KENTARO BEPPU

After working as the national general manager of a major restaurant company, Kentaro Beppu started his own business in the field of IT marketing. He became fascinated with the world of blockchain through his cryptocurrency investments that began in 2016. In addition to his roles as an entrepreneur and investor, he posts on YouTube and other social media under the name “Ken Jinguji”, where he educates Japanese people about blockchain-related issues and financial/investment literacy. Kentaro has also been a huge video game enthusiast since childhood, and he spends many of his free hours gaming. In the blockchain gaming world, he’s been both a manager and a player, and his past experiences include managing a guild of over 500 people. As CEO at MetaSolare, he is involved in key decision making throughout the project.

ASAHI IWANAGA

Asahi is the Chief Operating Officer for MetaSolare, and former President & CEO of Avex Technologies. Previously, he spent three years publishing games on Steam at an international game publisher. He worked as a product manager in the broadcast/VOD entertainment industry at a NASDAQ-listed company. Asahi also attended college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before helping found an e-commerce service at a Silicon Valley startup in 1999.
As of 6/24/2022, in order to focus full-time on the MetaSolare project, Asahi left his role as President of Avex Technologies and now serves as Avex’s Web3/Blockchain Technology advisor. As COO of the project, he will be involved in all important decisions.

MASATO MATSUURA

Masato is the founder and current chairman of Avex, Inc. one of Japan's leading music and entertainment companies. He has been active in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, not only as a business owner, but also as a producer under the stage name Masato 'Max' Matsuura. He is a widely recognized leader in the industry for his fearless, ground-breaking approaches and willingness to try new things. Being one of the first to introduce dance music to Japan, Masato has extensive relationships with famous DJs from around the world. Now he’s ready to find the next generation of entertainment in the world of blockchain and the metaverse.

STEVE AOKI

With 77 million monthly average users across all platforms, 2x GRAMMY nominated music producer, artist, fashion designer, entrepreneur and Web3/NFT visionary Steve Aoki is one of the most successful cross-genre artists in the world. From his genesis NFT collection “Dream Catcher” first launched in 2021 and “Dominion X” (the first episodic series to launch on the blockchain, created with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios) and the creation of his NFT membership community A0K1VERSE, to the inception of NFT marketplace OddKey (with Venom and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane), Aoki has cemented himself as one of the most successful yet boundary-breaking figures in the metaverse. Additionally, Aoki continues to create cultural touchpoints through projects such as his partnership with Sandbox for the sale of Aoki’s Avatars, and collaboration with Snoop Dogg on the release of the “Da Da” EP dropped exclusively on blockchain-based Gala Music.

TSUBASA MURAKAMI

Tsubasa is a certified M&A Senior Expert and a certified Business Succession Senior Expert with the Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs. He worked at a government agency for six years, where he participated in over 200 projects including cross-border energy asset purchases and sales, business investment reviews, and financing. In 2016, he began angel investing and building investment funds, participating in financing projects worth more than two billion USD in total. He now puts his experience to good use working with lawyers and tax accountants both in Japan and abroad to enhance corporate value through business development studies and M&A advisory services. Tsubasa majored in finance and management at UCLA and graduated from the Keio University School of Economics.

SEIHAKU YOSHIDA

Seihaku Yoshida founded HashPort, Inc. in 2018 and ran the company as President. He has helped support numerous projects such as IOST, Enjin, Qtum, Tron, Tezos, and others in their efforts to expand into Japan. In 2020, he founded and ran HashPalette, Inc. as an NFT subsidiary of HashPort. HashPalette conducted Japan's first IEO in 2021, attracting 22.4 billion yen for a billion yen offering.
He is a co-chair of the ICOIEO committee of the Japan Crypto Asset Business Association (JCBA), the largest crypto asset industry organization in Japan, a co-researcher at the School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo, and a co-member of the Crypto Asset Research Project by the Global Research Institute of Keio University.
Prior to founding HashPort, he worked for Boston Consulting Group. At BCG Digital Ventures, the company's digital business development arm, he was the youngest Venture Architect in the Tokyo office and worked on projects in Japan and China. He graduated from the Keio University School of Law.

ROBERT TRAN

Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University in 1992.
In 2004, Robert Tran joined Experian (listed on the London Stock Exchange), a leading global information services company, where he served as VP and Branch Manager after the launch of Experian Asia Pacific.
Since 2009, he has served as Executive Director and co-founder of iClick Interactive (NASDAQ listed), the largest digital marketing automation platform and SaaS solution provider in Asia, where he has been involved in the company's management. In 2015, he founded UNDONE in Hong Kong, an industry-leading D2C company for customized watches. The company operates in two locations, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
In March 2021, UCOLLEX INTERNATIONAL, a next-generation creator platform, and MADWORLD HONG KONG LIMITED, was established. Robert serves as its CEO.
He is also a Director and Executive Director of Animoca Brands Japan.

TAKASHI HATANAKA

Takashi started his career at Goldman Sachs in 1993. After working in the IT department developing trading systems, he joined the company’s New York quant department in 1996, and then its proprietary trading department in 2002, where he was involved in modeling, risk management, and equity derivatives trading. After returning to Japan in 2004, he led the establishment of a quant team in Asia as the Managing Director and was transferred to Hong Kong, the base of the Asian division in 2011. He then led the Equity Derivatives and Quantitative Trading Division, which utilized state-of-the-art technology. After leaving the company in 2016, he worked as an investor and advisor for venture and investment companies in Japan and Southeast Asia, participating in business startups primarily in the areas of machine learning and management and capital strategy. After returning to Japan in 2019, he came to realize the significance and possibilities of not just the IT field, but the medical field as well. He now serves as full-time director and CFO at a bio-venture company, helping society and expanding strategic business opportunities in the field of private practice.