After working at the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and a buyout fund, he was involved in listed equity investment at Fidelity Investments, and was in charge of M&A and venture investment at COLOPL. After going independent, he was involved in supporting domestic and overseas startups, expanding the Japanese operations of Khosla Ventures in the US, and serving as an outside director for Sun Asterisk. In 2018, he founded Aslead Capital Pte. Ltd. He is a graduate of Waseda University and London Business School.