Directors and Corporate Auditors

Directors

Directors
  • Kazuhiko
    Nakai
  • Toru
    Akaura
  • Hideaki
    Sato
  • Sohei
    Urakami
  • Naoshi
    Arai
  • Nao
    Miyazawa

Chairman of the Board, President and Representative Director
Sohei Urakami
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>

Personal History

April 1990
Joined Nippon Information Service, Inc.
July 1992
Joined Facom Japan Inc.
April 1995
Joined Turtle Japan Co., Ltd.
(Renamed Turtle Study Staff Co., Ltd.)
June 1998
Director of Turtle Japan Co., Ltd.
December 1999
President and Representative Director of S-Pool
October 2004
Chairman of the Board, Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer
March 2006
Chairman of the Board, President and Representative Director (As of now)

S-Pool was established in the late 1990s, with the aim to resolve social issues of university graduates without full-time work. As the founder and Representative Director of S-Pool, Sohei Urakami is in charge of overall corporate management, and the sustainable development and improvement of corporate value.

Director
Hideaki Sato
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>

Personal History

April 1994
Joined Chuo Audit Corp.
April 1997
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
September 2000
Joined S-Pool
February 2003
Director
November 2004
Executive Director and Chief Administrative Manager
February 2007
Director in Charge of Administration Department (As of now)

Hideaki Sato passed the certified public accountant examination while studying at university.As the chief executive of the Finance Division, he is mainly in charge of formulating financial and capital policies.In addition, he oversees a wide range of back-office divisions, including accounting, management, and information systems.

Director
Naoshi Arai
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>

Personal History

April 1999
Joined Tokyu Tourist Co., Ltd. (Renamed TOBU TOP TOURS CO., LTD.)
July 2002
Joined S-Pool
March 2008
Head of President's Office
December 2014
Executive Director and Head of President's Office
March 2017
Director in Charge of President's Office and Consolidated Subsidiaries (As of now)

Naoshi Arai handles corporate planning, PR, IR, legal matters, and the management of consolidated subsidiaries. As V.P. of corporate planning, he is in charge of the planning of management strategies, communication with shareholders and investors, and support for consolidated corporations, in addition to working in other essential business functions.

External Director
Toru Akaura
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>
Representative Director, Incubate Capital Co., Ltd.

Personal History

April 1991
Joined Japan Associated Finance Co., Ltd. (Renamed JAFCO Co., Ltd.)
October 1999
Established Incubate Capital Partners as general partner
March 2000
External Director of S-Pool (As of now)
June 2005
External Director, jig.jp Inc. (As of now)
August 2007
External Director, San San, Inc. (Renamed Sansan, Inc.) (As of now)
September 2010
Representative Director, Incubate Capital Co., Ltd. (As of now)
October 2014
External Statutory Auditor, Double Standard Inc.
August 2015
External Director (Statutory Auditor, etc.), Sansan, Inc. (As of now)
March 2017
Representative Director, IF Holdings Inc. (As of now)
July 2019
Chairman, Japan Venture Capital Association(As of now)
June 2021
External Director, Double Standard Inc. (As of now)

Toru Akaura excels in supporting entrepreneurs through the foundation of venture capital specializing in the investment into start-up corporations. He applies his experience in corporate investment and direction of growing and developing companies into our management strategy.

External Director
Nao Miyazawa
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>
Lawyer
TFR law firm

Personal History

April 2005
Joined PIA Corporation
September 2016
Registered as Lawyer
September 2016
Joined TF law firm
February 2018
Joined OMM law firm
February 2018
External Director of S-Pool (As of now)
September 2020
Joined TFR law firm
October 2020
External Statutory Auditor, MicroAd Inc.
December 2021
External Director (Statutory Auditor, etc.), MicroAd Inc. (As of now)

Nao Miyazawa is a registered lawyer with extensive working experience in the Japanese private sector. She brings her professional perspective as a lawyer and the multifaceted viewpoints she has developed from her work experience in the private sector to the management of the company.

External Director
Kazuhiko Nakai
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>
Certified Public Accountant
Kazuhiko Nakaicertified accounting firm

Personal History

August 1976
Joined Misuzu Audit Corp.
March 1981
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
November 1995
Representative Partner, Misuzu Audit Corp.
March 2005
Registered as Tax Accountant
Established Kazuhiko Nakai tax accountant office
July 2007
Representative Partner, SHINNIHON Audit Corp.
(Renamed ERNST & YOUNG SHINNIHON LLC)
July 2010
Established Kazuhiko Nakai certified accounting firm, as firm leader (As of now)
June 2011
External Statutory Auditor, NIPPON ANNTENA Co., Ltd. (As of now)
March 2012
External Statutory Auditor, OTSUKA CORPORATION (As of now)
February 2019
External Director of S-Pool (As of now)

Kazuhiko Nakai is a registered Certified Public Accountant, advising our corporation in a fair and neutral perspective. Also, he stands out in our management structure by utilizing his director experiences in lifted companies.

Corporate Auditors

Corporate Auditors
  • Noboru Yamashita
  • Xu Jin
  • Hiroshi Hatanaka

Standing Statutory Auditor
Xu Jin
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>

Personal History

April 1995
Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
June 1996
Joined Close Web Co., Ltd.
April 2000
Joined Accessport Co., Ltd. (Renamed JWord Co., Ltd.)
March 2003
Representative Director, Taishin LLC
February 2007
Standing Statutory Auditor of S-Pool (As of now)
December 2014
Statutory Auditor, STUDIOUS CO., LTD. (Renamed TOKYO BASE Co., Ltd.)
May 2017
Director (Statutory Auditor, etc.), TOKYO BASE Co., Ltd. (As of now)

External Statutory Auditor
Hiroshi Hatanaka
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>
Representative Director, M&C Consulting Co., Ltd.

Personal History

April 1984
Joined AKAI Denki Co., Ltd.
March 1987
Joined Livingstone Communication
May 1989
Established M&C Consulting
April 1991
Established M&C Consulting Co., Ltd., Representative Director(As of now)
September 2003
External Statutory Auditor of S-Pool (As of now)
June 2016
External Director, G.taste Co., Ltd. (Renamed Yakiniku Sakai Holdings Inc.) (As of now)

External Statutory Auditor
Noboru Yamashita
<Status of Major Concurrent Office>

Personal History

October 1985
Joined Matsugaya children's center (Renamed Matsugaya Children and Youth Development Support Center)
October 1991
Joined Hachioji Medical Consumer's Co-Operative
January 1996
Registered as Labor and Social Security Attorney
August 2020
Established Minamino Labor and Social Security Attorney Office (As of now)