.
