Board Members

Graduated from the Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology at Tokyo University of Science. Worked at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture PLC) before founding istyle in July of 1999. Assumed role of Representative Director and President of the company. In December of 1999, the cosmetics and beauty site @cosme was launched. In 2012, the company was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He currently provides support to those in the arts and athletics through the istyle Art Sports Foundation. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Committee of the Association of Corporate Executives of Japan.

After working for Funai Consulting Inc. and TASHIRO CO., LTD., Hajime Endo joined cosme next Co. Ltd. in January 2007 at time of establishment as a director, partaking in the istyle Group.
In July 2021, after serving as President and CEO of cosme next Co. Ltd., he became President and CEO of istyle retail Inc., which operates retail and E-commerce businesses.
He currently oversees all of the istyle Group's domestic and international retail and E-commerce operations.

Received his MBA from the University of Bristol. Joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture PLC) in 1996.Joined Arthur D. Little (Japan) in 2000. He has been involved in planning istyle since its founding, and in 2004, he assumed a full time position on the Board of Directors. He is currently serving as Director and CFO at istyle. He also holds the positions of Director of Global Business and Director/Representative Partner of iSGS Investment Works.

Graduated from the Faculty of Biological Science & Technology at Tokyo University of Science. After working in product development at a cosmetics manufacturer, she began to independently publish an email newsletter. This newsletter led to the planning of @cosme and the launch of the website. As co-founder of istyle, she serves as Director. She has also held positions on Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry committees related to consumer and Internet affairs.

Graduated from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Keio Gijuku University. Received a master's degree from the Graduate School of Science and Technology at Keio Gijuku University.
1989: Joined Salomon Brothers Asia Ltd. working in the Foreign Bond Sales Department.
1999: Assumed the position of Director of the Bond Department when Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc. was founded. Promoted to Managing Director the following year. Made responsible for the entire Bond Group and set numerous records as top salesman.
2009: Promoted to Executive Vice President of Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc.
2010: Established StormHarbour Japan Ltd. and assumed the role of Managing Director.
2011: Appointed as Company Auditor for GLM.Co.,LTD. (Current Position)
2012: Received the award for the Most Innovative Boutique House of the Year from the Financial Times.
2014: Assumed the position of Director or Asuka Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2014: Appointed as Director of eWeLL Co., Ltd. (Current Position)
2014: Appointed as Director of istyle Inc. (Current Position)
2014: Appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors for StormHarbour Japan Ltd.
2014: Appointed as Director of Geniee, Inc. (Current Position)
2015: Appointed as Director of Prevent SAST Insurance Co., Ltd. (Current Position)
2016: Established Boardwalk Capital Inc. and assumed the role of Managing Director. (Current Position)

04/1996: Joined Tohmatsu Consulting, Inc. (presently, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Limited Liability Company).
09/1999: Established and served as a board member and the COO of Axive.com, Inc. (presently, VOYAGE GROUP, Inc.).
09/2002: Presently serves as a representative director and the CEO of Axive.com, Inc. (presently, VOYAGE GROUP, Inc.).
12/2005: Served as a board member of CyberAgent, Inc.
01/2019: Presently serves as the chairman and executive director of CARTA HOLDINGS, Inc.
01/2019: Presently serves as a board member of Cyber Communications, Inc. 07/2019: Served as an outside director of Fringe81, Inc.
01/2020: Presently serves on the DJN board of Dentsu Group, Inc.

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Osaka City University.
1992: Joined the Asahi Audit Corporation (now KPMG AZSA LLC.)
1997: Registered as a Certified Public Accountant.
2001: Appointed as the executive secretary of Intraset Co., Ltd.
2005: Joined Toyo Shinyaku Co., Ltd. as the Management Planning Director and the General Manager of the Management Headquarters.
2008: Appointed as Company Auditor for istyle Inc.

Graduated from the Faculty of Law at Keio Gijuku University. Representative of Altas Group (Altas Tax Accountants' Corporation, Altas Co., Ltd, Altas Partners Limited Liability Company, etc.)
After graduating from university, worked at Arthur Andersen LLP managing international tax and accounting, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) tax affairs, and financial product development (aircraft leasing), etc.
After becoming independent, established Altas Tax Accountants' Corporation, which provides advice on tax accounting matters.
Assumed the role of Managing Director when establishing Altas Co., Ltd, which mainly provides consultancy services for both public offering of stocks preparation and business restructuring matters.
Presently working as an external director/company auditor for istyle, Inc. and many other public-listed and unlisted companies.

After working at Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. (presently, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.), Kotakemori joined Century Audit Corporation (presently, Azusa Audit Corporation Limited Liability Partnership) in 1995. There, she was primarily engaged in auditing services for foreign financial institutions and was frequently involved in financial due diligence related to mergers and restructurings of both domestic and international financial institutions. Later, at KPMG Business Assurance Co., Ltd. (presently, KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.), she managed projects including assisting domestic and international clients with the construction of corporate governance, enterprise-wide risk management system development, internal audit services, and support for internal control reporting systems. After establishing Kotakemori Certified Public Accountant Office in 2008, she provided a wide range of client services including establishment of internal controls, internal audit services, financial due diligence, and IPO support. Moreover, she served as a full-time auditor at toBe Marketing Inc. from March 2019 to June 2023.
Certified Public Accountant, Certified Member of the Japan Securities Analysts Association.