CEO and Founder
Fumihiko Miyazawa
(Born in 1965)
- March 1989
- Obtained from School of Commerce, Waseda University
- April 1989
- Joined Universal Securities Co., Ltd. (Currently Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley)
- February 1996
- Joined RECRM RESEARCH Co., Ltd. (Currently Raysum Co., Ltd.)
- April 1999
- Founded Vortex Co.,Ltd.
- October 2018
- Representative Director, President, and CEO, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)
Non Executive Director
Shunichi Sueyoshi
(Born in 1958)
- April 1981
- Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
- April 1986
- Mitsubishi Canada Limited
- July 2006
- Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
- April 2013
- Metal One Corporation
- December 2017
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time), MedPeer, Inc. (Current position)
- April 2018
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), Mediplat, Inc., a subsidiary of MedPeer, Inc.
- April 2018
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), FitsPlus inc., a subsidiary of MedPeer, Inc.
- December 2024
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), MI-Force, Inc. (Current position)
- December 2024
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), COLBO Co., Ltd. (Current position)
- July 2025
- Non Executive Director, Vortex Co., Ltd (Current position)
Non Executive Director
Takuya Kuga
(Born in 1963)
- March 1986
- Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Business and Commerce
- April 1986
- Joined Mitsubishi Corporation, General-Purpose Machinery Department
- December 1997
- Vice President, MC Realty, Inc. (currently Diamond Realty, Inc.)
- March 2003
- Assigned to Overseas Real Estate Unit, Mitsubishi Corporation
- May 2008
- President & CEO, Diamond Realty Management Inc.
- October 2009
- President & CEO, Mitsubishi Corporation UBS Realty Inc. (currently KJRM Holdings Co., Ltd.)
- July 2013
- General Manager, Strategic Planning Office, Development & Construction Division, Mitsubishi Corporation
- April 2015
- General Manager, Urban Development Department, Mitsubishi Corporation
- April 2016
- Head of Development & Construction Division, Mitsubishi Corporation
- January 2017
- Head of Real Estate Business Division, Mitsubishi Corporation (Appointed Executive Officer in April 2017)
- April 2019
- Executive Officer, Head of Urban Infrastructure Division, Mitsubishi Corporation
- November 2019
- Executive Officer, Head of CEO Office, Integrated Urban Development Group, Mitsubishi Corporation
- April 2022
- Senior Executive Officer, CEO of Integrated Urban Development Group, Mitsubishi
- July 2024
- Appointed Outside Director, Chiyoda Corporation
- April 2025
- Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation (current position)
- August 2025
- Appointed Outside Director, Vortex Co., Ltd. (current position)
Non Executive Director
Masashi Okada
(Born in 1958)
- March 1982
- Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
- April 1982
- Joined Tokyu Land Corporation
- April 2014
- Director and Managing Executive Officer, Tokyu Land Corporation
- June 2015
- Executive Officer, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation
- April 2017
- Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Tokyu Land Corporation
- June 2018
- Director and Executive Officer, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation
- May 2019
- Director, Senior Executive Officer and Executive Vice President, Tokyu Land Corporation
- April 2020
- President and Representative Director, Tokyu Land Corporation
- April 2023
- Director, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation
Vice Chairman and Director, Tokyu Land Corporation - April 2024
- Advisor (Part-time), Tokyu Land Corporation (Present)
- July 2026
- Outside Director, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Toshiki Yamagata
(Born in 1958)
- April 1982
- Joined Hasegawa Komuten Co., Ltd. (Currently HASEKO Corporation.)
- June 1988
- Obtained an MBA from Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University (US)
- September 1997
- Vice President, Haseko (Hawaii), Inc.
- October 2004
- Joined Sundance Resort Co., Ltd.
- July 2009
- Representative Director and President, Sundance Resort Co., Ltd.
- November 2013
- Joined MYSTAR ENGINEERING CORP.
- April 2015
- Representative Director and President, Soh Mechanical & Electrical Engineers Corporation, an affiliated company of MYSTAR ENGINEERING CORP.
- April 2016
- Representative Director and President, MYSTAR ENGINEERING CORP.
- July 2018
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd., Senior Manager, Solutions Supervisory Department, Operations Division
- December 2019
- Executive Officer and General Manager, Operations Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- July 2020
- Executive Officer and Group General Manager, Business Supervisory Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- June 2021
- Non Executive Director, Daitobo Co., Ltd. (Current position)
- August 2022
- Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Strategy Office, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- January 2023
- Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- January 2024
- Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Current position)
- May 2025
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member,, Vortex Investment Advisors Ltd. (Current position)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Keiichi Riko
(Born in 1958)
- April 1981
- Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (Currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
- January 2006
- Manager, Financial Products Development, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
- April 2008
- Executive Officer, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
- April 2011
- Senior Managing Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
- June 2012
- Managing Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.
Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
Director, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. - June 2015
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
- June 2016
- Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.
- July 2017
- Advisor, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.
- September 2018
- Retired from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mio Minaki
(Born in 1973)
- October 2003
- Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
- April 2004
- Prosecutor, Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office
- April 2005
- Prosecutor, Fukuoka District Public Prosecutors Office
- April 2014
- Litigation Prosecutor, Fukuoka Legal Affairs Bureau
- April 2016
- Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
- April 2017
- Director of Legal Department, seconded to Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Fund corporation for innovation, Value-chain and Expansion Japan (“A-FIVE”)
- April 2019
- Registered as attorney-at-law, Joined Minaki & Kitazawa Law Office (Current position)
- June 2019
- Non Executive Director, SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION (Current position)
- June 2021
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, NITTOKU CO.,LTD. (Current position)
Managing Executive Officer
President, Business Division
and President, Retail & Business Development Division
Hiroki Ohara
- March 1990
- Graduated from Doshisha University
- April 1990
- Joined The Tokai Bank, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
- December 2017
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2019
- General Manager, Sales Strategy Department 3, Sales Strategy Division, Marketing Strategy Headquarters, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2020
- General Manager, Retail Sales Strategy Department, Sales Strategy Division, Business Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2022
- General Manager, Retail Sales Strategy Division, Business Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2025
- Executive Officer and President, Retail Business Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- October 2025
- Executive Officer and President, Retail & Business Development Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2026
- Managing Executive Officer, President of the Business Division, and President of the Retail & Business Development Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)
Managing Executive Officer
Kazuhiro Matsushima
(Born in 1970)
- April 1993
- Joined Toyo Alex Co., Ltd.
- October 1996
- Joined C'est La Vie Co., Ltd.
- September 2008
- Joined With One Co., Ltd.
- July 2012
- Joined Manulife Life Insurance Company
- March 2016
- Joined Tatsumi Planning Co., Ltd.
- January 2020
- Joined Kenshin Co., Ltd.
- July 2026
- Managing Executive Officer, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)
Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
Sho Niiya
(Born in 1986)
- April 2008
- Founded a strategic consulting business while enrolled in the Faculty of Economics, Keio University.
- December 2014
- After achieving annual sales of JPY 5 billion within five years of founding the company, sold the business to a global consulting firm and became a private investor. Since then, invested in a total of 56 companies, achieving exits through 18 IPOs and 25 M&A transactions.
- July 2018
- Managing Director, Head of Strategy Consulting, Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN)
- May 2019
- Director and Chief Strategy Officer (Group CSO), AirTrip Corp. (TSE Prime: 6191)
- July 2019
- President and CEO, AirTrip Premium Club Co., Ltd.
- July 2021
- Founded ProBiz Co., Ltd.; President and CEO (Present)
- July 2026
- Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)
Head of the AI Strategy Task Force
Executive Officer
Deputy President, Business Division
and President, Financial Institutions Division
Koichi Takahashi
(Born in 1965)
- March 1987
- Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Kyoto Sangyo University
- April 1987
- Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
- April 2010
- Executive Officer, Head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Region, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
- April 2014
- Managing Executive Officer and Head of Sales Division, Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
- April 2017
- Managing Executive Officer, Head of Business Management, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
- April 2021
- President and Representative Director, Nomura Properties Co., Ltd.
- April 2024
- Advisor, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
- May 2024
- Executive Advisor to the President, Strategy Advisors Co., Ltd.
- November 2024
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd. as General Manager, Business Division
- April 2025
- Deputy President, Business Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2026
- Executive Officer, Deputy President of the Business Division, and President of the Financial Institutions Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)
Executive Officer
Sales Fellow, Business Division
Junichi Sasaki
(Born in 1970)
- September 1990
- Joined HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.
- April 1999
- President and Representative Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. subsidiary (HIT, INC.)
- September 2012
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd.
- February 2015
- Manager, Asset Management Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2018
- Senior Manager, Asset Management Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- January 2022
- General Manager, Sales Headquarters, Business Management Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- July 2023
- Executive Officer and President, Sales Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2025
- Deputy President, Business Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2026
- Executive Officer and Sales Fellow, Business Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)
Executive Officer
President, Corporate Division
and President, Human Resources Division
Ichiro Takaku
(Born in 1970)
- June 2022
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd. as General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Division, Administrative Division
- January 2023
- Deputy President, Human Resources Division, and Deputy President, Administrative Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2023
- Executive Officer, Deputy President, Human Resources Division, and Deputy President, Administrative Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- January 2024
- Executive Officer, President, Human Resources Division, and Deputy President, Administrative Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- May 2025
- Executive Officer, President, Human Resources Division, and President, Administrative Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- May 2025
- Director, Vortex Digital Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary)
- December 2025
- President and Representative Director, Vortex Digital Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary)
- April 2026
- Executive Officer, President of the Corporate Division, and President of the Human Resources Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)
- June 2026
- Director, VR Support Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) (Present)
Executive Officer
Deputy President, Corporate Division
and President, Finance & Accounting Division
Hitoshi Konakatomi
- March 1995
- Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
- April 1995
- Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
- December 2005
- Joined Tengai Co., Ltd.
- April 2006
- Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Tengai Co., Ltd.
- July 2011
- President and Director, Tengai Co., Ltd.
- March 2017
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd. as General Manager, Finance Department
- October 2020
- General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, and General Manager, Finance Department, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- June 2021
- Director, Vortex Investment Advisers Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary) (Present)
- July 2021
- General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2023
- Executive Officer and President, Finance & Accounting Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- April 2025
- Director, Vortex North America, Inc. (Present)
- January 2026
- Appointed Director, Create Holdings Co., Ltd. (Present)
- February 2026
- Appointed Chairman and Representative Director, Duke Design Co., Ltd. (Present)
- April 2026
- Executive Officer, Deputy President of the Corporate Division, and President of the Finance & Accounting Division, Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)
Executive Officer and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
President, Marketing Division, Business Division
and Deputy President, Operations Division, Business Division
Saori Machida
- March 1997
- Graduated from the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University
- May 1996
- Joined Canvas Co., Ltd.
- May 2005
- Joined CYBIRD Co., Ltd.
- January 2007
- Joined Netyear Group Corporation
- June 2008
- Joined Hilton Resorts Marketing Corporation
- March 2011
- Joined Dell Inc.
- July 2012
- Joined Recruit Management Solutions Co., Ltd.
- January 2021
- Joined Vortex Co., Ltd. as Senior Manager, Corporate Planning Division
- April 2021
- General Manager, Marketing Promotion Department, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- October 2022
- General Manager, Marketing Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- July 2024
- Executive Officer and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), General Manager, Marketing Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- August 2024
- Executive Officer and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), President, Marketing Division, Vortex Co., Ltd.
- June 2025
- Executive Officer and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), President of the Marketing Division and Deputy President of the Operations Division [In Charge of COH], Vortex Co., Ltd. (Present)