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For Japanese Businesses

日本企業 ・ VC ・ CVC のための採用パートナー

Built for Japanese enterprises, venture capital firms, and CVCs scaling new business ventures. We combine deep local market knowledge with global bilingual reach — the same senior team that supports SoftBank Vision Fund, Degica, and TheSEA now serves domestic hyper-growth directly.

Who We Serve

Three audiences, one senior team

Japanese Enterprises

新規事業 & Bilingual Leadership

Japanese enterprises launching new business units (新規事業) or hiring bilingual leadership for global expansion. We source senior bilingual candidates that most domestic agencies can't reach.

Venture Capital

Portfolio Company Support

Japanese VC firms supporting portfolio company hiring at scale. Our senior consultants act as an extension of your platform team — executive search for CFO/CTO hires, RPO for team scaling.

CVC & New Business

Corporate Venture Groups

CVC arms and innovation labs building venture-adjacent teams. We bring Silicon Valley-style hiring playbooks adapted for Japanese corporate governance and compensation structures.

Why SST

Built for Japanese businesses from day one

ネイティブレベルの日本語

Every senior consultant has native-level Japanese. Client briefs, candidate interviews, and internal coordination all happen in Japanese when you need them to — no translation layer required.

Global bilingual reach

Our consultants also have business or native-level English, giving you access to candidate pools that domestic-only agencies can't tap: returnees from the US/UK, globally-experienced Japanese executives, and bilingual foreign nationals.

VC & enterprise specialists on the team

Yoshiya Akamatsu (ex-Global Brain, Michael Page — venture CxO hiring specialist) and Kana Yamazaki (high-class hiring at JAC across corporate roles) bring direct experience with Japanese VC and enterprise recruitment.

Comfortable with Japanese governance

We understand how 上場企業, 非公開企業, and venture-scale firms differ in compensation, governance, and hiring processes. No forcing a SV playbook onto a Japanese corporate structure.

Dedicated Specialists

Meet the team supporting Japanese businesses

Yoshiya Akamatsu
Yoshiya Akamatsu
Senior Consultant

Ex-Michael Page (launched NBD/M&A/venture CxO practice) and Global Brain (one of Japan's largest independent VCs, led firm-wide recruiting). Delivers executive and high-impact talent solutions to global enterprises and venture capital firms.

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Kana Yamazaki
Kana Yamazaki
Senior Associate

Background across recruitment, sales, and operations. Foundation in real estate sales, expanded into HR, general affairs, and advertising/SNS consulting. Later handled high-class hiring at JAC across professional and corporate roles.

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Let's talk about your hiring needs

30-minute discovery call in English or Japanese — whichever is more comfortable. We'll listen to your goals and design an engagement built for your situation.

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