COMPANY PROFILE

Future Corporation

Company Name
Future Corporation
Established
November 28th 1989
Capital
4,000,000,000 yen
Founder and Group CEO
KANEMARU Yasufumi
Net Sales
Net Sales 59,324 Million yen (Consolidated)
(Fiscal year 2023 ending in December)
Number of Employees
2,948 (Consolidated) (As of December 2023)
Business Operations
Planning of Corporate Strategy and Management of group companies

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
KANEMARU Yasufumi

KANEMARU YasufumiFounder and Group CEO

Apr. 1979
Joined TKC Corporation
Apr. 1982
Joined Logic Systems International Inc.
Sept. 1985
Senior Vice President of NTT PC Communications Incorporated
Nov. 1989
Established the Company, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mar. 2006
Chairman and President
Jan. 2007
Chairman
Mar. 2011
Chairman and President
July 2015
Chairman of the Company
Apr. 2016
Chairman and President, Group CEO (current position)
Chairman and Representative Director of Future Architect, Inc.
Mar. 2022
Chairman of Future Architect, Inc. (current position)
Yasufumi Kanemaru also takes on many public positions including member of the Administrative Reform Promotion Council, deputy chairman of Advisory Board at Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for Accreditation of Universities for International Research Excellence, deputy chairman of the special committee at Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for development and improvement of school education for both tailored and collaborative studies, chairperson of Nippon Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA), and president of the Japan Handball Association.
ISHIBASHI Kunihito

ISHIBASHI KunihitoExecutive Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in charge of ki-labs
Managing Director of Future Architect, Inc.

Apr. 1983
Joined Logic Systems International Inc.
Feb. 1987
Joined Sharp Corporation
Nov. 1989
Established the Company with Mr.Kanemaru
July 1996
Managing Director of the Company
Oct. 2003
Executive Vice President
Apr. 2016
Executive Vice President, CTO and CSO
Executive Vice President of Future Architect, Inc.
Mar. 2018
Executive Vice President, CISO and in charge of Innovation of the Company
Mar. 2020
Managing Director of Future Architect, Inc. (current position)
Oct. 2024
Executive Vice President, CISO and in charge of ki-labs (current position)
Kunihito Ishibashi is Future’s founding member. Based on the principle that “one should develop what the market lacks,” Ishibashi has constantly engaged in a wide range of development work, from middleware development to hardware development. Currently, as Chief Security Officer & Chief Information Officer, Ishibashi is committed to managing technical, organizational, and customer information, and further strengthening security through IT apparatus. Also, he supervises Future’s basic research, including with respect to the technology base and methods necessary for medium-to-long term growth.
SHINGU Yuki

SHINGU YukiManaging Director in charge of New Business Development; and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion(DEI)
Chief Executive Officer of Future Investment Corporation

Apr. 1994
Joined City Ascom Co., Ltd.
Feb. 1998
Joined the Company
Mar. 2012
Resigned from the Company
Oct. 2014
Joined Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2017
Joined the Company Executive Officer of Future Architect, Inc.
Mar. 2019
Managing Director in charge of IT Consulting; and Group Alliance of the Company
Chief Executive Officer of Future Architect, Inc.
Mar. 2022
Managing Director in charge of DEI (current position)
June 2023
Outside Director of JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd. (current position)
Mar. 2024
Managing Director in charge of Alliance Strategy and Business Development
Chief Executive Officer of Future Investment Corporation (current position)
Mar. 2025
Managing Director in charge of New Business Development (current position)
Joined Future System Consulting (currently Future) in 1998. Engaged in numerous projects, mainly in the distribution service industry, as an IT consultant. Left the company in 2012 to care for her family, and after working at Microsoft Japan, rejoined the company in 2017. Chief Executive Officer, Future Architect, Inc. in 2019 and led the IT consulting business. Assumed her current position in 2024, in charge of our alliance strategy and business development. Yuki is promoting the creation of an environment in which employees can work in various ways, so that all employees, not only women, can choose their ideal careers and play an active role in their job.
TANIGUCHI Tomohiko

TANIGUCHI TomohikoManaging Director in charge of Group DX businesses
Chief Executive Officer of Future Architect, Inc.

July 2002
Joined the Company
Apr. 2013
Director of Enterprise Service Group
Apr. 2015
General Manager of Enterprise Business
Division and Director of Public Service Group
Vice President
Mar. 2016
Representative Director and President of SG SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Apr. 2019
Executive Officer in charge of IT Strategy of SG Holdings Co., Ltd.
Director of SAGAWA EXPRESS CO., LTD.
June 2021
Director of NISSHO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Apr. 2022
Executive Officer in charge of DX Strategy of SG Holdings Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2024
Managing Director in charge of DX Business Promotion of the Company
Chief Executive Officer of Future Architect, Inc. (current position)
Mar. 2025
Managing Director in charge of Group DX businesses (current position)
Taniguchi joined Future System Consulting (currently Future) in 2002 where he engaged in various mission-critical projects. His earlier career centered around system renewal projects in the distribution and logistics industries, which later led him to be seconded to SG Holdings, where he served as the Executive Officer in charge of DX strategy, Director of Sagawa Express, and CEO of SG Systems, leading its group-wide digital transformation during his 8-year tenure in the office. With his innate ability to set and achieve goals, Taniguchi is committed to taking Future Architect to a new level of growth.
SAITO Yohei

SAITO YoheiManaging Director, Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Head of Technology Business
Executive Vice President of Future Architect, Inc.

Apr. 2001
Joined the Company
Jan. 2007
Manager of Research & Development Division
May 2009
Head of Technology Application Strategy Office
Dec. 2014
Director, Micro CAD Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2015
Vice President of Technology Innovation Group
Sept. 2015
Director, CodeCamp Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2016
Executive Officer of the Company
Managing Director of CTO, Future Architect, Inc.
Sept. 2016
Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
Mar. 2018
Managing Director and CTO
Mar. 2019
Managing Director, CTO and in charge of Technology Business
Managing Director of Future Architect, Inc.
Mar. 2022
Executive Senior Vice President of Future Architect, Inc.
Mar. 2024
Executive Vice President of Future Architect, Inc. (current position)
Mar. 2025
Managing Director, Group CTO and Head of Technology Business (current position)
Saito joined Future System Consulting (currently Future) in 2001 and accumulated outstanding achievements in its R&D department during his early career. He was responsible for designing the overall architecture and leading engineering in various system renewal projects. Since 2010, Saito served as the head of the technology division and was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2018. His passion to catch up with the latest technology trends is insatiable and he is dedicated to maximizing the clients’ future value and contributing to their success through the power of technology.
YAMAOKA Hiromi

YAMAOKA HiromiManaging Director, Head of Fintech and Financial-related Services, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Head of Future Research Institute of Economy and Finance
Managing Director of Future Architect, Inc.

Apr. 1986
Joined the Bank of Japan
July 2007
Alternate Executive Director for Japan of International Monetary Fund (the IMF)
Apr. 2013
Director-General of Financial Markets Department of the Bank of Japan
Sept. 2015
Director-General of Payment and Settlement Systems Department
Feb. 2019
Joined the Company, Advisor
Mar. 2019
Managing Director in charge of Financial Business and FinTech Strategy of the Company
Head of Future Research Institute of Economy and Finance (current position)
Mar. 2022
CSO (current position)
Sept. 2022
CLO (current position)
Mar. 2024
Managing Director of Future Architect, Inc. (current position)
Mar. 2025
Managing Director, Head of Fintech and Financial-related Services (current position)
Hiromi Yamaoka has wide-ranging experiences in the Bank of Japan, the central bank in Japan, and worked in various policy-related positions including the Representative in Paris, the Head of Economic Outlook Group and the Head of Large-Bank Surveillance. He also assumed key duties in many international policy forums such as the member of Markets Committee (MC) and the member of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), as well as the member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). He published many books, papers and articles on economic and legal issues. He is an attorney at law in New York.
ICHIHARA Noriyuki

ICHIHARA NoriyukiOutside Director

Apr. 1979
Joined Komatsu Ltd.
Apr. 2005
President of PT Komatsu Marketing and Support Indonesia
Nov. 2010
President of Komatsu Mining China Ltd.
Apr. 2012
Executive Officer, Komatsu Ltd.
Deputy Representative of All China Operations
Apr. 2013
Senior Executive Officer, Komatsu Ltd.
Representative of All China Operations
July 2018
Senior Advisor, Komatsu Ltd.
Mar. 2020
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)
Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Future Architect, Inc. (current position)
KAWAMOTO Akira

KAWAMOTO AkiraOutside Director

Apr. 1981
Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (presently Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI))
July 2003
Director, Industrial Structure Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
June 2004
Counselor, to the Director General for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office
July 2009
Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
Oct. 2012
Senior Partner at Aspirant Group
Apr. 2013
Professor at Faculty of Economics, Keio University (current position)
Mar. 2014
Outside Director, Future Architect, Inc. (presently Future Corporation)
Apr. 2016
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)
May 2018
Outside Director, ONWARD HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (current position)
July 2023
Vice Chairman / Founding Partner at Aspirant Group (current position)
Until 2012, Akira Kawamoto worked in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and held a number of government posts including (in addition to those mentioned above) Directors of Research Office of the Trade Policy Bureau, and Electricity Market Division, Cabinet Secretariat Counsellor (responsible for the National Commission on Social Security). He also worked in the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation in Japan, as well as OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). He has published a number of books, including “Why Japan cannot carry out reform?” and “Regulatory Reform.”
SAKAKIBARA Miki

SAKAKIBARA MikiOutside Director

Apr. 1997
Registered as an attorney at law in Japan
Joined Century Law Office (currently L&J LAW OFFICE, LPC)
Sept. 2002
Joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (currently Freshfields LLP)
Jan. 2003
Registered as an attorney at law, admitted in State of California, the U.S.
Oct. 2003
Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (currently Panasonic Corporation)
June 2018
President of Japan In-house Lawyers Association
Mar. 2019
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)
June 2019
Joined UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
Aug. 2021
Joined MACNICA, Inc.
July 2022
Executive Officer of MACNICA HOLDINGS, INC. (current position)
A wealth of work experience in corporate legal affairs, litigation, intellectual property, compliance, etc. In 2003, became an in-house lawyer. While concurrently conducting a wide range of non-profit activities at the in-house lawyers’ association, responsible for lobbying activities as a government council member and corporate management. Also responsible for corporate diversity promotion activities, including the translation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's “Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union”
TAKEUCHI Aska

TAKEUCHI AskaOutside Director

Apr. 1996
Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
Apr. 2002
Bank reorganized to Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Jan. 2009
CEO, Founded Alba Partners, Inc. (current position)
Dec. 2014
Representative Director, Founded Alba Edu Inc. (current position)
Dec. 2020
Outside Director, NRS CORPORATION (current position)
Mar. 2024
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)
June 2024
Director(external), TOPPAN Holdings Inc. (current position)
NISHIURA Yukiko

NISHIURA YukikoOutside Director

Dec. 2008
Joined ERNST & YOUNG SHINNIHON LLC
Sept. 2012
Registered as a certified public accountant
Jan. 2020
Founder and Representative, Nishiura CPA Office (current position)
Mar. 2020
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position)
June 2021
Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, JTOWER Inc. (current position)

VICE PRESIDENT

NAKAMOTO Atsushi
Healthcare
HOSHI Kenichi
Core Technology
KATO Yoshihiro
AI
HAYASHI Yujiro
Cyber Security
SUMIDA Tomoko
Global Business Development
SUGANO Yusuke
Business Innovation
KURODA Shinichi
Sports Business
KANAOKA Norihide
Business Development
MATSUSHITA Yasukazu
Finance & Accounting
OHGA Tomoya
Corporate Family Services
MORIOKA Mina
Group Human & Resources Strategy
COMPANY HISTORY

1989 - 2020

Nov. 1989
Future System Consulting Corp. founded
Jan. 1997
U.S. subsidiary, Future Architect, Inc. (U.S.A), founded in Santa Cruz, California
June 1999
Company stock registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association for over-the-counter trading
June 2002
Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Jan. 2007
Trade name changed from Future System Consulting to Future Architect, Inc.
Apr. 2011
ERP solutions business for SMEs succeeded by FutureOne, Inc.
Jan. 2012
Media business succeeded by Zakura Inc. (presently Tokyo Calendar Inc.)
June 2013
eSPORTS Co., Ltd. becomes a consolidated subsidiary of the Group (presently YOCABITO CO.,LTD.)
Oct. 2014
Business reorganization within the Group; absorption type split between subsidiaries Architect, Inc. and Future Architect, Inc. resulting in the former changing its name to the latter
Dec. 2014
Micro CAD Co., Ltd. becomes a consolidated subsidiary of the Group
Dec. 2014
Tenjik, Inc. becomes a consolidated subsidiary of the Group (presently LaiBlitz, Inc.)
Aug. 2015
CodeCamp becomes a consolidated subsidiary of the Group
Apr. 2016
Trade name changed to Future Corporation, shift to holding company structure
IT consulting business succeeded by newly established Future Architect, Inc.
Jan. 2017
YDC Corporation becomes consolidated subsidiary of the Group (presently Future Artisan, Inc.)
Mar. 2017
Matchalarm Inc. becomes consolidated subsidiary of the Group
Sept. 2018
dit Co.,Ltd. becomes consolidated subsidiary of the Group (presently Future Secure Wave, Inc.)
Nov. 2019
Innovation Laboratory, Inc. becomes consolidated subsidiary of the Group
July 2020
Future Global Design Pte. Ltd. , founded in Singapore
Sept. 2022
Neilo Inc. becomes consolidated subsidiary of the Group
Apr. 2023
CURIOSITY inc. becomes consolidated subsidiary of the Group
Mar. 2024
Revamp Corporation becomes consolidated subsidiary of the Group