COMMITTEE / JUDGES
List of Committee Members / Judgins
Gathering of top runners in the industry
The steering committee will provide evaluation and advice regarding the system design and adoption of this program.
COMMITTEE

Katsunori Ueda
Chairman and President, Nihon Enterprise Co., Ltd.

Nagaharu Okamoto
President, Mirai Works Inc.

Hiromi Okuda
Founder & CEO, Wizgroup Inc.

Taisuke Alex Odajima
CEO, EDGEof Innovation, LLC

Yoshinori Sasaki
Executive Officer, Gaiax Co.Ltd.

Ayuko Nakamura
CEO / Founder, eiicon Co.,ltd
Director, XSprout Inc.

Masaru Nagura
Director, CIC Institute
Vice President, Startup Ecosystem Association Japan
Specially Appointed Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo

Hiroshi Harada
Professor, Department of Communications and Computer Engineering Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

Tadashi Fukuda (Steering Committee Chairman)
Board Chairman, General Incorporated Association UPDATE EARTH

Ayumi Fujimoto
President, Startup Ecosystem Association Japan
JUDGES
Gaku Ueda
CEO, MODE, Inc.
SHU KAGAWA
President, XSprout Inc.
Executive Officer, eiicon Co.,ltd
Tetsuya Kawanishi
School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University Professor, Department of Electronic and Physical Systems
Mikio Kitashima
ASCII STARTUP editor-in-chief, KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories, Inc.
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
President, Deloitte Tohmatsu DeepSquare Co., Ltd.
Toru Shimozono
President, Two Birds Consulting, inc.
QOO, eiicon Co.,ltd
Akihisa Suzuki
ASCII STARTUP deputy editor-in-chief, KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories, Inc.
Hideharu Taira
Chairman, Classe Capital Partners Co., Ltd
Junichi Tanaka
Director and Executive Officer, PERSOL BUSINESS PROCESS DESIGN CO., LTD.
Motoki Tani
President and CEO, Caravan Japan
Isao Tanimoto
President and representative director,TOM’S INC.
Toshiya Haida
Senior Managing Executive Officer, IACE TRAVEL Corporation.
Tomoe Makino
Tools for Humanity Cooperation, General Manager, Japan
Nobuyuki Matsuda
President, Booster Knob Inc.
Yukihiro Matsumoto
Chairman, Ruby Association
Ryoji Miyawaki
President and CEO, Aakel Technologies Inc.