About Us

Board of Directors

Board member

Kazuya Takeda CEO

Originally from Ehime Prefecture, Kazuya Takeda graduated from the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, and joined Net Age Inc. (now United Co., Ltd.) in 2007, where he was engaged in marketing-related businesses such as Internet advertising sales. After leaving the company, he stayed in Silicon Valley for a year to prepare for starting Retty. After returning to Japan, he founded Retty Inc. in 2010 to contribute to the growth of Japan's world-class food culture, and in June 2011, he launched "Retty," a real name based restaurant review service.

Kanji Kawano Director, Head of Business Planning

Kanji Kawano graduated from Ritsumeikan University with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He joined Retty Inc. in 2016 after serving as the general manager of several departments at a website and e-commerce related company. After leading a team as a manager of the Sales Planning Group, he is currently promoting company-wide business growth as Head of Business Planning

Yuzaburo Tsuchiya Director, CFO

Yuzaburo Tsuchiya graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University. After passing the CPA exam, he worked for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) and Corporate Direction, a strategic consulting firm, before joining ACA Corporation, a private equity fund, where he was engaged in hands-on operations for portfolio companies such as Hotland Co. He joined Retty Corporation in 2016. Since joining the company, he has been overseeing the corporate division as CFO.

Jo Hirao Non-executive Director

Graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University. While still in college, he founded two companies and ran one of them before joining Recruit Co., Ltd. in 2005. 2006, he founded the predecessor of Zigexn Co. and became a director. Later became CEO, and after an MBO became independent. 2013 listed on TSE Mothers, 2018 moved to TSE First Section, 2022 moved to TSE Prime Market.

Izumi Osugi Non-executive Director (Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Izumi Ohsugi is from Kanagawa prefecture. After passing the certified public accounting examination, Osugi engaged in accounting audits of various listed and unlisted companies with KPMG AZSA LLC. After that, she was appointed a corporate auditor of the TES Mothers Market listed companies. In 2017, Osugi established Osugi CPA Office, which specializes in supporting corporate auditors and provides the only corporate auditor support service in Japan. Osugi serves concurrently as an external corporate auditor for multiple companies.

Issey Mori Non-executive Director
(Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Originally from Hyogo Prefecture, Issey Mori graduated from Kobe University, Faculty of Law. After working at Kobayashi & Todo law firm, which is renowned in the field of antitrust law, Mori established the Daikanyama Law Office in 2016, taking the position of Representative Attorney at Law. Mori taught at Keio University Graduate School of Law as an Assistant Professor (Corporate Law, 2012-2017), and is now serving concurrently as an external corporate auditor for companies listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Mori also provides legal services to many venture-based companies.

Yuka Uehara Non-executive Director
(Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Originally from Oita Prefecture, Yuka Uehara graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law. After joining Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. as a new graduate, Uehara has worked for several Japanese and foreign securities companies, including Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (currently BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.) and specializes in advising clients on capital markets and investor relations.

Executive Officers

Yuichi Tsunematsu VPoE, Head of the Product Division

After working as a Research and Development Engineer at Canon Inc., he joined Retty Inc. in 2019. As manager of the entire engineering department, he is responsible for the implementation of Large Scale Scrum Development (LeSS) and Go To Eat Campaign. In 2022, he was appointed as VPoE of the company and is responsible for the overall management of the product organization.

Shinobu Hidaka Head of Sales Division

After graduating from university, he worked for a major IT company as a planning sales representative and sales manager for BtoB and e-commerce site construction. After that, he worked in agency sales and liaison at an internet media management company before joining Retty in 2015. Initially, he was responsible for partner policy planning and launching sales channels, and was appointed as Executive Officer in charge of the sales department.

Kenta Okuda Head of IR & Corporate Planning

Graduated from Tohoku University with a degree in Engineering. After working for Mitsubishi Corporation, he joined Retty Inc. in 2013, where he was responsible for fundraising as CFO. Then he was in charge of recruiting, PR, corporate planning, IR, and new business as Head of the CEO's Office. Currently, he is in charge of IR, Corporate Planning, and Public Relations.

Tetsuya Natsuka Head of HR

He graduated from Doshisha University Faculty of Law before joining Dowa Holdings, Inc. in 2006. After taking charge of corporate legal affairs at the company, he moved to Fractalist (now United) in 2008, where he was engaged in mobile advertising sales and mobile SEO consulting. He then founded Retty Inc. with Takeda in 2010. As a developer, he was responsible for the release and initial growth of Retty, and is currently in charge of HR.