Company

Officers

Board of Directors

  • Representative Director
    Founder & Global CEO

    Yuzuru Honda

    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

    Shusuke Nagai

    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

    Keiji Tokiyoshi

    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

    Shinichi Omoto

    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

    Hiroyuki Ide

    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

    Yuji Takada

    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

    Masayuki Matsuhashi

    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

  • Executive Officer
    CTO

    Jiro Nishiguchi

  • Executive Officer
    Overseas Branch of FreakOut

    Ken Yamane

  • Executive Officer
    Digital Signage Business

    Daisuke Uki

  • Executive Officer
    Business in New Areas

    Naoki Yanai

  • Executive Officer
    USA Business

    Yugo Asato

  • Executive Officer
    RetailTech Business

    Takamasa Hirose

  • Executive Officer
    Influencer Marketing Business

    Tsukasa Suzuki

  • Executive Officer
    UUUM Business

    Tadayuki Umekage

  • Executive Officer
    UUUM Business

    Kiyoshi Ando