Representative Director
Founder & Global CEO
Yuzuru Honda is a multiple career backgrounded serial entrepreneur who experiences both M&A and IPO in ad technology business. Prior to FreakOut, he was a music composer, robot engineer, research biologist, and turned into an entrepreneur.
Sep. 2005 Founded Brainer Inc., President & CEO
Apr. 2008 Sold Brainer Inc. to Yahoo Japan Corporation
Oct. 2010 Founded FreakOut, inc. (currently FreakOut Holdings, inc.), Founder & CEO
June 2013 FreakOut, inc. (currently FreakOut Holdings, inc.) went public on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market
Jan. 2017 Global CEO, FreakOut Holdings, inc.
Feb. 2018 Founder & Global CEO, FreakOut Holdings, inc. (current position)
Director
CFO
Apr. 2004 Joined Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
Mar. 2011 Endeavor Partners Co.,Ltd.
June 2013 CFO, Petgo Corporation
Nove. 2016 Joined FreakOut, inc. (currently FreakOut Holdings, inc.)
Jan. 2017 Executive Officer, FreakOut Holdings, inc.
Dec. 2017 Director, Intimate Merger, Inc.
Dec. 2017 CFO, FreakOut Holdings, inc. (current position)
Director
Advertising Business
Apr. 2006 Joined Wacoal Corp.
Oct. 2011 Joined FreakOut, inc. (currently FreakOut Holdings, inc.)
Jan. 2017 President, FreakOut, inc. (current position)
Jan. 2020 Executive Officer, FreakOut Holdings, inc.
Aug. 2020 CEO, Honda Shoji Co., Ltd. (current position)
Dec. 2020 Director in charge of Advertising Business, FreakOut Holdings, inc. (current position)
Director
Apr. 2001 Joined ITOCHU Corporation
Apr. 2016 Director, Wellness Communications Corporation
Sep. 2020 Corporate Auditor, Beijing Xin Yi Industry Investment Consulting Service Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2022 Corporate Auditor, AKQA UKA
Oct. 2022 Outside director, ITOCHU INTERACTIVE CO.,LTD.
Apr. 2023 Outside director, GI Cloud, Inc. (current position)
Apr. 2023 Outside director, Inagora Holdings, Co., Ltd. (current position)
Dec. 2023 Director, FreakOut Holdings, inc. (current position)
Director
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Apr. 1992 Joined Fuji Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Feb. 2003 Joined KPMG Business Assurance Co., Ltd. (currently KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.)
Apr. 2005 Joined ShinNihon Integrity Assurance Co., Ltd. (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
Jan. 2017 Joined EY Advisory & Consulting Co., Ltd. (currently EY Strategy & Consulting Co., Ltd.)
Nov. 2021 Department of Audit and Supervisory Committee, FreakOut Holdings, inc.
Dec. 2022 Director Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, FreakOut Holdings, inc. (current position)
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Oct. 2003 Registered as a lawyer
Oct. 2003 Joined MOMO-O, MATSUO & NAMBA
Dec. 2004 Joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Aug. 2013 Joined Shimada Hamba & Osajima
Jan. 2015 Partner, Shimada Hamba & Osajima (current position)
Dec. 2018 Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, FreakOut Holdings, inc. (current position)
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Apr. 1995 Joined Fuji Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Sep. 2001 Joined Shinsei Bank, Limited
Jan. 2005 Vice President, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
May 2008 Vice President, Lehman Brothers Japan Inc.
Dec. 2008 Director, Standard Chartered Bank
Nov. 2011 Director, Deutsche Securities Inc.
June 2019 Managing Executive Officer, F-1 International Co.,Ltd. (current position)
Dec. 2020 Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, FreakOut Holdings, inc. (current position)
Executive Officer
CTO
Executive Officer
Overseas Branch of FreakOut
Executive Officer
Digital Signage Business
Executive Officer
Business in New Areas
Executive Officer
USA Business
Executive Officer
RetailTech Business
Executive Officer
Influencer Marketing Business
Executive Officer
UUUM Business
Executive Officer
UUUM Business