Chairman & Founder
Takashi TSUJI, Ph.D.
Place of Birth: Gifu Prefecture, Japan
【Professional Experience】
Apr 1986 - Mar 1988 Researcher, Central Research Laboratories, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Apr 1994 - Mar 1995 Researcher, Life Science Research Institute, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Apr 1995 - Mar 2001 Senior Researcher, Pharmaceutical Frontier Research Laboratories, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Apr 2001 - Mar 2007 Associate Professor, Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Apr 2007 - Mar 2009 Professor, Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Apr 2008 Founded Organ Technologies Inc. (currently OrganTech, Inc.)
Apr 2009 - Mar 2014 Professor, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Apr 2010 - Mar 2014 Professor, Graduate School of Innovation Studies, Tokyo University of Science
Apr 2014 - Oct 2014 Group Director, Organ Induction Research Group, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN
Nov 2014 - Mar 2018 Team Leader, Organ Induction Research Team, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (reorganized), RIKEN
Apr 2018 - Mar 2024 Team Leader, Organ Induction Research Team, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (reorganized), RIKEN
Apr 2024 - Present Chairman & Founder, OrganTech, Inc.
【Concurrent and Visiting Positions】
・Academic Appointments
Jul 2005 – Sep 2018 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
Apr 2006 – Mar 2018 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Niigata University
May 2008 – Jun 2008 Visiting Professor, Louis Pasteur University (France)
Apr 2009 – Mar 2010 Visiting Professor, Kyushu Dental University
Apr 2010 – Mar 2014 Professor, Graduate School of Innovation Studies, Tokyo University of Science
Apr 2010 – Present Visiting Professor, Tokyo Dental College
Apr 2010 – Mar 2016 Part-time Lecturer, Kyushu University
Apr 2014 – Mar 2017 Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Nov 2015 – Mar 2017 Visiting Professor, Kitasato University School of Medicine
Apr 2016 – Mar 2021 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kwansei Gakuin University
Oct 2016 – Mar 2020 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
Apr 2018 – Mar 2020 Visiting Professor, Keio University School of Medicine
Mar 2024 – Mar 2025 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Clinical Medicine, Kitasato University
・Industry Appointments
Sep 2005 – Mar 2013 Technical Advisor, Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.
Apr 2012 – May 2019 Technical Advisor, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Apr 2019 – Mar 2023 Technical Advisor, Adjuvant Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
Mar 2021 – Oct 2021 Advisor, Stemson Therapeutics Corporation (U.S.)
Mar 2021 – Present Advisor, Yamachu Co., Ltd.
【Education】
Mar 1986 M.Sc. in Biology, Graduate School of Science, Niigata University
Mar 1992 Completed Doctoral Coursework in Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University
Mar 1993 Ph.D. in Science, Graduate School of Natural Science, Niigata University
【Academic and Professional Societies】
・Academic Activities
Councilor (2001–2013), Delegate (2019–present), The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine
Board Member (2007–2013), Japanese Society for Organ Preservation Biology
Councilor (2007–present), Japanese Association for Dental Science
Editorial board member, Board member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group (2016-2022)
・Public Service and Committees
Acting Chairperson, Board of Education, Nagareyama City, Chiba Prefecture (2009–2012)
Expert Reviewer, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (2010–2017)
Expert Member, Special Research Fellowship Review Committee, JSPS (2015–2017)
Reviewer, International Program Committee, JSPS (2015–2017)
Evaluation Committee Member, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) (2018–2021)
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Springer Nature
CEO
Yoshio SHIMO
Place of Birth: Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
【Professional Experience 】
Apr 1981 Joined Hino Motors, Ltd
Apr 2011 – Mar 2012 Executive Officer, Hino Motors, Ltd.
Apr 2012 – Mar 2015 Managing Officer, Hino Motors, Ltd
Apr 2015 – Mar 2016 Senior Managing Officer, Hino Motors, Ltd.
Apr 2016 – Mar 2017 Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation
Apr 2017 – Jun 2017 Advisor, Hino Motors, Ltd.
Jun 2017 – Jun 2021 President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hino Motors, Ltd.
Jun 2021 – Mar 2024 Chairman of the Board, Hino Motors, Ltd
Apr 2024 – Present Advisor, Creek and River Co., Ltd
May 2024 – Present Director, Creek and River Co., Ltd.
Sep 2024 – Present CEO, OrganTech, Inc.
【Education】
Mar 1981 Bachelor of Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Mar 2005 Master’s Degree in Policy Studies, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Chuo University
COO
Yoshitake YAMAGUCHI, Ph.D.
Place of Birth: Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
【Professional Experience】
Apr 1987 Joined Toshiba Corporation
Jul 1997 Group Leader, Space Systems Engineering Department, Toshiba Corporation
Jun – Sep 1997 Short-term assignment at SS/L (Space Systems/Loral), Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
Apr 2000 Seconded to Mobile Broadcasting Corporation
Oct 2010 Director, Corporate Representative’s Support Office, Industrial Policy & Public Affairs Division, Toshiba Corporation
Jul 2014 Director, Industrial Policy & Public Affairs Division, Toshiba Corporation (Executive Officer)
Jun 2019 Retired from Toshiba Corporation (upon completion of Executive Officer term)
Jul 2019 – Present Founder & Representative, WarpedPassages LLC
May 2021 – Present Director & Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Dymon Co., Ltd.
Apr 2022 – Present Director & Head of Business Development Division, Murakumo Inc.
Mar 2024 – Sep 2024 Executive Officer & Head of Corporate Strategy Office, Assistant to the President, OrganTech, Inc.
Sep 2024 – Present Chief Operating Officer (COO), OrganTech, Inc.
【Academic and Professional Affiliations 】
Board Member, Sri Lanka–Japan Collaborative Platform (2019–present)
Board Member, Japan Institute of International Affairs (2015–2019)
Board Member, Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment (2015–2019)
Chairperson, Management Issues Research Committee, Japan Machinery Federation (2015–2019)
Chairperson, WBCSD Task Force, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) (2011–2018) （＊）World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Participant, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos (2011–2019)
【Education】
Mar 1987 Completed Doctoral Coursework, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Mar 1990 Ph.D. in Science (Physics), Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
【Other Achievements】
1991–1992 Selected as one of six Astronaut Finalists in the national astronaut selection program organized by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). Passed the final astronaut candidate examination at NASA Johnson Space Center (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.).(Cohort included astronaut Koichi Wakata.)
1997 Received the Best Paper Award from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) for the paper:
“On-Orbit Control Experiment of ETS-VI Using H∞ Control and Two-Degree-of-Freedom Control.”
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Miho OGAWA, Ph.D.
Place of Birth: Niigata Prefecture, Japan
【Professional Experience】
Apr 2008 – Nov 2020 Joined Otsuka Chemical Holdings Co., Ltd.
Seconded to Organ Technologies Inc. (now OrganTech, Inc.) as Research Scientist
Nov 2020 – Dec 2022 Research Scientist, Organ Induction Research Team, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN
Jan 2023 – Aug 2024 President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), OrganTech, Inc.
Sep 2024 – Present Director & Chief Technology Officer (CTO), OrganTech, Inc.
【Concurrent and Visiting Positions】
Jul 2012 – Mar 2015 Project Assistant Professor (Part-time), Kitasato University
Apr 2014 – Nov 2014 Visiting Researcher, Organ Induction Research Group, Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), RIKEN
Nov 2014 – Mar 2018 Visiting Researcher, Organ Induction Research Team, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (reorganized), RIKEN
Apr 2018 – Oct 2020 Visiting Researcher, Organ Induction Research Team, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN
Jan 2023 – Mar 2024 Visiting Researcher, Organ Induction Research Team, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN
【Education】
Mar 2008 M.Sc. in Biological Engineering, Graduate School of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Mar 2014 Ph.D. in Science, Graduate School of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
【Awards】
Sep 2014 The 22nd Japan Sjögren’s Syndrome Society Award
Jun 2023 The Economist Future Award 2023 – SDGs Category
