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Link and Motivation Inc.’s management team
Directors

Chairman and Representative Director
Ozasa Yoshihisa
- Profile
- 1986 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
2000 Established the Company, and assumed the position of President and Representative Director
2013 Chairman and Representative Director (to present)

President and Representative Director
Sakashita Hideki
- Profile
- 1991 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
2000 Established the Company, and assumed the position of Director
2013 President and Representative Director (to present)
2017 Director, Link Corporate Communications Inc. (currently Link Saussure Inc.) (to present)

Director
Ohno Shunichi
- Profile
- 1992 Joined Aoyama Audit Company (Price Waterhouse)
1998 Joined PwC Consulting Co., Ltd. (currently, IBM Japan, Ltd.)
2002 Joined the Company
2008 Director (to present)
2015 Outside Director, Youji Corporation (to present)
Note: Also serves as a director at 7 consolidated subsidiaries and as an Audit & Supervisory Board Member at OpenWork.
Corporate Officer

Managing Executive Officer
Oshima Takashi
- Profile
- 2000 Joined Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation (currently, SCSK Corporation)
2005 Joined the Company
2015 Head of Motivation Engineering Institute (to present)
2022 Corporate Officer
2025 Managing Executive Officer (to present)

Managing Executive Officer
Kawauchi Masanao
- Profile
- 2003 Joined the Company
2010 Operating Officer
2018 Director
2022 Managing Executive Officer (to present),
President and Representative Director, Link Event Produce Inc.
(currently Link Saussure Inc.)
Director, Link Corporate Communications Inc. (currently Link Saussure Inc.)
2023 Director, Link Academy Inc.
2024 Director, Link Event Produce Inc. (currently Link Saussure Inc.)

Managing Executive Officer
Shibato Junya
- Profile
- 2000 Joined YASKAWA Electric Corporation (currently, YE DIGITAL CORPORATION)
2001 Joined Japan System Create Corporation (SCSK Minori Solutions Corporation)
2005 Joined Ardito Co., Ltd.
2012 Corporate Officer, Ardito Co., Ltd.
2016 Joined Geniee, Inc.
2017 Corporate Officer, Geniee, Inc.
2018 Joined the Company
2022 Corporate Officer
2025 Managing Executive Officer (to present)

Managing Executive Officer
Yokoyama Hiroaki
- Profile
- 2004 Joined the Company
2008 Director, i JUST Co. Ltd.
2011 Director, DIGIT Inc.
2013 Unit Manager of Accounting & General Affairs Unit of Group Design Department
2022 Corporate Officer
2025 Managing Executive Officer (to present)

Corporate Officer
Ihara Maya
- Profile
- 2009 Joined the Company
2017 Sales Manager, Entry Management Division
2023 Company Manager, Major Company Cloud Division
2024 Company Manager, Major Company Sales Division
2025 Corporate Officer (to present)

Corporate Officer
Kawamura Nobuyuki
- Profile
- 2000 Joined the Company
2010 Established Motivation Academia Inc.
2014 Unit Manager of PR and Secretary Unit of Group Design Department
2022 Corporate Officer (to present)
2023 Director, Link-i Inc.
2024 President and Representative Director, Link-I inc.

Corporate Officer
Hatsuda Keiichiro
- Profile
- 2008 Joined the Company
2015 Sales Manager, Major Company Consulting Division
2018 Company Manager, Major Company Consulting Division (West Japan)
2022 Company Manager, Entry Management Division
2024 Area Manager, Major Company Consulting Division
2025 Corporate Officer (to present)

Corporate Officer
Manago Yutaka
- Profile
- 2009 Joined the Company
2015 Manager, Corporate Planning Group, Group Design Office
2017 Group Manager, Medium-Size and Venture Company Consulting Division
2023 Manager, Brand Design Unit, Brand Design Office
2024 Company Manager, Major Company Consulting Division
2025 Corporate Officer (to present)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time)
Kuriyama Hiromi
- Profile
- 1986 Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
2005 Joined a2media Corporation as Director, General Manager in charge of Strategy Promotion
2006 Director, Business Support Department (Accounting, Legal, Personnel, General Affairs), a2media Corporation
2013 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Japan REIT Inc. (currently, Prop Tech plus Inc.)
2015 Director, Brainpress Inc. (currently, Inbound Tech Inc.)
2019 Director, Company Administrator, a2media Corporation
2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (to present)
Outside Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Part-time)
Outside Director (Part-time)
Nakamura Yuri
- Profile
- 1996 Joined Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
2003 Manager of Kobe Branch Office
2006 Transferred to Tokyo Branch Office Sales Department
2019 Representative Director, OneHeart Co., Ltd. (to present)
Outside Director (Part-time)
Hara Yukari
- Profile
- 2009 Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2012 Co-Director, MY DREAM.org (a non-governmental organization in Ghana) (to present)
2013 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan to Ghana
2015 Manager, Africa Business Strategy & Promotion Dept., Johannesburg Branch, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
2017 Non-executive Director, HARAPLEX Co., Ltd. (to present)
2018 Representative Director, SKYAH Co., Ltd. (to present)
2021 Part-time Lecturer, Dokkyo University
2022 Director, Social Design Business Lab (to present)
2023 Non-executive Director, IMABARI. YUME SPORTS INC. (to present)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time)
Tominaga Kenji
- Profile
- 1979 Joined Japan Recruit Center Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.)
1999 Established Career Plan Co., Ltd., President and Representative Director (to present)
2000 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)
2001 Established Career Design Co., Ltd., President and Director
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time)
Matsuoka Yasumasa
- Profile
- 1986 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
2000 Executive Officer, General Manager of Human Resources and General Affairs Department, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
2003 Executive Officer, General Manager of Marketing and Communications Department, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
2004 Manager, Brand Strategy Office, SoftBank Corp.
2005 President and Representative Director, Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Marketing Corp. (currently, Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Corp.)
2007 Representative Director, Career Firm Co., Ltd.
2011 Outside Director, Onionnews Inc.
2014 President and Representative Director, Motivation Japan (to present)