Consulting Team
Hideaki Otake
Mr. Hide has been running a trade company for 10 years as well as import business consultant in Japan for 8 years. He is the only official promoter for Makuake, the largest crowdfunding platform in Japan. He specialises in helping international manufacturers list their products in Makuake to test the market reaction as well as rising funds in Japan.
He has also been selling products on amazon.co.jp, rakuten.co.jp, yahoo shopping, as well as his own web store for 10 years.
Many large Japanese retailers such as Big Camera, Tokyu Hands, and Loft buy his imported products to their retail stores, so he has working relationship with these retailers.
Kazuma Hayashi
Mr. Kaz has been an eBay export expert and running a e-commerce consulting firm in Japan to mainly small to medium size merchants who want to export products through eBay and Amazon. He has also worked with US eBay data analytic software, Terapeak as Japan sole distributor for 7 years. He has over 10 years of working with international companies on e-commerce sector will be the big help for our international clients.
He will handle all communication with clients and execute all agreed plan and strategy in Japanese market.
Simon Launay
Mr Simon is a serial entrepreneur with businesses in Tech, Fashion and Retail across London and Tokyo. He has over 15 years international experience and advises businesses on new market launches in USA, Europe and Asia. He has practical experience with raising capital, growth stage, scaling and business turnaround. His background and expertise is in branding and strategy.