Small and Medium Enterprise Consultant's Profile

A small and medium enterprise consultant is expert with overall knowledge of business management, such as economics, economic policy, finance, accounting, corporate management theory, operations management, legal affairs management, information systems management, small and medium enterprise management, and governmental policy.

Small and medium enterprise consultants at the Tokyo One-Stop Business Establishment Center can provide consultations related to establishing a business, from information on establishment procedures to business / financial planning and management consulting, etc.

Small and medium enterprise consultants are always stationed in Akasaka and Shibuya.

• Hisao Asakura

  

  He has licensees of career consultant (technician), first-class salesperson, packaging manager, and IP advisor. He has worked as executives and managers in a general trading company, a foreign beverage company, and a major package maker. He has experience of studying and working for 17 years outside Japan. As a business consultant, he has specialty in exploring business channels and marketing. The number of support cases for starting up companies are over 700. He is also a chairman of business consulting farm “NPO Business Support.”

• Kunitoshi Ishii

  

  After working in a medium sized plate-making company, he established new department for webmaster and digital marketing in a human resource venture company and worked for recruitment promotion section in a major human resource company. After working in the companies, he established his own company. He has experiences in small and medium sized companies and a company listed on TSE 1, which made him to have project planning and promotion skills with realistic understanding of budget and human resources. He is also a NPO Business Support Consultant.

• Akiyoshi Okada

  

  After working for many years in the restaurant and retail industry, he became independent. Currently, He focuses on supporting business startups by helping them prepare business plans for fundraising and lecturing seminars. He is also able to provide advice on "what you need to know" for business founders before and after the establishment of new companies based on his own experience of establishing a corporation. He is also a NPO Business Support Consultant.

• Hitoshi Suzuki

  

  He engaged in a wide range of business areas in organizations managed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, such as over-the-counter sales promotion support, copyright, reuse, and personal information. He also worked as a real estate appraiser doing consulting, real estate appraisal, and research. After acquiring license as a SME consultant, he has been working independently doing business and setup support for SME companies and real estate consulting. He is also a NPO Business Support Consultant.

• Takehiko Taira

  

  Engaged in sales, planning and business planning of middleware for corporations at an IT company. Involved in planning and alliances for more than 50 corporate systems and services, from some listed companies to ventures. He excels at formulating and promoting realistic sales improvement programs backed by numbers. NPO Business Support Consultant.

• Hiroshi Nagai

  

  He is a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) management consultant, and a former engineer. His expertise is in manufacturing and technological industry, as well as formulating management strategies and business plans by using numerical data. He also offers lectures at seminars related to SMEs’ overseas business expansion. He speaks business level English and conversational level French. NPO Business Support Consultant.

• Koki Yokoo

  

  Registered Management Consultant/Financial Planner (AFP)/Curator.
  Mr.Yokoo had worked at a major non-life insurance company. He has experiences in BtoB(public section)sales, corporate communication(CSR・media・museum)management, manager position of president’s office of subsidiaries, and a role as a president of non-life insurance agent for public organizations. Currently, he supports establishment of new business in Tokyo and provide business advice at Matsudo Chamber of Commerce. He is also a NPO Business Support Consultant.

• Tsutomu Okamura

  

  He had been engaged in human resources development and corporate planning in NTT for many years. Also he was in charge of both new business and restructuring business. He wrote a treatise concerning telecommunication business in Harvard University in the U.S. In NTT's subsidiary in Germany he was responsible for business management as vice president. Recently he is supporting management of the local young president. Furthermore, he is helping university students in their job hunting and advancing interview ability of managers in enterprises as 2nd grade Certified Skilled Professional of Career Consulting.

• Yukio Saijo

  

  Graduated from Senshu University and Faculty of Commerce. After that He worked for a manufacturing and a training company. When he was manufacturing worker, he was the head of BPR. And then he opened of business in 2011. After opened, he was a training instructor and engaged in supporting SME at government facilities in Tokyo and Okayama. Established a company in 2017. Currently, he is mainly support in entrepreneurship, parallel work, and female business owner. Published 7 books. The masterpiece is " A book that you can know the work and identity of a SME consultant " (Shuwa System).

• Shigeki Yotsuyanagi

  

  Shigeki Yotsuyanagi is a graduate of Kyoto University with a master’s degree in Engineering. He has engaged in IT development at NTT, where he had the experience of applying for 12 patents. After building his own business, with the analytical skills developed in IT and the ability to write and discuss to the level of the consultant, he was the number one consultant out of 280 specialists in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) project. In addition to providing more than 5,000 consultations on business start-ups, he has been giving lectures and seminars on business start-ups for more than 17 years, while being a part-time lecturer at Senshu University. His recent book includes “Rules for Entrepreneurship” (Cosmic Publishing).

• Yasuaki Koshinuma

  

  He's experiienced in IPO-project leader for JP subsidiary of an US net-ad venture company. His major areas of specialty include: Internet-based CRM; digital marketing using crowd, social media and email; and new business planning and startup support for finance. Offers expert service regarding government subsidies for small-caps / startups.Focusing DX support to increace added value and reduce cost.

• Hiroshi　Sakai

  

  After graduating Tokyo University (B. Economics) and Cornell University (MBA), he engaged in export business and overseas business development in a Japanese steel company, and executed many overseas projects. He is certified as a management consultant for SME by METI, and established Sakai Management Consulting Office in 2019. He is also certified Negotiation Analyst grade 1, EIKEN grade 1. He loves visiting ONSEN (hot spring) and Japanese SAKE breweries.