Company Profile

company name AIGIA Co., Ltd.
Head office location B1F, 4-19-4 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Chairman of the Board Eiji Nakai
CEO Bunyo Minami
director Shigeki Maruyama, Kazuyoshi Yonekura, Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Takao Ohki, and Koichi Hasegawa
Established November 2, 2016
capital 608 million yen (including capital reserve)
Business content System development project for exercise science

History

 

November 2015 Established, Yasuhiro Ishibashi appointed as representative director, capitalized at 8 million yen
August 2018 Started development of the AIGIA golf method led by Kazuyoshi Yonekura
November 2018 Started collaborative business with Fujitsu Limited
March 2019 Director Kazuyoshi Yonekura appointed
Appointed Advisor Shigeki Maruyama
October 2019 Capital increased to 81.3 million yen (including capital reserve of 36.65 million yen)
Concluded a basic agreement for exclusive collaboration business with Fujitsu Limited
January 2020 Eiji Nakai appointed as Representative Director
Director Shigeki Maruyama appointed
March 2020 Started joint research with the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Education
May 2020 Patent application for AIGIA golf lesson system, golf lesson method and program
November 2020 Company name changed to AIGIA Co., Ltd.
January 2021 Increased capital to 218.7 million yen (Capital 300 million yen)
February 2021 Acquisition of patents for AIGIA golf lesson system, golf lesson method and program
March 2021 Concluded an exclusive collaboration business contract with Fujitsu Limited
April 2021 AIGIA golf lesson system alpha version released
May 2021 Established and pre-opened AIGIA Studio in Shimbashi
September 2021 Started sales of AIGIA system
Release of AIGIA smartphone app (iOS version)

Officer introduction

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Chairman of the Board: Eiji Nakai

1987 Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law

1987 Joined Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd. General Manager of Bond Trading Division

1996 Joined Deutsche Securities Global Market Supervisor and Executive Officer Member of Head Office Management Committee

2004 Barclays Securities Co., Ltd. CEO and President Co-CEO of Barclays Group Asia Head Office Management Committee

Incumbent
Digital Data Solution Co., Ltd. Director
Chairman of the Board, Residence Tokyo Co., Ltd.
Director of Propre Co., Ltd.

In 2014, he received the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon.

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Representative Director and CEO Bunyo Minami

Moved to Australia in 2004. After graduating from the Department of Banking & Finance at Griffith University, Australia, he moved to Singapore in 2010 and became a project manager for an accounting system and a Swiss portfolio management system at a local system company, supporting the overseas expansion of various industries.

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Director Shigeki Maruyama

Graduated from Nihon University Faculty of Economics

10 wins on the Japan tour, 3 wins on the USPGA tour

Appointed head coach of the Japan national golf team for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Active in various golf-related businesses with a view to participating in the US Senior Tour

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Director Kazuyoshi Yonekura

Nihon University Faculty of Law

1989 World Junior Champion
1992, 1993 Japan Amateur Champion
1994 Protest passed

AIGIA Product Planning and Development Manager
We analyze skeletal data and trajectory data, establish golf theory based on the correlation between them, and develop digital golf lessons using AI.
Also engaged in joint research with the University of Tokyo and Sophia University
Member of Process Mining Association

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Director: Yasuhiro Ishibashi

March 1995 Graduated from the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Faculty of Education, The University of Tokyo
March 1997 Graduated from the University of Tokyo Graduate School
April 1997 Deutsche Securities Co., Ltd.
December 2004 Managing Director, Barclays Securities Japan Limited

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Director Takao Oki
1987: Graduated from Jikei University School of Medicine, obtained medical license in Japan and the United States
2005-2007: Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
2007-Present: Director and Professor, Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine
President of the 123rd Japan Surgical Society
Best Doctors in New York 2004-2007
Selected as one of the 100 most respected Japanese in the world in Newsweek Japan 2006
Appeared on NHK Professional Work Style 2009, 2011
Bungeishunju "Face of Japan" Kochi Prefecture Tourism Special Envoy, Abe Cabinet Future Investment Council private member

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Director Koichi Hasegawa

Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Law
Nearly 30 years of consulting and financial industry experience
Arthur Andersen Accounting Office (now Accenture Japan Ltd.)
Goldman Sachs Deutsche Bank, Barclays Bank, etc.
Served as CIO (Chief Information Officer) and COO (Chief Operating Officer)
Responsible for overseas management such as NY, London, Singapore.
Established UiPath Japan Corporation in February 2017 and assumed the position of CEO
Has a track record of growing into a leading company in the industry in 3 years

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Advisor John Su

John Su stepped down in October 2019 after 25 years of stint as CEO.

Since 2005 he has been on the Board of LegalZoom and since 2007 CEO of LegalZoom.

Prior to LegalZoom, he was CEO of StudioDirect, the Internet division of global supply chain company Li and Fung Limited.

Prior to that, he co-founded and served as CEO of Castling Group, which helped offline companies build Internet divisions and launched category leaders such as jcrew.com, Barneysny.com and hifi.com. A serial entrepreneur with experience leading businesses through various lifecycle phases. He has grown several businesses from $0 to over $20 million in revenue and multiple companies to over $100 million in revenue. He also has experience growing underperforming companies to over $100 million in cash flow.

LegalZoom was founded with just $1 million in capital, but later provided over $1.5 billion in liquidity to its shareholders. In 2016, he was named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

BA in Organizational Behavior and Public Policy from Harvard University

He graduated with honors from Harvard Business School with an MBA (Master of Business Administration) as a George F. Baker Scholar.

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Audit & Supervisory Board Member Sadanobu Yasukawa

1999 Graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
1999 Joined UBS Securities
Provided services such as M&A advisory, IPO, and fundraising strategy to major companies at the investment banking headquarters
2004 Established YPM Co., Ltd.
Based on his experience at a foreign investment bank, he provides M&A, financing, and IPO support services, mainly for ventures and SMEs.