About Us
External Advisors
CEO & CIO Investment Committee Member
Ichiro Miyoshi
Ichiro Miyoshi is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Marunouchi Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. Mr. Miyoshi has more than 20 years of experience in private equity and asset management industry.
He started his career at Mitsubishi Corporation and worked in Foreign Exchange Dept., where he was in charge of trade finance and risk management of foreign exchange trading over 7 years. In 2001, he started his career in private equity at Merchant Banking Dept., where he was engaged in private equity and venture capital investment activities in Japan, the US, and Europe. He also provided M&A consulting services to various business divisions within Mitsubishi. Since 2007, Mr. Miyoshi worked for a subsidiary company in New York, where he was engaged in various alternative investments including private equity, infrastructure and real estate for 6 years. In 2015, he became the President & CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation Asset Management Ltd. (current Mitsubishi UFJ Alternative Investments Co, Ltd.) He led Mitsubishi’s asset management business in Japan and expanded the investor relationship network in alternative asset class during his 4 years at Mitsubishi Corporation Asset Management Ltd. Since 2019, he was responsible for Mitsubishi’s private equity and venture capital businesses which comprised of a wide array of strategies and regions including buyout in Japan, growth capital in ASEAN, and buyout and venture capital in the US. Prior to joining Marunouchi Innovation Partners Co., Ltd., he took his office as Senior Vice President of Urban Development Group at Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) in New York, and supervised its real estate development/management, private equity business, and business development activities in North America.
Mr. Miyoshi holds a B.A. in Economics from Keio University, Japan and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, France.
Managing Director
Hideya Muraoka
Hideya Muraoka is a Managing Director of Marunouchi Innovation Partners. He has over 20 years of experience in cross-border M&A, business development, and structure finance in energy and infrastructure space. He started his career at Japan Bank for International Cooperation, where he was engaged in structured finance transactions in worldwide infrastructure and energy projects. In 2011, he joined Energy Business Group of Mitsubishi Corporation where he was involved in cross-boarder M&A transactions in energy sector. Since 2016, he worked as a Vice President of a subsidiary company based in Houston, Texas, where he led Mitsubishi’s new business development in energy sector including initiating startup investment in North America. In 2020, he was appointed as Assistant General Manager of Indonesia Natural Gas Dept., where Mitsubishi was the leading investor of the project. He was also the core member of the accelerator program run by Natural Gas Group of Mitsubishi together with NYK Line.
Mr. Muraoka holds a B.A. in Economics from Hitotsubashi University, Japan and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Managing Director
Etsuko Kobayashi
Etsuko Kobayashi is a Managing Director of Marunouchi Innovation Partners. She has over 15 years of experience in both front and back-office aspects of alternative investment space including private equity and venture capital. She started her career at Mitsubishi Corporation in Alternative Investment Unit where she assisted the investment, divestment, and monitoring of Mitsubishi’s hedge fund portfolio. Since 2009, she was engaged in management and monitoring of Mitsubishi’s private equity and venture capital portfolio. In 2013, she was seconded to One Rock Capital Partners LLC, a US-focused buyout firm based in New York, where she was engaged in analysis and due diligence process of investment opportunities. Upon her return, she supported the operations of Mitsubishi’s private equity and other asset management platforms by facilitating communication between Mitsubishi’s business divisions and portfolio/target companies to utilize Mitsubishi’s resources for potential value creation. In 2020, she was appointed as CFO of AIGF Advisors Pte. Ltd., an ASEAN small/mid-cap focused private equity firm based in Singapore, and oversaw its corporate administration and fund administration. Prior to joining Marunouchi Innovation Partners, she was engaged in managing the corporate venture capital investment program of Mitsubishi.
Ms. Kobayashi holds a B.A. in Policy Management from Keio University, Japan.
Director
Tomoaki Nakagawa
Tomoaki Nakagawa is a Director of Marunouchi Innovation Partners. He has over 13 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, strategic M&A, capital and business alliance, and alternative investment management business. Mr. Nakagawa started his career at Daiwa Securities SMBC in 2005 where he was seconded to its principal investment subsidiary and engaged in private equity investment in the Asian region. In 2017, he moved to Corporate Finance Dept. of Daiwa Securities and engaged in client coverage of power utility and trading companies. In 2018, he worked for Corporate Planning Dept. of Daiwa Securities Group, where he was responsible for equity investment-related business including strategic M&A, capital and business alliance, management of a venture capital fund as an investment committee member, and other alternative investment management businesses. He also served as non-executive director and corporate auditor of several affiliate companies within Daiwa Securities Group. In 2022, he joined a Japanese healthcare venture company where he was engaged in corporate management and international business development.
Mr. Nakagawa holds a B.A. in Political Science from Keio University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Vice President
Nagi Suzuki
Nagi Suzuki is a Vice President of Marunouchi Innovation Partners. Ms. Suzuki started her career at Mitsubishi Corporation in Water Business Dept., where she worked in project development and equity investments. Upon acquiring shares of South Staffordshire Plc in 2016, a water service/engineering provider in the UK, she was seconded to the company for 3 years as the Regulation Manager, where she was involved in devising mid-term business plans/water utility bill forecasts. Since 2020, she worked at Investment Management Dept. within the Corporate Division of Mitsubishi, where she provided assessments for investments and divestments proposed at Mitsubishi’s Investment Committee for over 2 years.
Ms. Suzuki holds a B.S. in Environmental Sciences from University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.
Vice President
Yusuke Matsui
Yusuke Matsui is a Vice President of Marunouchi Innovation Partners. Mr. Matsui joined NYK Line, where he started his career as a ship operator of dry bulk carriers in NYK’s Belgium branch. He then joined Fuel Group in the NYK’s headquarter, procuring fuel oil for NYK’s ships operated worldwide. Thereafter, he engaged in the launch of the world’s first LNG marine fuel supplying business, aiming to reduce CO₂ emission from the maritime industry. Most recently, he worked at the Finance Group of NYK, covering project financing for overseas energy, logistics and infrastructure projects, corporate finance and ESG finance. In 2021, he involved in the issuance of Japan’s first transition bond.
Mr. Matsui holds a B.A. in Economics from Keio University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Associate
Satoshi Yamada
Satoshi Yamada is an Associate of Marunouchi Innovation Partners. He started his career at Mitsubishi Corporation in Merchant Banking Dept., where he was engaged in monitoring Mitsubishi’s proprietary investment portfolio of private equity funds and venture capital funds as well as assisting Mitsubishi’s investment and divestment activities within the space. He was also involved in the strategic alliance between Mitsubishi-sponsored funds and Mitsubishi’s business divisions to assist the funds’ post-investment value creation for portfolio companies where he facilitated communication to pursue business synergies and accelerate partnerships and business transactions.
Mr. Yamada holds a B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology, Medical Biology and Physiology from University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Research in Biomedical Research from Imperial College London.
Associate
Yosuke Horio
Yosuke Horio is an Associate of MIP. He started his career at Oliver Wyman's Tokyo office in 2015 where he was engaged in projects across strategy, operations, risk and M&A mainly in the Financial Services, Healthcare and Retail sectors. He then moved to a travel tech startup in 2020 as the country head of a subsidiary and led business development engagements (including product development, sales, M&A/JV set up). Most recently he was at JAFCO providing support for startups in the Asia ex-Japan portfolio (China, India, Taiwan, Singapore).
Mr. Horio holds a BSc in Economics from University of Warwick.
Head of Operations
Takeshi Saito
Takeshi Saito is the Head of Operations of Marunouchi Innovation Partners. He has over 20 years of experience in finance and other businesses both in front and back-office aspects. Mr. Saito started his career at Mitsubishi Corporation as a risk manager of its hedge fund investment business. Since then, he has been engaged in various financial businesses within Mitsubishi ranging from financial derivatives trading to acquisition of renewable energy-based power plants. He has also worked at Mitsubishi’s Investment Management Dept. where he supported its Investment Committee in analyzing pipeline investments across various industry sectors. Prior to joining Marunouchi Innovation Partners, Mr. Saito was the Head of Finance & Administration at MITBANA Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based real estate developer and a joint venture between Mitsubishi and Surbana Jurong, where he built the foundation of and oversaw the overall corporate administration.
Mr. Saito holds a B.A. in Economics from Keio University.
He is a Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.
Associate, Operations team
Koji Mizuno
Koji Mizuno is an Associate of MIP. Mr. Mizuno started his career at Shinkin Central Bank in 2013 where he was engaged in corporate finance to Trading/Automobile/Retailing companies and Government related organizations. After joining Financial Reporting Advisory Div. of PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC in 2019, he was involved in various accounting related projects including cross-border PMI consultation for a Japanese mega-bank and IFRS conversion advisory to a Japanese trust bank.
Mr. Mizuno holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Yokohama National University.
He is a U.S. Certified Public Accountant.