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 Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo. 1987: Joined Goldman Sachs Securities as General Manager of the Bond Trading Department. 1996: Joined Deutsche Securities as Head of Global Markets and Executive Officer, Member of the Head Office Management Committee. 2004: CEO and President of Barclays Securities Japan Co., Ltd., Co-CEO of Barclays Group Asia, currently serving on the Head Office Management Committee. Director of Digital Data Solutions Co., Ltd. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Residence Tokyo Co., Ltd. Director of Propre Co., Ltd. Received the Dark Blue Ribbon Medal in 2014.
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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's Faculty of Economics. Has won 10 Japan Tour titles and 3 USPGA Tour titles. Served as head coach of the Japanese golf team for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Currently active in a wide range of golf-related activities, with a view to competing in the US Senior Tour.
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Director Kazuyoshi Yonekura Graduated from Nihon University Faculty of Law. Won the World Junior Championship in 1989. Won the Japan Amateur Championship in 1992 and 1993. Passed the pro test in 1994. AIGIA Product Planning and Development Manager. Analyzes skeletal data and trajectory data to establish golf theory based on the correlation and develops digital golf lessons using AI. Also engaged in joint research with the University of Tokyo and Sophia University. Member of the 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: Completed graduate studies at The University of Tokyo April 1997: Deutsche Securities Inc. December 2004: Managing Director, Barclays Securities Co., Ltd.

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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 retired in October 2019 after 25 years of serving as a number of CEOs. He has served as a director of LegalZoom since 2005 and as CEO of LegalZoom since 2007. Prior to LegalZoom, he was CEO of StudioDirect, the Internet division of Li and Fung Limited, a global supply chain company. Prior to that, he helped offline companies establish their Internet divisions and co-founded and served as CEO of Castling Group, which launched category leaders such as jcrew.com, Barneysny.com and hifi.com. John Su is a serial entrepreneur 家 with experience leading businesses at various stages of their lifecycle. He has grown several businesses from $0 to over $20 million in revenue and multiple companies to over $100 million in sales. He has also grown unprofitable companies to generate over $100 million in cash flow. LegalZoom was founded with just $1 million in capital, but later provided shareholders with over $1.5 billion in liquidity. In 2016, he was named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He holds a BA in Organizational Behavior and Public Policy from Harvard University and an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School, where he was 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.