The very50 team consists of passionate, experienced professionals from a number of industries
Staff
Ryosuke gained experience at Denso Japan, an automobile company, before working as a consultant for McKinsey & Company at their Hong Kong Branch. In 2008 he co-founded very50.
Ryosuke Sugaya
Cofounder & CEO
Aya previously worked at Johnson and Johnson's Japan office as the Human Resources Manager. She participated in a MoG project in 2013, and joined the very50 staff in 2017.
Aya Kitano
Talent Development/HR Manager
Nozomu has served as the leader for many problem solving projects in developing Asian countries. He was a full time intern at very50 prior to becoming the General Manager in 2015.
Nozomu Tanihiro
General Manager
Prior to very50, Tomomi worked for Softbank, a telecom carrier in Japan, as a marketing coordinator. She joined the very50 team in 2017
Tomomi Iguchi
Global Social Entrepreneur Support
Interns
Kanazawa University,
International Relations
Miyabi Ueta
Event Planning/Management, Marketing
University of Pennsylvania,
East Asian Area Studies
Morgan Thweatt
Product Development
University of Tokyo, Graduate School
Sophia University,
International Relations
Hanna Miura
Product Development
Meiji University,
Law
Amon Konishi
Product Development
Cornell University,
Graduate School of Public Policy
Soka University, International Liberal Arts
Kiichi Ohshima
Marketing & Fundraising
Aoyama Gakuin University,
International Political Science and Economics
Saki Ozawa
Product Development
Directors
Gaku worked as a programmer for an internet-affiliated company and has developed many PC and smartphone applications. In 2008, he co-founded very50, and is now in charge of WEB & systems.
Gaku Takeno
Director & Co-founder
Takato is a managing executive officer and part of the development team for the Pokemon Company. He has been a director for very50 since its establishment in 2008.
Takato Utsunomiya
Director
Haruto is the managing director of MEDIWILL Co Ltd, and previously worked at Goldman Sachs in Japan. He joined very50 as a director in 2008.
Haruto Shiroma
Director
Yusuke worked at IMB Japan in the public sector before moving to a US based consulting firm. Before joining very50 as a director in 2012, he worked on new business development and incubation at Archetype Corporation.
Yusuke Utsumi
Director
