COACH A - Key Persons


Hidetoshi Kamezaki

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Outside Director
  • Outside Director ( Audit and Supervisory Board Member )

Hiroshi Mochizuki

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • Executive Officer, COACH a ( Thailand ) Co., Ltd. ( Thailand Subsidiary ) / Managing Director

Hiroyuki YAMADA

Job Titles:
  • Coach

Junji Kouketsu - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Director
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Kazunori Sakurai

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Keiko HIRANO

Job Titles:
  • Writer
Hirano is also a writer, contributing articles about coaching to a variety of publications including a weekly email magazine, "Weekly Global Coach" (distributed by COACH A) and a popular information website "All About" (Official Guide on Coaching).

Koichi Hanabusa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Outside Director
  • Outside Director ( Audit and Supervisory Board Member )

Mamoru Itoh - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Founder
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Michelle LEUNG

Job Titles:
  • Executive
Michelle is an executive coach based in Hong Kong. She coaches leaders often being the change agent in their organizations or undergoing role transition. Her projects are designed for enhancing leader's individual performance and organizational development through enhancing the leader's relational intelligence. Her clients are mainly Asians in HK, China and SEA working in multinational companies. She conducts coaching in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Michelle is the International Coach Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and ICF Registered Mentor Coach. She was also selected as the Judge for 2019 ICF International Prism Award, as the only Judge from North Asia. She also possesses an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at INSEAD University in Singapore.

Michiko Aoki

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director / Executive Managing Officer

Shiho Otsuka

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Shoko Kataoka

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director ( Audit and Supervisory Board Member )

Sou Uchimura

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
Graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States with a degree in physics and philosophy. At IBM Japan, served in roles including project manager on multiple large-scale system development projects, assistant to expatriate officers in the consulting section, and manager in internal operation sections. Led numerous system development projects to successful results in cooperation with a wide range of overseas partners. Also involved in global corporate management as a member of the management team while in charge of internal sections. Served as Japan representative of a global organization-wide reform project within IBM. Joined COACH A, and appointed to current position in 2015, responsible for marketing.

Takako Katagiri

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Takeshi Nakajima

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Wataru Kurimoto - VP

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice President

Yoshiyuki Suzuki - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Suzuki is an active member of the coaching community, playing an important role in defining and leading Japan's coaching culture. In addition to his duties as president, he has written numerous books and articles on effective coaching and business practices. Suzuki also lectures part-time at Kobe University's Graduate School of Business Administration.

Yu Oyama

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Yukari Moriya

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Yuko Mizuno

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Yusuke Ariyoshi

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Yusuke Osada

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • Executive Officer / President, COACH a Co., Ltd. ( Shanghai ) ( China Subsidiary )
  • Group Coach