Shinya Adachi

Board Director, GM of PCC Department

Shinya is board director and general manager of the PCC Department. Shinya has over 15 years of experience leading medical product development and sales, especially online medical booking systems for clinics and information display systems for patients.As a GM of the PCC Department, he is responsible for developing PCC projects in Tokyo and other metropolitan areas in Japan. He has contributed to establishing PCC clinics in Tokyo and Sendai. He graduated from Chubi Central Art School.

Takaaki Shimoji

Board Director, GM of ICT Department

Takaaki joined Smartmedical as general manager of the ICT department in 2011.As GM of the department, he developed Empath, a vocal emotion recognition software. Under his leadership,Empath has been adopted in various business fields such as mental health, call centers, and robotics, with a presence in domestic and international markets. Prior to joining Smartmedical, Takaaki served as the board director of Yunin Corp, and contributed to the revitalization of Yunin township in Hokkaido by developing an agricultural experience game app for Mixi (the largest SNS in Japan). He holds a B.A. from Waseda University in Education from the Department of Japanese Language and Literature.

Hiroshi Koyanagi

Executive Director, Global Strategy Department

Hiroshi is Smartmedical’s executive director, a position from which he leads the global business strategy team. Prior to joining Smartmedical in 2013, He held a variety of leadership roles at NHK, Misawa Homes Institute of Research and Development, Japan Chemical Database, and the Sailor Pen Co., Ltd. He was a visiting researcher at MIT Media Lab. from 1989 to 1991. He applied his leadership experience in business to the education field as a trustee of the Shonan Institute of Technology in 2002, and a part-time lecturer at the Kwansei Gakuin University Business School in 2010. He holds a B.A. from International Christian University in Education from the Department of Social Science.

Kazunari Ishii

Executive Director, Business Administration Department

Kazunari is executive director at Smartmedical. Prior to his current role, Kazunari held a variety of accounting and financial leadership positions, building successful startups in Japan. He has contributed to fund-raising for Smartmedical Corp. by gaining investments from various prestigious listed companies. He holds a B.A. from Waseda University School of Law.