My grandfather was an entrepreneur who founded a small processing company in post-war Japan. Inspired by him, my father became a banker, wanting to support entrepreneurs. I grew up watching my father and grandfather. Naturally, I found myself in a role supporting entrepreneurs.

I aspired to be a certified public accountant. It was a position that offered the opportunity to work closely with business leaders. So I pursued an MBA to gain international experience and shape a career closer to management. I then chose a consulting firm as a practical place to serve as a corporate strategist. Driven by the desire to support entrepreneurial challenges and immerse myself in the field of management, I jumped into a startup.

Since arriving at venture capital, what I have engaged with is both the support of each individual portfolio company and the evolution of "the firm itself" that makes such support possible. From here on, I will focus on the latter—the evolution of the firm itself.

What can I offer to entrepreneurs who are risking everything? There is a limit to what one person can do. But if it means taking venture capital itself—the "entity and vessel" that becomes the very foundation on which entrepreneurs can pursue their challenges boldly—and protecting it, supporting it, and evolving it into a stronger form, then perhaps there is something I can do.

In doing so, I want to build a place that can support entrepreneurs' challenges as a team and as a system.

With that aspiration, I look forward to the challenge of creating Japan's future alongside entrepreneurs—from the standpoint of building the firm.