Each time you listen,
the world you see
changes.

After working at Sumitomo Bank, he joined buyout firm Advantage Partners in 2004, taking part in five investments and their management. After earning an MBA at the University of Oxford in the UK, he helped establish several nonprofit organizations. He also serves on the board of Blastbeat, which supports young people through music.

In 2012, he founded coconala, a marketplace for knowledge, skills and experience. The company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in March 2021. He entered venture capital in 2022 and now runs Crest Skill Partners, supporting early-stage startups through investment and expert mentoring.

While at university, he co-founded the limited company Dennotai with friends. He joined what was then Yahoo in 2000. After leaving in 2011, he returned in 2012 as Executive Officer and CMO. He became Head of LinkedIn Japan in 2017 and General Manager of Search at Google Japan in 2022.

In 2024, he became Vice President of Japan Product at SmartNews, the news app company. He also advises several startups on strategy and technology and is a visiting professor in the Faculty of Entrepreneurship at Musashino University. His books include 『転職2.0』 (Career Change 2.0) and 『稼ぎ方2.0』 (Earning 2.0), both published by SB Creative.

A Buddhist sculptor and artist carrying on the 800-year tradition of Kamakura-bori, carved and lacquered woodwork. He trained under his father, Kenrei Mitsuhashi, and studied Zen at Kencho-ji Temple. In 2010, Kencho-ji’s chief abbot, Zen master Shodo Yoshida, bestowed on him the artist name Kenyu. Grounded in the making of Buddhist and tea utensils, his work explores the meeting of Buddhist and contemporary art.

His work in Japan and abroad includes exhibiting at Milan’s Salone del Mobile, a solo exhibition in Paris, supervising Kencho-ji’s “Zen, Tea Ceremony and Kamakura-bori” exhibition, and making Buddhist utensils for Engaku-ji and Tokei-ji temples. In 2024, he launched LEGASEE to bring creators’ intentions and the stories behind their work to more people. He is building a place that connects people who create and enjoy different forms of culture.