Focus
I work where American venture capital meets Japanese institutional money — a corridor that rewards people who are genuinely fluent on both sides, and has remarkably few of them.
Sixteen years of it, starting in Tokyo and now from San Francisco: advising Asia’s largest asset owners at Wellington and Blackstone, then building a venture firm’s network across the region — regional investors, corporates, and public-sector leaders.
Public sector
Part of the venture delegation received by Prime Minister Takaichi at the Kantei.
Tokyo · May 2026
Speaking
Japan Through the Eyes of Global Top-Tier VCs
A panel on Japan seen three ways — as a source of capital, as a market for portfolio companies, and as a destination for investment. With Nick Kline, Partner, LP Relations at NEA; moderated by Nobuyuki Akimoto, Co-Founder and General Partner, AT PARTNERS.
Hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government · sushitech-startup.metro.tokyo.lg.jp
Experience
Andreessen Horowitz
Partner, Asia — Global Partnership
Expanded the firm’s network across Asia’s innovation ecosystems, working with regional investors and public- and private-sector leaders.
Blackstone
Vice President
Developed and expanded the firm’s private equity, private real estate and private infrastructure business with large Japanese institutional investors.
Wellington Management
Associate Vice President, Global Strategic Relationship Group
Led the firm’s engagement to broaden partnerships with strategically selected institutional investors across APAC, in liaison with the international investor relations team.
Bloomberg
Sales Representative
Investment analysis and data solutions for institutional investors. Managed over 200 accounts across three global investment banks and two global asset management firms in Tokyo.