Management Members

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Representative Director & CEO Akatsuki Fuchigami

After studying at a US university, he managed European sales subsidiaries of a major semiconductor manufacturing company and structured and sold financial products at an overseas financial institution. In 2010, he spun out with his colleague Willem and founded Opti Corporation on November 11, 2010.
He has worked for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), and other organizations, providing consulting and writing tax articles on VAT in Europe. In 2012, he acquired the primary domestic distributorship of "OneSource" (currently D&B Hoovers), a corporate database developed by Avention Inc. of the U.S., and established OneSource Japan Inc. as a group company on January 10, 2013. In 2016, he was appointed as Japan Country Manager of Taxback International, Inc. He has experience in exiting several companies.

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Director Willem Schutte

After working as a VAT inspector at the Dutch Ministry of Finance, he worked at the Japan desk of the BIG4 before joining our company in 2010. He enjoys wine.

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Masaru Aoki, CDO

After graduating from Keio University with a master's degree in Media and Governance, he worked for an IT company before joining our company. He has strengths in product development, digital marketing, and data analysis. His hobbies include mountain climbing and craft beer.

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