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Message from the CEO

Yodai Sakuma, CEO

Japan's manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries hold tacit knowledge built up over decades. It is the source of this country's competitiveness, yet it remains tied to individuals and is not leveraged as an organization. AI can change that structure. Turning tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge and rebuilding it as the foundation of organizational decision-making — this is why we are committed to core industries.

What Kiei delivers is not an AI tool but organizational transformation. Many AI initiatives end at the PoC because implementation is as much an organizational and human challenge as a technical one. We do not stop at “build it and leave.” From strategy to implementation to adoption across the organization, we stay alongside our clients until results take root.

Turning the knowledge dormant on the front line into the strength of the organization. We believe this is the path to restoring Japan's competitiveness.

Yodai Sakuma, CEO

OUR TEAM

Our Team

A development team dedicated to working inside the front lines of core industries and turning AI into business outcomes. We never stop at “build it and leave” — we support you end to end, from strategy to implementation to adoption across the organization.

Yodai Sakuma, CEO

Yodai Sakuma

CEO

Graduated from the Faculty of Commerce, Keio University. While still a student, he led new business launches as head of new business at a web advertising agency, then served as Sales Director at a subsidiary of a major developer running DX and media businesses. In 2022 he went independent with a DX support business, supporting a wide range of companies from large enterprises to SMEs, and then founded Kiei with the theme of implementing AI across industries.

Ryoka Sakurai, Director

Ryoka Sakurai

Director

Graduated from the University of Tokyo. While a student, he led a new business at an advertising agency as its head, growing it to annual sales of 500 million yen, then went independent with a marketing support business and worked on numerous projects for major Japanese companies. After serving as head of marketing for new businesses at a company listed on the TSE Growth Market, he co-founded Kiei with CEO Sakuma. He leads business strategy and alliances, drawing on strong business development skills.

Sosuke Miyamori, COO

Sosuke Miyamori

COO

After graduating from Keio University, he joined a consulting firm, where as a member of the IT strategy team he worked on a wide range of projects from upstream to downstream, including business process reform, PMO support, AI strategy development, and AI adoption. At Kiei, he launched the strategy team and supports AI strategy development, organization building, and talent development.

Shotaro Shimada, Head of Development

Shotaro Shimada

Head of Development

Graduated from the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University. He began building his own software independently in high school. At university, he worked on multiple machine learning projects while leading product development at a tech startup. He then joined Kiei in its founding phase, leading multiple development and R&D projects using generative AI and machine learning, as well as building and managing the engineering organization.

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